Stephan Thönneßen

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Stephan Thönneßen (born March 20, 1962 in Cologne ) is a former German saber fencer and participant in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . He fought at TSV Bayer Dormagen .

In 1978 Thönneßen became German junior champion in saber fencing. Among the active players, he was second at the German championships in 1986 , and third a year later . At the Olympic Games in Seoul, he took part in both the individual and the team. In the individual, he was eliminated as the last of his semi-finals and was 23rd. The team (Thönneßen, Becker , Kempenich , Nolte , Schneider ) was eliminated in the quarter-finals and took sixth place.

Professionally, Thönneßen ran a bookstore for 21 years. He is involved in a variety of voluntary work.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German junior champions. German Fencing Association, accessed on February 9, 2019 .
  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. ↑ Stephan Thönnessen in the database of Sports-Reference (English, archived from the original ).
  4. ↑ Ex-bookseller settles disputes. rp-online, December 22, 2018, accessed February 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Thönneßen, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fencer and Olympic participant
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne