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Ellen Osiier

Ellen Osiier at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Ellen Ottilia Thomsen
Full name	Ellen Ottilia Osiier-Thomsen
Nationality	Danish
Born	(1890-08-13)August 13, 1890 Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark
Died	September 6, 1962(1962-09-06) (aged 72) København, Denmark
Occupation	Fencing
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse	Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier
Medal record Representing  Denmark Fencing 1924 Summer Olympics Individual foil

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

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. With this victory, Osiier became the Olympics' first woman fencing champion.

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.

See also

• Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• List of select Jewish fencers
• List of Jewish Olympic medalists

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.

External links

• Olympic results
• Statutes of Ellen and Ivan Ossier Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Hebrew article regarding stamp commemoration of Osiier's standing as one of the best Jewish female fencers Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
• Ellen Osiier at Olympedia (archive)
• Ellen Osiier at Olympics.com

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