Karin Rutz-Gießelmann

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Karin Rutz-Gießelmann (* 16th January 1948 in Offenburg as Karin Gießelmann ) is a former German fencer , multiple German champion and participant in the Olympic Games. She fought at FC Tauberbischofsheim .

successes

Gießelmann came to Tauberbischofsheim when she was eleven, where she was trained by Emil Beck . In 1967 she became German junior champion in women's floret, in 1969 and 1972 German champion of the active. In 1971 she became runner-up, in 1973 she (as Karin Rutz) took third place at a German championship.

At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , Gießelmann took part in both the individual and the team. With the team (Gießelmann, Gudrun Theuerkauff , Irmela Broniecki , Monika Pulch , Erika Bethmann ) she finished fifth, in the individual she was eliminated in the first round. At the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal , she was again part of the women's floret team and was fourth together with Cornelia Hanisch , Ute Kircheis-Wessel , Brigitte Oertel and Jutta Höhne . Together with Brigitte Oertel, Ute Kircheis and Cornelia Hanisch, she was team vice-world champion behind the team of the USSR at the world championships in 1977 .

Karin Rutz-Gießelmann is married to the dentist Klaus Rutz, who was also a fencing master from Baden. You have a daughter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Karin Rutz in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Karin Rutz-Gießelmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).
  4. ↑ History of the World Fencing Championships (women's foil) from sport-komplett.de
personal data
SURNAME Rutz-Gießelmann, Karin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karin Gießelmann (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fencer and Olympic participant
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenburg