Cornelia Hanisch

Cornelia Hanisch is a West German foil fencer who won one Olympic gold and one Olympic silver medal. Born on 12 June 1952 in Frankfurt am Main, she fenced for FC Offenbach. At the 1976 Games in Montreal she finished fifth in the individual foil and fourth with the team. At the 1984 Games in Los Angeles she took individual silver and a team gold. She became world champion in foil in 1979, 1981 and 1985 and won four golds, three silvers and three bronzes at the World Championships in all. She was West German champion in 1976, 1978 to 1980 and 1982, received the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany's highest sports award, and was elected Sportswoman of the Year in 1985. She was inducted into the German Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. Away from the strip she worked as a trade school teacher in Offenbach and sat on the National Olympic Committee of Germany.