Matthias Behr
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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. After termination of his career as a competitive athlete, he became principal of the part-time boarding school at the Olympic base of Tauberbischofsheim.
During his career as a fencer, he was part of a group of foil fencers from Tauberbischofsheim, or from the competitive centre there, who dominated their field nationally and internationally for almost 15 years.
On July 19, 1982, in the middle of his career, Matthias Behr, and foil fencing in general, became widely known outside of those interested in the sport, due to a deadly accident at the world championship in Rome, when Behr's blade broke and fatally injured the most successful foil fencer of the time and incumbent world champion, Vladimir Smirnov
, in the head.
Matthias Behr was one of the close confidants of Emil Beck
, and became his successor as team leader of the National German Fencing Team.
Matthias Behr is married to the former foil fencer Zita Funkenhauser. After termination of his career as a competitive athlete, he became principal of the part-time boarding school at the Olympic base of Tauberbischofsheim.
During his career as a fencer, he was part of a group of foil fencers from Tauberbischofsheim, or from the competitive centre there, who dominated their field nationally and internationally for almost 15 years.
On July 19, 1982, in the middle of his career, Matthias Behr, and foil fencing in general, became widely known outside of those interested in the sport, due to a deadly accident at the world championship in Rome, when Behr's blade broke and fatally injured the most successful foil fencer of the time and incumbent world champion, Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov
Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov was a Soviet foil fencer.Smirnov won the gold medal in individual men's foil at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He won the World Championships the following year....
, in the head.
Matthias Behr was one of the close confidants of Emil Beck
Emil Beck
Emil Beck was a German fencing 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....
, and became his successor as team leader of the National German Fencing Team.
Singles successes
- 1984 Silver Summer Olympics1984 Summer OlympicsThe 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
, Los Angeles - 1987 Silver FIE World Championships in FencingFIE World Championships in FencingThe World Championships in Fencing is an annual competition organized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime or FIE, . The world championships are, after the Olympic Games, the most prominent international competition in the sport of fencing...
, Lausanne
Team successes
- 1973 Silver FIE World Championships in Fencing, Gothenburg
- 1976 Gold Summer Olympics1976 Summer OlympicsThe 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
, Montreal - 1977 Gold FIE World Championships in Fencing, Buenos Aires
- 1979 Bronze FIE World Championships in Fencing, Melbourne
- 1981 Bronze FIE World Championships in Fencing, Clermont-Ferrand
- 1983 Gold FIE World Championships in Fencing, Vienna
- 1984 Silver Summer Olympics, Los Angeles
- 1985 Silver FIE World Championships in Fencing, Barcelona
- 1986 Silver FIE World Championships in Fencing, Sofia
- 1987 Gold World Championships, Lausanne
- 1988 Silver Summer Olympics1988 Summer OlympicsThe 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
, Seoul
External links
(In German)- http://www.faz.net/s/RubAEA2EF5995314224B44A0426A77BD700/Doc~E89DB21B695F1492F96EC2AF9662ADD48~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html - Ein tödlicher Stich und viele Wunden (A deadly stab and many wounds) (FAZ)
- http://www.welt.de/data/2003/09/24/172660.html - Differenzen um Teamchefposten (Misunderstandings concerning the position of the team leader) (Die Welt)