Frankenland tournament

The Franconia tournament from 1966 to 2006, the oldest of the fencing club Tauberbischofsheim discharged tournament. It was an international men epee -Weltcup the juniors in Tauberbischofsheim in Main-Tauber-Kreis in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

history

Frankenland tournament

The Frankenland tournament was first fought in Tauberbischofsheim in 1966. The winner of the first three “Frankenland tournaments” was Elmar Beierstettel , who was able to keep the Frankenland tournament cup for this triple triumph . After the 41st Frankenland tournament in 2006, there was no more junior world cup in men's epee in Tauberbischofsheim.

Winner of the Frankenland trophy

The following fencers were able to win the Frankenland trophy in tournament history from 1966 to 2006:

1966, Elmar Beierstettel , Germany , FC TauberbischofsheimGermany
1967, Elmar Beierstettel , Germany , FC TauberbischofsheimGermany

1968, Elmar Beierstettel , Germany , FC TauberbischofsheimGermany

1969, Daniel Giger , SwitzerlandSwitzerland
1970, Harald Hein , Germany , FC TauberbischofsheimGermany

1971, Jean-Blaise Evéquoz , SwitzerlandSwitzerland
1972, Heiner Huebner, Germany , UlmGermany

1973, Francesco Loy, ItalyItaly
1974, Philippe Riboud , FranceFrance
1975, Alexander Pusch , Germany , FC TauberbischofsheimGermany

1976, Walter Steegmüller , Germany , FC TauberbischofsheimGermany

1977, Michael Poffet , SwitzerlandSwitzerland
1978, Oliver Lenglet , FranceFrance
1979, Thomas Weber, Germany , Maintal-DörnigheimGermany

1980, André Kuhn, SwitzerlandSwitzerland
1981, Philippe Kuras, FranceFrance
1982, Arwin Kardolus, The NetherlandsNetherlands
1983, Frank Wagner, Germany , BonnGermany

1984, Frédéric Delpla , FranceFrance
1985, Arnd Schmitt , Germany , FC TauberbischofsheimGermany

1986, Cedenese Davide, ItalyItaly
1987, Fanco di Martino, FranceFrance
1988, Marco Chiei, ItalyItaly
1989, Ludovic Lesne, FranceFrance
1990, Gábor Totola , HungaryHungary
1991, Daniel Lang , SwitzerlandSwitzerland
1992, Michael Flegler , Germany , FC TauberbischofsheimGermany

1993, Cedric Pillac, FranceFrance
1994, Marek Jendrys, PolandPoland
1995, Alfredo Rota , ItalyItaly
1996, Michael Kauter , SwitzerlandSwitzerland
1997, Mathieu Denis, FranceFrance
1998, Sven Schmid , Germany , SV BöblingenGermany

1999, Éric Boisse , FranceFrance
2000, Christoph Kneip , Germany , TSV Bayer 04 LeverkusenGermany

2001, Jens Pfeiffer, Germany , TSV Bayer 04 LeverkusenGermany

2002, Mathieu Canu, FranceFrance
2003, Gauthier Grumier , FranceFrance
2004, Anton Avdejew , RussiaRussia
2005, Rubén Limardo , VenezuelaVenezuela
2006, Benjamin Ungar, United StatesUnited States

statistics

Fencers from the Tauberbischofsheim fencing club were able to win the tournament the most, with a total of nine successes. The record winner is Elmar Beierstettel , who can boast three successes. Beierstettel is also the only fencer who was able to win the tournament more than once and defend his title, which he did twice in a row.

Fencers of the following ten nationalities were able to win the tournament (in brackets the number of successes per country):

Germany (15)

France (11)

Switzerland (6)

Italy (4)

Netherlands Netherlands , Hungary , Poland , Russia , Venezuela , United States (1 each)Hungary Poland Russia Venezuela United States

literature

Deutscher Fechter-Bund (Ed.), Andreas Schirmer (Author): “En Garde! Allez! Touché !: 100 years of fencing in Germany - a success story. ” Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2011, ISBN 978-3898996907 .
Richard Möll: The fencing legend from Tauberbischofsheim. A programmed path to success . Elztal: Verlag Laub 1987, p. 180 (winner of the Frankenland trophy from 1966 to 1987).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e database of the OSP Baden-Württemberg, Service Point Fechten, Pestalozziallee 12, 97941 Tauberbischofsheim, accessed on May 31, 2019.
^ Fecht-Club Tauberbischofsheim: History of the Fecht-Club Tauberbischofsheim - FROM THE HEATING CELLAR TO THE OLYMPIC VICTORY. THE SUCCESS STORY OF FC TAUBERBISCHOFSHEIM . Online at www.fechtentbb.de. Accessed May 31, 2019.
↑ Richard Möll: The fencing legend of Tauberbischofsheim. A programmed path to success . Elztal: Verlag Laub 1987, p. 180 ( winner of the Frankenland trophy , from 1966–1987).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Main-Post: Mentally set on Plovdiv. It is the oldest tournament of the Tauberbischofsheim fencing club and is on the program again on Sunday, February 1st, at the Olympic base: the Franconian men's epee World Cup for juniors. 200 participants from 20 nations are fighting for qualification points for the Junior and Cadet World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria . February 1, 2004. Updated December 3, 2006. Online at www.mainpost.de. Retrieved March 4, 2018.

[Datenbank_TBB-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e database of the OSP Baden-Württemberg, Service Point Fechten, Pestalozziallee 12, 97941 Tauberbischofsheim, accessed on May 31, 2019.

[2] Fecht-Club Tauberbischofsheim: History of the Fecht-Club Tauberbischofsheim - FROM THE HEATING CELLAR TO THE OLYMPIC VICTORY. THE SUCCESS STORY OF FC TAUBERBISCHOFSHEIM . Online at www.fechtentbb.de. Accessed May 31, 2019.

[Frankenland-Trophäe_1966–1987-3] Richard Möll: The fencing legend of Tauberbischofsheim. A programmed path to success . Elztal: Verlag Laub 1987, p. 180 ( winner of the Frankenland trophy , from 1966–1987).

[Frankenlandturnier_2004_Main-Post-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Main-Post: Mentally set on Plovdiv. It is the oldest tournament of the Tauberbischofsheim fencing club and is on the program again on Sunday, February 1st, at the Olympic base: the Franconian men's epee World Cup for juniors. 200 participants from 20 nations are fighting for qualification points for the Junior and Cadet World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria . February 1, 2004. Updated December 3, 2006. Online at www.mainpost.de. Retrieved March 4, 2018.