Julius Eisenecker
Julius Eisenecker (born March 21, 1903 in Frankfurt am Main ; † October 12, 1981 ) was a German fencer who became German champion and won two Olympic bronze medals in 1936.
Life
The exceptionally short world-class fencer with a height of just 1.60 meters was successful with both the foil and the saber. He fought at the fencing club Hermannia Frankfurt , where numerous other top fencers were also active, for example the Olympic runner-up and 52-time German champion Erwin Casmir . In 1931 Eisenecker won his first German championship title with the foil, in 1934 , 1935 , 1941 , 1942 and 1951 five more titles followed; In 1937 and 1939 he was German master with the saber.
In 1931, the German men's team won the bronze medal in saber fencing at the unofficial world fencing championship with Erwin Casmir , Julius Eisenecker, August Heim and Heinrich Moos . In 1934 Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, August Heim and Stefan Rosenbauer received bronze with the foil. In 1935 Julius Eisenecker, Hans Esser , August Heim, Heinrich Moos and Richard Wahl repeated the success in saber fencing of 1931. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , the German saber team won with Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, Hans Esser, August Heim and Hans -Georg Jörger and Richard Wahl the bronze medal. The German foil team with Otto Adam , Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, August Heim, Siegfried Lerdon and Stefan Rosenbauer also won bronze . In 1937 the first official world fencing championship took place; the German saber team with Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, Hans Esser, August Heim, Heinrich Moos and Richard Wahl again received the bronze medal.
At the age of 49, Eisenecker entered the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki again with the foil, but retired in the individual in the first round and with the team in the second round.
On December 7, 1951, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for his athletic achievements.
Web links
- Julius Eisenecker in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- World fencing championships saber
- Fencing World Championships Foil
- German fencing championships
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Dieter Güse, Andreas Schirmer: Fascination Fencing: From the miraculous rise of a sport in Germany. Limpert Verlag, Bad Homburg 1986, p. 67f.
- ^ Sports report of the Federal Government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - Printed matter 7/1040 - page 56
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eisenecker, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1981 |