Germana Schwaiger

Germana Schwaiger (1911 – 1999) was an Italian fencer in the late 1920s and early 1930s. She was specialized in foil. 

Fencing career
Between 1929 and 1934, she became for five consecutive years Italian national foil champion.

At the 1930 World Fencing Championships in Liège, Belgium she won the silver medal in the individual foil, the only women's event, event behind Belgian Jenny Addams.  In 1931, she won a gold and silver medal at the Olympics of Grace in Florence. She won the gold medal in the individual foil event ahead of British Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott and Italian Marisa Cerani. She won the silver medal in the team foil event together with Marisa Cerani and Teresa Musso. After winning from France, the team lost from Great Britain in de final.

At the 1934 World Fencing Championships in Warsaw, Poland she won the bronze medal together with Ada Biagini, Marisa Cerani and Letizia Meneghelli.

References

Category:1900 births
Category:1974 deaths
Category:Italian fencers
Category:Sportspeople from Veneto
Category:People from Treviso