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Born | Heidenheim an der Brenz, West Germany | 13 July 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arnd Schmitt (born 13 July 1965 in Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a German fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition. [1]
He won a gold medal in the individual épée and a team silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. [2] He received an Olympic gold medal in épée team in 1992. Schmitt was inducted into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. [3]
Michael Marx is an American foil and epee fencer and fencing master. He is the brother of Robert Marx, who has also represented the U.S. in multiple Olympic fencing events. Michael and his brother were taught to fence by their mother, fencing coach Colleen Olney, who is considered by many prominent fencers to be "the mother of fencing in Oregon".
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Johan Georg Harmenberg Åkerman is a Swedish Olympic and world champion épée fencer.
Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE was a British five-time-Olympian foil and épée fencer, and world champion.
Armand Mouyal was a French epee world champion fencer.
Tamir Bloom is an American epee fencer.
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Éric Srecki, born on 2 July 1964 in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, is a French fencer and a champion in the épée competition at the Olympic and World champion levels.
Frank Wieneke is a German judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He is a member of Germany's Sports Hall of Fame.
Alexander Pusch is a German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.
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Ralph Myer Goldstein was an American Olympic épée fencer.
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The men's épée was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-third appearance of the event. The competition was held on 16 September 2000. 42 fencers from 22 nations competed. Each nation was limited to three fencers. The event was won by Pavel Kolobkov of Russia, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's individual épée. Russia joined a five-way tie for third-most gold medals in the event at two. Kolobkov, who had a silver medal in 1992 representing the Unified Team, was the 11th man to win multiple medals in the event. France's Hugues Obry took silver in Sydney, returning France to the podium after a one-Games absence snapped a four-Games medal streak. Lee Sang-ki earned South Korea's first medal in the event with his bronze.
The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 23 to 24 September 1988. 79 fencers from 33 nations competed. Each nation was limited to 3 fencers. The event was won by Arnd Schmitt of West Germany, the nation's second victory in the event. France's Philippe Riboud took silver, adding to his 1980 and 1984 bronze medals to become the third man to earn three medals in the individual épée. Andrey Shuvalov earned the Soviet Union's first medal in the event since 1968 with his bronze.
Manuel Pereira is a Spanish fencer. In 1989 he became the first Spaniard to earn a gold medal in épée in the World Fencing Championships. He also competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.
Elaine Gayle Cheris is an American Olympic foil and épée fencer.
Alexandre Lippmann was a French Olympic champion épée fencer. He won two Olympic gold medals, as well as three other Olympic medals.