Imke Duplitzer (born 28 July 1975 in Karlsruhe) is a German épée fencer. Imke is a four time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012) where she placed 10th, 5th, 5th, and 29th respectively (in the individual competition). She also fenced in three team events at the Olympics, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the team épée competition with Britta Heidemann and Claudia Bokel.[1][2] During the 2006 World Fencing Championships, she won the bronze medal after beating Romania in the épée team event together with her teammates Claudia Bokel, Britta Heidemann and Marijana Markovic. She is also a two-time European Champion in the individual event (1999 & 2010) as well as being a part of the Gold medal-winning team in 1998.
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| Born | 28 July 1975 Karlsruhe, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | imke-duplitzer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Épée | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References edit
- ^ "Imke Duplitzer". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Imke Duplitzer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ Buzinski, Jim (11 August 2004), "These aren't the Gay Games", Gay.com, archived from the original on 5 September 2005, retrieved 4 April 2008
- ^ Imke Duplitzer: "Lesbische Sportlerinnen werden als Bedrohung empfunden", stern.de, February 19, 2014: "Hochleistungssport und offen homosexuell - geht das? Klar. Das zeigt Fechterin Imke Duplitzer seit 22 Jahren." (German)
External links edit
- Official website
- Imke Duplitzer at the International Fencing Federation
- Imke Duplitzer at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
- Imke Duplitzer at Olympics.com
- Imke Duplitzer at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
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