Helga Mees

Helga Mees, also written Helga Volz-Mees, was a German fencer who competed in the foil at three consecutive Summer Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968, entering both the individual and the team events each time. Her best Games came in 1964, when she won an individual silver medal and helped her team to a bronze. In 1960 her team finished fourth and in 1968 it finished fifth, so she stood close to the podium in all three appearances. Beyond the Olympics she also won two team foil medals at the world championships, in 1958 and in 1959. She was born on 12 July 1937 and died on 11 April 2014, and her career places her among the German foil fencers of the postwar generation who represented the country across a full decade of major international competition.