Helga Mees

Helga Mees
Personal information
Born (1937-07-12)12 July 1937
Saarbrücken, Germany
Died 11 April 2014(2014-04-11) (aged 76)
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Club TBS Saarbrücken

Helga Mees or Volz-Mees (12 July 1937 – 11 April 2014) was a German fencer who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the individual and team foil events.[1] She won an individual silver and team bronze in 1964, whereas her teams finished in fourth and fifth place in 1960 and 1968, respectively.[2] She also won two team foil medals at world championships in 1958 and 1959.[3]

References

  1. "Olympiamedaillengewinnerin Volz-Mees gestorben" (in German). Bild. April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. "Helga Mees Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  3. Fechten – Weltmeisterschaften (Damen – Florett). sport-komplett.de


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