Ute Wessel

Ute Wessel , née Ute Kircheis , (born March 18, 1953 in Niederaußem ) is a German foil fencer who fought in the national team from 1971 to 1984. Her greatest achievement was winning the gold medal with the foil team at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . She is a member of the Olympic Fencing Club in Bonn and still takes an active part in senior competitions, where she became German champion with the women's floret team in 2009.

• Olympic games
  • Gold medal in Los Angeles 1984 with the foil team
  • Fourth place in Montreal in 1976 with the foil team
  • Nomination for Moscow in 1980

• World championships
  • 1977 in Buenos Aires : silver with the foil team
  • 1979 in Melbourne : Bronze with the foil team
  • 1981 in Clermont-Ferrand : silver with the foil team
  • 1983 in Vienna : Silver with the foil team

• German championships
  • 1974 : Gold in the individual

Today she works as a sports teacher at the Rhein-Sieg-Gymnasium in Sankt Augustin , where she supervises fencing activities. She is married to Albrecht Wessel , Friedrich Wessel's brother , who are also fencers.

Web links

• Ute Wessel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Report in the General-Anzeiger Bonn
• History of the fencing world championships (women's foil) from sport-komplett.de