What is 1919 Netherlands women's fencing championship?
{{Infobox sports competition event |event = Women's foil |championship = 1919 Netherlands Fencing Championships |dates = 25 March 1919 |venue = Salle Van Humbeek |location = {{ill|Reguliersdwarsstraat|nl}} 100–104, [[Amsterdam]] |competitors = 10 |nations = 1 |gold = [[Esther Bekkers-Lopes Cardozo]] |gold_nation = |silver = C. Crena de Jongh |silver_nation = |bronze = [[Ina Santhagens-Waller]] |bronze_nation = |prev = |next = }} The '''1919 Netherlands women's fencing championship''' was the first official women's [[foil (fencing)|foil]] fencing championship in the Netherlands. It was organized by the Dutch fencing federation. It was held at Salle Van Humbeek in [[Amsterdam]] on 25 March 2019.<ref name=Telegraaf>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110550485:mpeg21:a0073|title= Nationaal scherm-kampioenschap voor vrouwen.|work= [[De Telegraaf]] |date=26 March 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|access-date=1 August 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=preview>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010656016:mpeg21:a0039 |title= Nationaal kampioenschap dames-schermen.|work=[[Algemeen Handelsblad]] |date=20 March 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|access-date=1 August 2022|language=nl}}</ref> [[Esther Bekkers-Lopes Cardozo]] became the first official champion without losing a match. C. Crena de Jongh finished second and [[Ina Santhagens-Waller]] finished third. ==Background== The championship was one of the earliest women's official national sport championship in the Netherlands. For instance, the [[1921 Dutch Athletics Championships|first Netherlands women’s athletics championships were held in 1921]]. In 1911 women fencers of Salle De Vos competed internationally at the [[1911 England–Holland women's fencing competitions]].<ref name=AlgemeenHandelsblad>{{cite web|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010337905:mpeg21:a0200 |title=Hollandsche schermsters te Londen.|work= [[Algemeen Handelsblad]] |date=20 March 1911|via=[[