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Helene Mayer (1910-1953), an Olympic fencer who competed for Germany in the 1936 Olympic Games, despite being Jewish and having had to leave Germany.

Helene Mayer was a fencer and one of the top 100 women athletes of the 20th century. She is notable for having had to leave Germany after Hitler's rise to power, because her father was Jewish. She returned to Germany to compete in the 1936 Summer Olympics, hoping she might be accepted back into German society. She wasn't, but did achieve great success at the Olympic Games (and even giving the Nazi salute on the medal stand, after winning a silver medal). Ultimately, she settled in the United States, and had a long and successful sporting career. While attending the University of Southern California in the 1930's, she fenced for the USC Fencing Club. Her story is told in Foiled! Hitler's Jewish Olympian, by Milly Mogulof.

Accomplishments
1924: German Foil Champion
1925: German Foil Champion
1926: German Foil Champion
1927: German Foil Champion
1928: German Foil Champion
1928: Olympic Gold Metal, Foil, German Team
1928: Winner Foil, Italian National Championships
1929: German Foil Champion
1929: World Foil Champion
1930: German Foil Champion
1931: World Foil Champion
1932: German Olympic Foil Team
1934: U.S. Foil Champion
1935: U.S. Foil Champion
1936: Olympic Silver Metal, Foil, German Team
1937: U.S. Foil Champion
1937: World Foil Champion
1938: U.S. Foil Champion
1939: U.S. Foil Champion
1941: U.S. Foil Champion
1942: U.S. Foil Champion
1946: U.S. Foil Champion
1963: Inducted into the USFA Hall of Fame

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