Helena Mayer Wins World Championship

Title: Helena Mayer Wins World Championship
Type: Magazine article
Is Part Of: The Riposte, Vol. 2, No. 12; The Riposte
Date: August 27, 1937
volume: 2
issue: 12
page start: 1
page end: 1
Temporal Coverage: See all items with this value 1930s
Language: English
content: en HELENA MAYER WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Helena Mayer, Olympic champion in 1928, and American champion in 1934, 1935, and 1937, regained top-ranking among the world’s foilswomen by a spectacular victory in the championships at Paris. Miss Mayer outscored the 1936 Olympic Champion, Ilona Schacherer-Elek, of Hungary, who finished second, and the 1932 Olympic Champion, Ellen Preis, of Austria, who finished third. The same three women took medals in the 1936 Olympiad, Mrs. Schacherer-Elek taking first, Miss Mayer second, and Miss Preis third.