Kerstin Palm
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 Palm in 1965 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 February 1946[1] | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||
| Club | Gothenburg FK (1964) FFF Stockholm (1968–76) FK Aramis (1980–88)[1] | |||||||||||
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Kerstin Ullasdotter Palm (born 5 February 1946) is a Swedish foil fencer. She competed in seven Summer Olympics, which is a record for a female fencer, with the best result of fifth in the individual foil event in 1968.[2] She was named Sportswoman of the Year in Sweden in 1965.[3]
Palm won the Nordic foil championships in 1961, aged 15, and held the junior world title in 1966; she also won approximately 40 Swedish fencing championships. She continued competing in fencing up to her seventies, while working as a dentist. She won the seniors world championship title in 2005 and 2007.[3]
