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Olga Oelkers

1887 - 1969

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Olga Oelkers (21 May 1887 – 10 January 1969) was a German foil fencer. She competed at the 1928 and 1936 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1928, behind her teammate Helene Mayer who won gold. At the European championships Oelkers won a team gold medal in 1936, a silver in 1934, and a bronze in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olga Oelkers has received more than 8,002 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Olga Oelkers is the 111th most popular fencer, the 5,374th most popular biography from Germany and the 3rd most popular German Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Olga Oelkers ranks 111 out of 349Before her are Tamás Gábor, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Yakov Rylsky, Raúl Anganuzzi, Viktor Krovopuskov, and Frederico Paredes. After her are Henrique da Silveira, Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja, Alphonse Kirchhoffer, Renzo Nostini, Yves Dreyfus, and Olga Knyazeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Olga Oelkers ranks 268Before her are Nils Middelboe, Nils Granfelt, Emilio Lunghi, Raoul Paoli, Väinö Siikaniemi, and Charles Marion. After her are Karl Neumer, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Harold Walden, Cayetano Saporiti, Hedwig Kohn, and Joseph Plunkett. Among people deceased in 1969, Olga Oelkers ranks 228Before her are Manuel Plaza, Muhammad Fareed Didi, Rodolfo Choperena, Petras Klimas, Natalie Talmadge, and Magic Sam. After her are Otto Fahr, Walter Hagen, Márton Homonnai, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Charles Brackett, and Zheng Junli.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Olga Oelkers ranks 5,374 out of 7,253Before her are Christian Wörns (1972), Giorgos Donis (1969), Jasmin Moghbeli (1983), Dero Goi (1970), Maurizio Gaudino (1966), and Alexander Goehr (1932). After her are Alexander Wendt (1958), Michael Tarnat (1969), Erich Herrmann (1914), Hanns Kilian (1905), Mario Pašalić (1995), and Claudia Pechstein (1972).

Among FENCERS In Germany

Among fencers born in Germany, Olga Oelkers ranks 3Before her are Helene Mayer (1910), and Ellen Preis (1912). After her are August Heim (1904), Arnd Schmitt (1965), Anja Fichtel (1968), Britta Heidemann (1982), Benjamin Kleibrink (1985), Peter Joppich (1982), Jörg Fiedler (1978), Imke Duplitzer (1975), and André Weßels (1981).