Dominik Behr

Dominik Behr (born March 4, 1981 in Würzburg ) is a former German foil fencer . He is multiple German champion , two-time European champion and won seven medals at world championships.

Life

Dominik Behr was born in 1981 in Würzburg, the son of Matthias Behr . Behr fought for FC Tauberbischofsheim . After a serious car accident in 1998, Behr had to take a year off. The doctors even doubted whether he would ever be able to do competitive sports again. Since completing his business studies in 2007, he has been working as the sports director of the fencing club Würth Künzelsau. In 2011 he ended his active career and since then has worked for the company Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG in addition to his coaching and manager activities at FC Würth Künzelsau. Behr married in 2013.

successes

In his youth he won gold with the team at the Junior World Championships in 1998 and 2001 in Gdansk and Valencia (Venezuela) . He was also able to win the gold medal with the team at the European Championships in Koblenz in 2001 and Ghent in 2007, and the bronze medal in Leipzig in 2009 . At the World Championships in Havana in 2003 and in Leipzig in 2005 he won the bronze medal with the team. He secured the runner-up title with the team at the 2006 World Championships in Turin , 2007 in St. Petersburg , 2008 in Beijing and 2009 in Antalya .

Single successes

1998

• Silver: Cadet World Championship in Valencia (Venezuela)

2001

• 14th place: European Championship in Koblenz

2003

• 11th place: World Championship in Havana

2005

• 13th place: World Championship in Leipzig

2007

• Bronze: German Championship
• 18th place: European Championship in Ghent

2008

• Bronze: German Championship

2009

• Bronze: German Championship

2011

• Bronze: German Championship

Team successes

1998

• Gold: Junior World Championship in Valencia (Venezuela)

2000

• Bronze: Junior World Championship in South Bend, Indiana

2001

• Gold: European Championship in Koblenz with Ralf Bißdorf
• Gold: Junior World Championship in Danzig with Benjamin Weinkauf

2003

• Bronze: World Championship in Havana with Ralf Bißdorf, Peter Joppich and André Weßels

2005

• Bronze: World Championship in Leipzig with Ralf Bißdorf, Peter Joppich and Benjamin Kleibrink

2006

• Gold: German championship
• Silver: World Championship in Turin with Richard Breutner , Peter Joppich and Benjamin Kleibrink

2007

• Gold: European Championship in Gent with Peter Joppich, Benjamin Kleibrink and Christian Schlechtweg
• Gold: German championship with Boris Zorc, Sebastian Bachmann, Lars Schache
• Silver: World Championship in St. Petersburg with Peter Joppich, Benjamin Kleibrink and Christian Schlechtweg

2008

• Gold: German championship with Sebastian Bachmann, Johann Gustinelli, Boris Zorc
• Silver: World Championship in Beijing with Richard Breutner, Peter Joppich and Benjamin Kleibrink

2009

• Silver: World Championship in Antalya with Sebastian Bachmann , Peter Joppich and Benjamin Kleibrink
• Bronze: European championship in Plovdiv with Sebastian Bachmann, Peter Joppich and Benjamin Kleibrink

2011

• Gold: German championship with Benjamin Kleibrink , Johann Gustinelli, Lucas Lehmann

Web links

• Athlete biography - Dominik Behr on the website of the German Fencing Federation
• Dominik Behr - Rankings and Results in the database of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (English / French)
• BEHR Dominik - Biography in the database of the European Fencing Confederation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dominik Behr - Junior team world champion fencing. (PDF; 52 kB) Tauberbischofsheim fencing center, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; Retrieved March 3, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Joachim Spägele : Master of the foil. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: Sport in BW, edition 08/2011. State Sports Association of Baden-Württemberg e. V., August 2, 2011, p. 6 , archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; Retrieved March 3, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Deutscher Fechter-Bund eV: The bond of marriage closed. Deutscher Fechter-Bund eV, August 28, 2013, accessed on March 3, 2017 .