Emil Beck was a German fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 coach who created a school of fencing sometimes referred to as the "German school" since Beck's influence on German fencing was profound. As a fencing coach, Beck was largely self taught. http://www.coachescompendium.org/GERMANEPEE.HTML

Beck trained fencers such as Matthias Behr

Matthias Behr

Matthias Behr is a German foil fencer. He won a gold medal and three silvers at three Olympic Games.Matthias Behr is married to the former foil fencer Zita Funkenhauser...

, Alexander Pusch

Alexander Pusch

Alexander Pusch is an German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.He won a gold medal in the individual épée event and a team silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He won an gold medal in the team épée in 1984, and a silver medal in 1988.-References:...

 and Anja Fichtel

Anja Fichtel

Anja Fichtel-Mauritz is a German fencer. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she won in the individual and team competitions, and she won the individual competition of the World Championship in 1986 and 1990...

. At the height of his career, the German fencers Anja Fichtel, Sabine Bau

Sabine Bau

Sabine Bau is a German fencer. She won five medals at four different Olympic Games between 1988 and 2000.-External links:* on fie.ch...

 and Zita Funkhauser won gold, silver and bronze in foil

Foil

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 at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Beck was succeded as German fencing team leader by Matthias Behr.