Britta heidemann biography

German fencer (born 1982)

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

Career

Épée Fencing

At the age of 14, already being a successful athlete and swimmer, Britta Heidemann had her first contact with fencing in a variation of modern pentathlon called Friesenkampf.

Britta Heidemann is a German épée fencer.

Born, ; m / kg, 1,80 m / 69 kg ; Hobbies, Languages, Travelling, Reading ; Coach, Manfred Kaspar ; Club, TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Britta Heidemann (born 22 December ) is a German épée fencer.

Britta Heidemann is a three-time Olympic medalist and Olympic champion in fencing from the Beijing Games.

Britta Heidemann, born in , lives in Cologne, Germany.

After first switching to modern pentathlon, at the end of 2000, she began to specialize in fencing.

In 2001, she became épée junior world vice-champion and junior European champion. In 2002, she reached third place in the World Fencing Championships, in 2003 second with the team.

In 2004, she won third place with the team in the Fencing World Cup. During the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she won the silver medal in the team with Claudia Bokel and Imke Duplitzer. In 2007, she became world champion in singles in Saint Petersburg and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she wo