Richard Liebscher

Richard Liebscher (born November 2, 1910 in Nuremberg , † after 1952) was a German fencer , multiple German champion in foil and saber and an Olympic participant. He fought for the fencing ring in Nuremberg, later for the SG Berlin and after the Second World War for the TK Hannover .

Life

Liebscher was born in Nuremberg in 1910 and was one of the strongest fencers in Germany from 1934. He was trained by the fencing master Fritz Gazzera, among others . In 1939 he won his first German championship in foil, which was to be followed by 13 more. During the time of National Socialism he became a member of the SS , to which numerous other top German fencers belonged at the instigation of the active saber fencer Reinhard Heydrich . After the war Liebscher worked as a merchant in the cable industry and has been married since 1952. In the same year he took part in the Olympic Games in Helsinki. In 1956 he was awarded the silver bay leaf as a member of the TK Hannover . After his active career, he remained connected to fencing as a trainer in Nuremberg.

successes

At the Olympic Games in Helsinki he was eliminated in the first round in the saber singles as the third last of his round. With the saber team, he made it to the second round together with Willy Fascher and Hans Esser . He was able to win the German championships fourteen times in individual and team. He won his first individual title in foil in 1939, and in 1940 he was able to defend his title. In the same year he was runner-up with the saber. Four more individual titles followed in the Saber in 1942 , 1943 , 1951 and 1952 .

Web links

Richard Liebscher in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).
Das Bundesarchiv, Welt im Film 355/1952 , from 9 min 17 excerpt from the final of the German championships in saber fencing in 1952 (Hirschring versus Liebscher).

Individual evidence

↑ Fechterring Nürnberg from 1928 (PDF; 12.3 MB) Fechtsport 4/2003 published on the website of the Fechterring Nürnberg, 2003, accessed on December 2, 2014 .
↑ Volker Kluge and Donald Macgregor (transl.) (2011): A “New Woman” and her Involuntary Myth * - One hundred years ago the German fencer Helene Mayer was born , Journal of Olympic History 19, No. 3, p. 30 -38.
↑ Sports report of the Federal Government, p. 57f. (PDF; 1.8 MB) German Bundestag, September 26, 1973, accessed on October 30, 2014 .
^ Richard Liebscher in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible).
↑ Richard Liebscher in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).
↑ 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.

personal data
SURNAME	Liebscher, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German fencer, multiple German champion in foil and saber as well as Olympic participant
DATE OF BIRTH	November 2, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	20th century or 21st century

[1] Fechterring Nürnberg from 1928 (PDF; 12.3 MB) Fechtsport 4/2003 published on the website of the Fechterring Nürnberg, 2003, accessed on December 2, 2014 .

[2] Volker Kluge and Donald Macgregor (transl.) (2011): A “New Woman” and her Involuntary Myth * - One hundred years ago the German fencer Helene Mayer was born , Journal of Olympic History 19, No. 3, p. 30 -38.

[3] Sports report of the Federal Government, p. 57f. (PDF; 1.8 MB) German Bundestag, September 26, 1973, accessed on October 30, 2014 .

[4] Richard Liebscher in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible).

[5] Richard Liebscher in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).

[6] 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.