Pilar Roldán

Pilar Roldán
Personal information
Birth nameMaría del Pilar Roldán Tapia
Born (1939-11-18) 18 November 1939
Mexico City, Mexico
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico CityWomen's Foil

María del Pilar Roldán Tapia (born 18 November 1939 in Mexico City) is a Mexican former foil fencer and the first Mexican woman to win an olympic medal in the history of Olympic fencing. During the 1968 Mexican Olympic Games she was a silver medalist; she was a champion in singles. She competed for Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico, where she won the silver medal in the women's foil event.