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  • The three winners of the Women's Individual Foil competition in the 1936 Olympic Games stand on the podium in Berlin as spectators applaud. From left: bronze medalist Ellen Preis of Austria, gold medalist Ilona Elek of Hungary, and silver medalist Helene Mayer of Germany.
    The three winners of the Women's Individual Foil competition in the 1936 Olympic Games stand on the podium in Berlin as spectators applaud. From left: bronze medalist Ellen Preis of Austria, gold medalist Ilona Elek of Hungary, and silver medalist Helene Mayer of Germany.
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    When Jews Ruled the Fencing World

    Jewish athletes have won more Olympic medals for fencing than for any other sport

    byRobert Rockaway
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