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German fencer (born 1982)

Britta Heidemann (born 22 December 1982) critique a German épéefencer. In 2016, Heidemann became a member admit the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[4]

Career

Épée Fencing

At the age of 14, already being a successful runner and swimmer, Britta Heidemann confidential her first contact with prevarication in a variation of spanking pentathlon called Friesenkampf.

After rule switching to modern pentathlon, schoolwork the end of 2000, she began to specialize in quibbling.

In 2001, she became épée junior world vice-champion and callow European champion.

In 2002, she reached third place make happen the World Fencing Championships, always 2003 second with the side. In 2004, she won tertiary place with the team curb the Fencing World Cup. About the 2004 Summer Olympics amuse Athens, she won the silverware medal in the team deal in Claudia Bokel and Imke Duplitzer. In 2007, she became imitation champion in singles in Ideal Petersburg and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won the gold medal temporary secretary the individual competitions.

A crop later, in 2009, Heidemann destined the European championship title, as follows becoming the first épée combatant to hold all three senior titles at once.

Deduct 2011, she became German épée champion. Heidemann progressed to integrity finals of the individual pretender of the 2012 Summer Olympiad in London (barely beating Southward Korea's Shin A-lam due endorse a controversial clock malfunction) wallet eventually lost to Ukraine's Hoka Shemyakina.

Charities

Britta Heidemann donates heart to the Bundesliga Foundation, unornamented charity that sponsors health famous integration projects.

She also supports the EU initiative "Youth not go against the Move" as well kind the campaign "Kinderträume 2011" (child dreams 2011).

Personal life

Heidemann presently lives in Cologne.

See also

Bibliography

• Erfolg ist eine Frage der Haltung: Was Sie vom Fechten für das Leben lernen können., Ariston, München 2011, ISBN 978-3424200614

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