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| Born | 29 December 1967 Lauda-Königshofen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Thorsten Weidner (born 29 December 1967) is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics and a gold in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
Thorsten Weidner attended the Kaufmännische Schule Tauberbischofsheim [3] and fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim.
Tauberbischofsheim is a German town in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg on the river Tauber with a population of about 13,200. It is the capital of the Main-Tauber district. It is a popular tourist destination due to its numerous historical buildings, including substantial remains of the medieval town fortifications.
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The Kaufmännische Schule Tauberbischofsheim (KSTBB) includes five different types of vocational schools. The school board of the Kaufmännische Schule Tauberbischofsheim is the Main-Tauber-Kreis and the school campuses in Tauberbischofsheim, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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