Jörg Fiedler

Jörg Fiedler

Fiedler at the 2013 Masters épée
Personal information
Born (1978-02-21) 21 February 1978
Leipzig, Germany
Weapon(s) épée
Hand left-handed
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
National coach(es) Didier Ollagnon
Club Fechtclub-Leipzig e.V.
FC Tauberbischofsheim
FIE Ranking current ranking

Jörg Fiedler (born 21 February 1978) is a German épée fencer, European champion in 2011 and 2013 and three-time team silver World medallist (1999, 2003 and 2005).

Fiedler took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he lost in the second round to Oleksandr Horbachuk. In the team event, Germany finished 5th. He won a bronze medal with Sven Schmid and Daniel Strigel in the team épée event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] In the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated by South Korean Jung Jin-sun in the quarter-finals.[1][2]

In addition to his career as an athlete, Fiedler is also a fencing coach.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jörg Fiedler Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. London 2012 Profile
  3. "Fiedler und sein Doppelleben" (in German). sport1.de. 17 June 2013.

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