Siegfried Rossner

Siegfried Rossner (born May 17, 1914 in Berlin , † June 25, 1996 in Bad Pyrmont ) was a German fencer , German champion and participant in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. He fought at the Turn-Klubb in Hanover .

successes

After German participants were again admitted to the Olympic Games for the first time in 1952, Rossner fought in the saber and, surprisingly, in the foil team. In the saber, he was eliminated in the second round together with Willy Fascher , Hans Esser and Richard Liebscher . The tournament also ended with the foil after the second round. Here Rossner surprisingly had to replace his teammate Willy Fascher, Julius Eisenecker , Norman Casmir and Kurt Wahl were also in the team .

In 1954 Rossner was German champion in saber singles, in 1952 he already took second place. Also in 1952 he was German team champion in saber fencing with TK Hannover. TK Hannover also won in 1951 , but the exact team line-up is not known. As a member of the fencing department of the TK Hanover, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf in 1956 .

Professionally, Rossner was a hotelier and owner of the “Damköhler” hotel in Bad Pyrmont , in whose building in 2012 the city savings bank was located.

Web links

World in picture 16/52. German team championships in saber fencing, from minute 6:27 Rossner against Walter Köstner .

Individual evidence

^ Siegfried Rossner 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.
↑ Sports report of the Federal Government, p. 57f. (PDF; 1.8 MB) German Bundestag, September 26, 1973, accessed on May 5, 2016 .
^ Klaus Frye: Siegfried Rossner - double "en garde" in Helsinki. dewezet.de, August 7, 2012, accessed May 5, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Rossner, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German fencer, German champion and Olympic participant
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	June 25, 1996
Place of death	Bad Pyrmont

[1] Siegfried Rossner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).

[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] Sports report of the Federal Government, p. 57f. (PDF; 1.8 MB) German Bundestag, September 26, 1973, accessed on May 5, 2016 .

[4] Klaus Frye: Siegfried Rossner - double "en garde" in Helsinki. dewezet.de, August 7, 2012, accessed May 5, 2016 .