Fritz Becker (fencer)

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Fritz Becker (* before 1928, † after 1951) was a German foil fencer who fought at the fencing club Hermannia Frankfurt . He was four times German team champion and took part in the first World Championships in Paris in 1937 .

Becker reached the final round of the German individual foil championships several times , his best placing was a fifth place in the championships of 1937 . With the team of FC Hermannia Frankfurt he won the foil team championships in 1928 , 1930, 1937 and 1938 .

In 1937 Becker took part in the World Championships in Paris. In the individual, he was eliminated in the second round, with the team (in addition to Becker, Richard Liebscher , Siegfried Lerdon , Julius Eisenecker , August Heim and Erwin Casmir ) he took fourth place, but was only used twice and could not win any of his battles. In the individual he was eliminated in the intermediate round.

With the team of FC Hermannia Frankfurt he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on December 7, 1951 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Schröder: Deutsche Fechtkunst , Georg Koenig Buchdruckerei and Verlag, Berlin 1938, pp. 49-66.
  2. ^ The World Championships in Paris. In: Deutsche Fechter-Zeitung. No. 13/14, year 1937, July 1937, pp. 121–128.
  3. ^ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 57.
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fencer
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century