Peter Joppich

Peter Joppich (born 21 December 1982[1]) is a German foil fencer.

Peter Joppich
Personal information
Born (1982-12-21) 21 December 1982
Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportFencing
Weaponfoil
HandRight-handed
ClubCercle d'escrime Melun Val de Seine
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's Fencing
Olympic Games
2012 London Team foil
World Championships
2002 LisbonTeam foil
2003 HavanaFoil
2006 TurinFoil
2007 St. PetersburgFoil
2010 Paris Foil
2006 TurinTeam foil
2007 St. PetersburgTeam foil
2008 BeijingTeam foil
2009 AntalyaTeam foil
2003 HavanaTeam foil
2005 LeipzigTeam foil
2009 AntalyaFoil
2011 CataniaTeam foil
European Championships
2007 GentTeam foil
2013 ZagrebFoil
2013 ZagrebTeam foil
2019 DüsseldorfTeam foil
2009 PlovdivTeam foil
2012 LegnanoTeam foil
2014 StrasbourgFoil
2015 MontreuxTeam foil

He is a five-time World Champion in Foil with four Individual titles and one Team title. Joppich won the gold medal in 2010 World Fencing Championships after beating Lei Sheng 15–11 at Championnats du Monde, Paris. He was also the winner of the World Fencing Championships in St Petersburg in 2007 after beating Andrea Baldini 15–9, Turin in 2006 after beating Baldini 15–14, and Havana in 2003. He won his first World Championship Individual Title when he was just 21 years old.

Joppich credits his success to former German fencer and Olympic gold medallist Ulrich Schreck. For more than 10 years, Schreck instructed Joppich during the latter's training at the Federal Training Centre in Bonn. He has competed in five Olympic Games – Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016, and Tokyo 2021.[2] He finished sixth, fifth, eleventh, and twelfth respectively.

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