Women Medalist in the Summer Olympics Individual Foil Fencing

Women first participated in the fencing sport in the Summer Olympics in 1924. They were restricted to only one fencing Event; individual foil.

In the individual foil events in the 1924 Summer Olympics that was held in Paris France. The first ever women medalist in any Summer Olympics fencing were:

Ellen Osiier, a Denmark Citizen who won a gold medal in foil event in the 1924 Summer Olympics, the silver medal went to Gladys Davies of Great Britain, while another Dane; Grete Heckscher took home the bronze medal.

Below is the table of all the women who have ever won medals in the Summer Olympics individual foil since its debut in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Italy is the nation with most gold medals when it comes to women individual foil. China is the only country outside Europe to have ever won a gold medal in individual fencing and that was in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.

Valentina Vezzali , a 42 year old Italian Individual Foil gold medalist is so far the most successful medalist have won 4 gold medals in total, single gold medal in women individual foil events since the 2000 edition of the Summer Olympics to the 2012 London Olympics

Valentina Vezzali

Take a look at the medal table below with all the medalists for Summer Olympics Individual Foil Event in Fencing.

Summer Olympics Year	Host City	Host Country	Medal Type	Sport	Event	Medalist	Nationality
1924	Paris	France	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ellen Osiier	Denmark
1924	Paris	France	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Gladys Davies	Great Britain
1924	Paris	France	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Grete Heckscher	Denmark
1928	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Helene Mayer	Germany
1928	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Muriel Freeman	Great Britain
1928	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Olga Oelkers	Germany
1932	Los Angeles	California, USA	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ellen Müller-Preis	Austria
1932	Los Angeles	California, USA	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Judy Guinness	Great Britain
1932	Los Angeles	California, USA	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Erna Bogen-Bogáti	Hungary
1936	Berlin	Germany	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ilona Elek-Schacherer	Hungary
1936	Berlin	Germany	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Helene Mayer	Germany
1936	Berlin	Germany	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ellen Müller-Preis	Austria
1948	London	Great Britain	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ilona Elek-Schacherer	Hungary
1948	London	Great Britain	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Karen Lachmann	Denmark
1948	London	Great Britain	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ellen Müller-Preis	Austria
1952	Helsinki	Finland	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Irene Camber-Corno	Italy
1952	Helsinki	Finland	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ilona Elek-Schacherer	Hungary
1952	Helsinki	Finland	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Karen Lachmann	Denmark
1956	Melbourne	Australia	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Gillian Sheen	Great Britain
1956	Melbourne	Australia	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Olga Orban-Szabo	Romania
1956	Melbourne	Australia	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Renée Garilhe	France
1960	Rome	Italy	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Heidi Schmid	Germany
1960	Rome	Italy	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Valentina Rastvorova	USSR
1960	Rome	Italy	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Maria Vicol	Romania
1964	Tokyo	Japan	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő	Hungary
1964	Tokyo	Japan	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Helga Mees	Germany
1964	Tokyo	Japan	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Antonella Ragno-Lonzi	Italy
1968	Mexico City	Mexico	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Yelena Novikova-Belova	USSR
1968	Mexico City	Mexico	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Pilar Roldán	Mexico
1968	Mexico City	Mexico	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő	Hungary
1972	Munich	West Germany	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Antonella Ragno-Lonzi	Italy
1972	Munich	West Germany	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis	Hungary
1972	Munich	West Germany	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Galina Gorokhova	USSR
1976	Montréal	Canada	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi	Hungary
1976	Montréal	Canada	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Maria Consolata Collino	Italy
1976	Montréal	Canada	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Yelena Novikova-Belova	USSR
1980	Moscow	Russia (Then Known as USSR)	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Pascale Trinquet-Hachin	France
1980	Moscow	Russia (Then Known as USSR)	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Magda Maros	Hungary
1980	Moscow	Russia (Then Known as USSR)	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Barbara Wysoczańsk	Poland
1984	Los Angeles	California, USA	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Jujie Luan	China
1984	Los Angeles	California, USA	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Cornelia Hanisch	West Germany
1984	Los Angeles	California, USA	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Dorina Vaccaroni	Italy
1988	Seoul	South Korea	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Anja Fichtel-Mauritz	West Germany
1988	Seoul	South Korea	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Sabine Bau	West Germany
1988	Seoul	South Korea	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Zita-Eva Funkenhauser	West Germany
1992	Barcelona	Spain	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Giovanna Trillini	Italy
1992	Barcelona	Spain	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Wang Huifeng	China
1992	Barcelona	Spain	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Tatyana Sadovskaya	Olympics Unified Team
1996	Atlanta	Georgia, USA	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Laura Cârlescu-Badea	Romania
1996	Atlanta	Georgia, USA	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Valentina Vezzali	Italy
1996	Atlanta	Georgia, USA	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Giovanna Trillini	Italy
2000	Sydney	Australia	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Valentina Vezzali	Italy
2000	Sydney	Australia	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Rita König	Germany
2000	Sydney	Australia	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Giovanna Trillini	Italy
2004	Athens	Greece	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Valentina Vezzali	Italy
2004	Athens	Greece	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Giovanna Trillini	Italy
2004	Athens	Greece	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Sylwia Gruchała	Poland
2008	Beijing	China	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Valentina Vezzali	Italy
2008	Beijing	China	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Nam Hyun-Hee	South Korea
2008	Beijing	China	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Margherita Granbassi	Italy
2012	London	Great Britain	Gold	Fencing	Individual Foil	Elisa Di Francisca	Italy
2012	London	Great Britain	Silver	Fencing	Individual Foil	Arianna Errigo	Italy
2012	London	Great Britain	Bronze	Fencing	Individual Foil	Valentina Vezzali	Italy