Ellen Osiier
Ellen Osiier at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameEllen Ottilia Thomsen
Full nameEllen Ottilia Osiier-Thomsen
NationalityDanish
Born(1890-08-13)August 13, 1890
Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark
DiedSeptember 6, 1962(1962-09-06) (aged 72)
København, Denmark
OccupationFencing
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
SpouseIvan Joseph Martin Osiier
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Fencing
Gold medal – first place 1924 Summer Olympics Individual foil

Ellen Osiier (13 August 1890 – 6 September 1962) was a Danish foil fencer.[1] Osiier was born in Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark.[2]

The 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris was the first Olympic Games to feature women's fencing. Osiier, then 33, won the gold medal and went undefeated in the 16 matches she fenced in the event.[3][4] With this victory, Osiier became the Olympics' first woman fencing champion.[5]

Her husband, Ivan Osiier, fenced in seven Olympics, won a silver medal in individual épée for Denmark at the 1912 Olympics, and won 25 Danish national championships in three weapons.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ellen Osiier". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Olympic Athletes Born in Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Female Olympians: A Mediated Socio-Cultural and Political-Economic Timeline - Linda K. Fuller
  4. ↑ "Olympic Games". Olympic.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (1996). Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 64. ISBN 9780313284779. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Google". Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "Olympic History for Sporting Families". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2012.


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