Tycho Weissgerber

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Tycho Weißgerber (born July 10, 1952 in Ternitz , Austria ) is a former German fencer and participant in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. He fought at TSC Eintracht Dortmund .

Weißgerber became German junior champion in saber fencing in 1973. In 1974 he won the bronze medal at the German Saber Championships for active players. In 1976 he was runner-up again. Weißgerber took part in the saber singles at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Like Walter Convents and Harald Hein , he was a private in the Bundeswehr at the time. After he was eliminated in the semi-finals, he finished 20th. In 1980 he won an international tournament in Münster in the men's floret.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German junior champions. German Fencing Association, accessed April 8, 2018 .
  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, p. 218ff.
  3. ^ White Paper 1973/1974 on the Security of the Federal Republic of Germany and on the Development of the Bundeswehr, p. 137. (PDF; 12.4 MB) German Bundestag, January 8, 1974, accessed on April 8, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Tycho Weißgerber in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).
  5. ^ Winner list active qualification tournament Münster. (PDF; 111 kB) 2016, accessed April 8, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Weißgerber, Tycho
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fencer and Olympic participant
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Ternitz