Matthias Behr

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Matthias Behr (born April 1 in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany) is a German foil fencer (see fencing).

Matthias Behr is married to the former foil fencer Zita Funkenhauser. After termination of his career as active competitive athlete he became principal of the part-time boarding school at the Olympia base Tauberbischofsheim.

During his active time he was part of a group of Tauberbischofsheim's foil fencers–resp. of the competitive centre–,who nationally and internationally dominated their field for almost 15 years.

On July 19, 1982, in the middle of his active career, Matthias Behr and fencing in common became part of the public interest besides sports due to a deadly accident, when Behr's blade broke and lethally hurt the acting world champion Vladimir Smirnov, who was the most successful fencer at that time, at his 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.

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[edit] Single successes

[edit] Team successes

  • 1973 Silver FIE World Championships in Fencing, Gothenburg
  • 1976 Gold Summer Olympics, 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 WM Lausanne
  • 1988 Silver Summer Olympics, Seoul

[edit] Awards

  • Silver Bay Leaf

[edit] External links

(In German)

  • [2] - Ein tödlicher Stich und viele Wunden (A deadly stab and many wounds) (FAZ)
  • [3] - Differenzen um Teamchefposten (Misunderstandings concerning the position of the team leader) (Die Welt)
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