Alexander Pipa

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Alexander Pipa
Birth nameAlexander Pipa
Date of birth (1983-06-12) 12 June 1983 (age 38)
Place of birth Heidelberg, Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Occupation(s) Banker
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- 2011 TSV Handschuhsheim ()
Correct as of 5 March 2010
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Germany
Correct as of 21 March 2010
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
Germany 7's

Alexander Pipa (born 12 June 1983 in Heidelberg) [1] is a retired German international rugby union player, playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

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He has been playing rugby since 1996. [2]

Pipa has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 and 2009 Hannover Sevens [3] and the 2009 London Sevens. [4] He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg, [5] where Germany finished 8th. [6]

In the 2008–09 and 2009-10 seasons, Pipa was the top try scorer in the Bundesliga with 22 tries in each season. After the 2010-11 season, Pipa retired from the sport to concentrate on his private life and his job career. [7]

Honours

Club

National team

Personal

Stats

Alexander Pipa's personal statistics in club and international rugby: [2]

Club

YearClubDivisionGamesTriesConPenDGPlace
2008-09 TSV Handschuhsheim Rugby-Bundesliga 13220006th
2009-10 18220004th Semi-finals
2010-11 15120003rd Semi-finals

National team

European Nations Cup

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPointsPlace
2006-2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 20Champions
2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division306th Relegated

Friendlies & other competitions

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPoints
2007 Germany Friendly15
200915
  • As of 21 March 2010

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References

  1. Alexander Pipa profile at scrum.com accessed: March 2010
  2. 1 2 Alexander Pipa profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: March 2010
  3. Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens [ permanent dead link ](in German) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010
  4. Germany ready to take on world's best [ permanent dead link ] IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010
  5. Alexander Pipa at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 5 March 2010
  6. Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009
  7. TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 21 August 2011