Paul Veltrup (born March 6, 2001, in Grefrath, Germany) is a German fencer who fences for the Fecht Club Krefeld. At the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Buenos Aires he won the silver medal in boy's épée.
| Paul Veltrup | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 March 2001 Grefrath, Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Épée | |||||||||||||||||
| Hand | left-handed | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fecht Club Krefeld | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Lajos Csire | |||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
National Championships edit
Veltrup won the German Championships in 2016 (cadets) and 2018 (juniors).[1]
European Championships edit
- 2016 (Novi Sad, Serbia): 10th place (cadets team), 65th place (cadets individual)
- 2017 (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): 6th place (cadets team), 39th place (cadets individual)
- 2018 (Sochi, Russia): 2nd place (cadets team), 3rd place (cadets individual), 11th place (juniors individual), 11th place (juniors team)[2][3]
World Championships edit
- 2016 (Bourges, France): 31st place (cadets individual)
- 2017 (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): 57th place (cadets individual)
- 2018 (Verona, Italy): 9th place (cadets individual), 16th place (juniors team), 54th place (juniors individual)[4]
Youth Olympic Games edit
Veltrup started at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in the individual competition in épée on October 8, 2018. He was first after the pool round. In the quarter-finals, he won against Isaac Herbst (USA) 13:12, in the semi-final against Kyrgyz Khasan Baudunov 15:12. The final lost Veltrup with 4:11 against World and European champion Davide Di Veroli from Italy.[5] His silver medal was the first for the German team at the Youth Olympics.[6][7]
Two days after Veltrup won the silver medal in the individual competition, he started for the team Europe 2 in the mixed team competition and took the 6th place.[8]
References edit
- ^ ONLINE, RP. "Grefrather Veltrup Deutscher Meister im Degenfechten". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ ONLINE, RP. "Lokalsport: Degenfechter Paul Veltrup gewinnt in Sotchi EM-Bronze". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ ONLINE, RP. "Lokalsport: Paul Veltrup gewinnt bei EM Team-Silber". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ ONLINE, RP. "Lokalsport: Veltrup ist in der Weltspitze angekommen". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ "YOG 2018: Silber!". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ sportschau.de (2018-10-09). "Olympische Jugendspiele - Silber für Degenfechter Veltrup" (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, Medien- und. "Silbermedaille für Degenfechter Paul Veltrup - Team Deutschland". www.teamdeutschland.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ONLINE, RP. "Degenfechter Paul Veltrup punktet für Europa". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.