Max Heinzer

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Max Heinzer (born August 7, 1987 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss sport fencer . He lives in Immensee and is a member of the Fechtgesellschaft Basel and the national team.

Max Heinzer medal table
Max Heinzer 2012
Max Heinzer 2012

fencing

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
fencing World championships
bronze ItalyItaly 2011 Catania Epee team
bronze RussiaRussia 2014 Kazan Epee team
bronze RussiaRussia 2015 Moscow Epee team
silver GermanyGermany 2017 Leipzig Epee team
gold China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 2018 Wuxi Epee team
bronze HungaryHungary 2019 Budapest Epee team
fencing European championships
silver BulgariaBulgaria 2009 Plovdiv Epee team
bronze United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2011 Sheffield Sword
gold ItalyItaly 2012 Legnano Epee team
bronze ItalyItaly 2012 Legnano Sword
gold CroatiaCroatia 2013 Zagreb Epee team
bronze FranceFrance 2014 Strasbourg Sword
gold FranceFrance 2014 Strasbourg Epee team
silver SwitzerlandSwitzerland 2015 Montreux Sword
bronze SwitzerlandSwitzerland 2015 Montreux Epee team
silver PolandPoland 2016 Toruń Sword
Logo of the FISU Universiade
bronze ThailandThailand 2007 Bangkok Epee team
gold SerbiaSerbia 2009 Belgrade Epee team
bronze RussiaRussia 2013 Kazan Sword

Fencing career

Max Heinzer began his fencing career as a foil fencer before Gabriel Nigon, the competitive sports director at the Swiss Fencing Association, suggested switching to the epee. From 2008 he was trained by Gianni Muzio and Angelo Mazzoni (national coach) as well as by Manfred Beckmann (FG Basel). On February 7, 2010, he achieved the first Swiss World Cup victory in epee fencing under head coach Mazzoni in Lisbon. Since then, nine more individual World Cup victories have been added. It currently ranks sixth on the FIE world ranking for senior swords. (As of August 2018) .

At the 2012 Olympic Games , Heinzer failed in the epee singles after beating Paris Inostroza in the first knockout round at the eventual Olympic champion Rubén Limardo . In February 2013, after winning the World Cup in Legnano, he took the lead in the world rankings for the first time, which he held for a total of eleven weeks in 2013. The first place at the Grand Prix de Berne 2013 was already his third victory at this world cup tournament in a row. At the European Championships in Zagreb, Heinzer won gold in a team competition. At the World Championships in Budapest he fell short of expectations as a favorite in the individual and team due to foot problems.

In 2014, Angelo Mazzoni was replaced in the coaching staff by the French Hervé Faget. At the Peter Bakonyi World Cup 2015 in Vancouver, Heinzer surpassed himself and caught up as the final fencer in the final from 29:37 to 45:41, securing first place for the Swiss team.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Heinzer reached the quarter-finals, where he was beaten by the later Olympic champion Park Sang-young with 4:15.

In 2018 he won the gold medal with the team at the World Championships in Wuxi , and the following year he secured bronze with the team in Budapest .

Personal

In 2007, Max Heinzer began studying sports science at the University of Basel . He completed his studies with a bachelor's degree in 2010, in order to then concentrate professionally on his fencing career. He also works as a top athlete temporary military officer in the Swiss Army and on a part-time basis for the Fritz Gerber Foundation for talented young people. As a leisure activity, he practices fishing in his home region.

successes

Max Heinzer in a battle against Silvio Fernández at Masters à l'épée 2012.
Swiss national degennal team 2014: Fabian Kauter , Michele Niggeler, Benjamin Steffen and Max Heinzer
  • World Cup tournaments
    • WC Juniors Luxembourg 2006: 1st place individual
    • WC Juniors Laupheim 2006: 1st place individual
    • WC Juniors Helsinki 2006: 2nd place individual
    • WC Seniors Buenos Aires 2009: 2nd place individual
    • WC Seniors Lisbon 2010: 1st place individual
    • WC Seniors Caguas 2010: 3rd place individual
    • WC Seniors Bern ( Grand Prix de Berne ) 2011, 2012 and 2013: 1st place individual
    • WC Seniors Heidenheim an der Brenz 2012: 1st place team
    • WC Seniors Legnano 2013: 1st place individual, 1st place team
    • WC Seniors Buenos Aires 2013: 5th place individual, 1st place team
    • WC Seniors Tallinn 2013 and 2014: 1st place individual
    • WC Seniors Vancouver 2015: 1st place team; 2017: 1st place individual
    • WC Seniors Budapest 2018: 1st place individual
  • Swiss championships
    • SM Juniors 2007: 1st place individual
    • SM Men 2008: 1st place team
    • SM Men 2011: 1st place individual, 1st place team
    • SM Men 2013: 1st place individual, 2nd place team
    • SM Men 2014: 1st place individual, 1st place team
    • SM Men 2015: 1st place team

Web links

Commons : Max Heinzer  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Der Hecht im Karpfenteich , NZZ Online, June 2, 2012, accessed on June 3, 2012
  2. ↑ Degen: Kauter and Heinzer retired early. SF Sport, August 1, 2012, archived from the original on October 29, 2013 ; Retrieved April 10, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Heinzer: “A really good year” ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.1 MB), Freier Schweizer, October 4, 2013, accessed on October 26, 2013
  4. ↑ Die Schweizer Fechter im Hoch , Tages-Anzeiger Online, March 25, 2014, accessed on February 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ WC EHS teams Vancouver: Victory for the SUI team! In: swiss-fencing.ch. February 16, 2015, accessed February 22, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Heinzer, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sport fencer
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne , Switzerland