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Ellen Mueller-Preis, 1932 Olympic fencing champion, dies at 95 November 20, 2007

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The Associated Press November 19, 2007 

VIENNA, Austria: Ellen Mueller-Preis, who won Olympic gold in fencing at the 1932 Los Angeles Games, has died. She was 95.

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1. sallehon - November 29, 2007

Funeral held for 1932 Olympic fencing champion Mueller-Preis
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VIENNA, Austria – Ellen Mueller-Preis, who won gold in fencing at the 1932 Los Angeles Games, was buried in a Vienna cemetery on Thursday.

Mueller-Preis, who also won bronze medals at the 1936 Berlin Games and the 1948 London Olympics, died of kidney failure in a Vienna hospital on Nov. 18. She was 95.

Leo Wallner, president of the Austrian Olympic Committee, was among mourners at the funeral.

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