The Most Famous

FENCERS from Austria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Austrian Fencers. The pantheon dataset contains 349 Fencers, 1 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 36th most number of Fencers behind Iran, and Indonesia.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Austrian Fencers of all time. This list of famous Austrian Fencers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Heidi Schmid (b. 1938)

With an HPI of 55.66, Heidi Schmid is the most famous Austrian Fencer.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Adelheid "Heidi" Schmid (German pronunciation: [̯ˈhaɪdiː ˈʃmɪt] ; after marriage Grundmann-Schmid, born 5 December 1938) is a retired German fencer who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the individual and team foil events. She won an individual gold in 1960 and a team bronze medal in 1964.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Austrian fencers born between 1938 and 1938. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Austrian fencers include Heidi Schmid. As of April 2024, 1 new Austrian fencers have been added to Pantheon including Heidi Schmid.

Living Austrian Fencers

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Newly Added Austrian Fencers (2024)

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