Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Helena Mroczkowska•Dow |
Used name | Helena•Dow |
Born | 27 October 1917 in Paterson, New Jersey (USA) |
Died | 22 April 1998 in New York, New York (USA) |
Affiliations | Fencers Club, New York (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Helena Dow was Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) champion with the foil in 1940, 1943, and 1947-48, winning in 1940 and 1943 under her maiden name, Mroczkowska. She was also women’s intercollegiate champion in 1939 while fencing at Hofstra University. Her husband, Warren Dow, fenced at the 1936 Olympics, while their son, Robert Dow, was on the 1972 US Olympic fencing team. Helena Dow later coached fencing at Fairleigh Dickinson University from 1968-71.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1948 Summer Olympics | Fencing | USA | Helena Dow | |||
Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) | 6 p3 r2/4 |