The Resume

(December 20, 1910-October 10, 1953)
Three-time world champion fencer (1929, 31, 37)
Olympic Individual Foil Gold Medalist (1928)
Olympic Silver Medalist (1936)
Eight times U.S. foil championships

Why she might be annoying:

In an effort to show the Nazis were ok with Jews, they asked her to compete in the Berlin Olympics (1936).
Her father was Jewish and her mother a Christian.
Although studying in the U.S., she returned to Germany to be on their Olympic team.
When she won the 1936 Silver Olympic Medal (as obligated), she did give the 'Heil Hitler' salute on the medal platform.

Why she might not be annoying:

She studied law in the U.S.
She became a U.S. citizen.
She was selected #83 by Sports Illustrated for Women's Century's Greatest Sportswomen.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I Died in 1953 (Ranked: 42)
• I Have Breast Cancer
• Look at Me, I'm Armed
• Names that are Dates
• Profiles 7501-7750 (Ranked: 7575)
• Sports Illustrated Women Century's Greatest Sportswomen (Ranked: 83)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 53 Votes: 64.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 70 Votes: 74.29% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 111 Votes: 67.57% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 205 Votes: 62.93% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 254 Votes: 69.29% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 384 Votes: 57.03% Annoying