Achim Bellmann
Achim Bellmann (born July 27, 1957 in Munster ) is a former modern pentathlon and Olympic participant in 1984 in Los Angeles . After switching to fencing, he became German champion there too .
Career
At the Junior World Championships in 1977 in San Antonio, Texas, he won silver behind the Soviet athlete Vasily Nefedov. At the German championships in modern pentathlon in 1982 he was runner-up, in 1983 he took third place. At the Olympic Games in 1984 he finished 14th in the individual ranking and reached sixth place with the German team.
In 1985 he joined the fencing camp and was in the same year German Champion and World Champion with the German team in epee fencing . Achim Bellmann has been racing for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen since the 1980s . He was married to Christiane Weber and they have two children.
Web links
- Achim Bellmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- History of the World Fencing Championships (men's sword) from sport-komplett.de
- History of the German fencing championships from sport-komplett.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Andy Archibald: Modern Pentathlon . Grosvenor House Publishing, Guildford 2012, ISBN 978-1-78148-756-3 , p. 248
- ^ German championships in modern pentathlon
- ↑ Article about Bellmann's career change from modern pentathlon to fencer. In: Der Spiegel 29/1985. July 15, 1985. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Achim Bellmann in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- ↑ An undisturbed life in gray anonymity. In: saarbruecker-zeitung.de. March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bellmann, Achim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German modern pentathlon and Olympian, epee fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |