Cornelia Hanisch

Cornelia Hanisch

Personal information
Born	12 June 1952 Frankfurt, Germany
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	FC Offenbach
Medal record Women's fencing Representing  West Germany Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team foil 1984 Los Angeles Individual foil World Fencing Championships 1979 Melbourne Individual foil 1981 Clermont-Ferrand Individual foil 1985 Barcelona Individual foil 1985 Barcelona Team foil 1977 Buenos Aires Team foil 1981 Clermont-Ferrand Team foil 1983 Vienna Team foil 1978 Hamburg Individual foil 1979 Melbourne Team foil 1982 Rome Team foil

Cornelia Hanisch (born 12 June 1952) is a retired German fencer. She won a gold medal in the team foil and a silver in the individual foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1] Between 1977 and 1985 she won ten medals in the foil at world championships, including four gold medals.^[2][3]

Honours

• 1980 she received Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.^[4]
• 1985 she was voted Sportlerin des Jahres.

References

1. "Cornelia Hanisch Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
2. Berndt Barth; Emil Beck (2007). The Complete Guide to Fencing. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. pp. 342–348. ISBN 978-1-84126-191-1.
3. Fechten - Weltmeisterschaften (Damen - Florett). sport-komplett.de
4. Abendblatt Archiv