Jürgen Nolte (fencer)

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Jürgen Nolte (born November 19, 1959 in Bonn ) is a former German saber fencer . Between 1980 and 1990 he was German champion eight times and took part in three Olympic Games. He first fought at VfL Sankt Augustin and later at OFC Bonn .

Nolte began fencing in a school club when he was ten and later joined the OFC Bonn. After graduating from high school in 1978, he first became a soldier, then studied in Bonn and became a teacher of sports and biology. He has been married since 1990.

In 1980 Nolte became German junior champion in saber fencing. In the same year he was also able to win the championships among the active . Seven other German championships followed in 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 and 1990 . In 1988 he was second, in 1991 third. This makes him the most successful saber fencer at the German championships to date.

Because of the Olympic boycott in 1980, Nolte first took part in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984 . In the individual he was 15th, with the team he just missed a bronze medal and was fourth. In 1988 in Seoul he reached the final of the last eight fencers in the singles and finished 8th. The team came in sixth place. In 1992 in Barcelona he was eighth in the individual, the team was fifth.

As the first German saber fencer ever, Nolte was able to win a World Cup tournament. At the fencing world championships in Denver in 1989 he was runner-up with the saber team (together with Frank Bleckmann , Felix Becker , Ulrich Eifler and Jörg Kempenich ). On his way back from the World Championships, Nolte survived the Sioux City plane disaster . At the World Championships in 1990 , the team from the previous year was able to win a bronze medal again.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jürgen Nolte remembers the Olympics. Bonner General-Anzeiger, July 2, 2008, accessed on August 14, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Jürgen Nolte in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  3. ^ German junior champions. German Fencing Association, accessed on August 14, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Tables in: Deutscher Fechter-Bund (Ed.), Andreas Schirmer (Red): En Garde! Allez! Touchez! 100 Years of Fencing in Germany - A Success Story , Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2012. Page 218ff.
  5. ↑ Jürgen Nolte in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).
  6. ^ Ap: List of Survivors, Compiled From Reports of Airline and Kin . In: The New York Times . July 21, 1989, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed December 4, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Fencing - World Championships (Saber - Men). sport-komplett.de, accessed on August 14, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Nolte, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fencer and Olympic participant
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn