by Doug Nichols | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, D'Asaro, Michael, Doug's Stories, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Halberstadt, Hans, Mayer, Helene, McDougall, John, Mitchell, Maxine, Mori, Torao, Okawa, Heziburo, Selberg, Charles, Vince, Joseph |
Fear. That’s the thing. It’s a motivator for me. Not the average, everyday kind of fear, nor an amorphous fear of zombies or clowns. Rather, the fear of loss. A very specific kind of loss. The loss of fencing history. I don’t know why it gets to me so much, but it...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, De Jong, Duris, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Mayer, Helene |
So says, more or less, this article from a San Francisco area newspaper, dated November of 1934: The woman to beware of is, as mentioned, the great Helene Mayer. To say that her competitive record is impressive is an understatement. Olympic Gold Medal at the age of...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Domolky, George, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Greco, Anthony, Halberstadt, Hans, Huddleson, Demi, Magay, Daniel, Mayer, Helene, Orley, Piller, George, Selberg, Charles |
San Francisco State University was founded as the “San Francisco State Normal School”. Take that, all you who believe the City By The Bay to be populated by nothing but the socially irregular! SF State has been graduating the scholarly since 1901 and has a proud...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 15, 2015 | Fencers, Fencers K - O, Mayer, Helene |
Helene Mayer was a German fencer who first distinguished herself as German national champion at the age of 13. By 19, she had won Olympic gold (1928) and the first of three world championships. After the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, she remained in the US, studied at...
