Arnd Schmitt (born 13 July 1965 in

Heidenheim an der Brenz Heidenheim an der Brenz, or just Heidenheim (; Swabian: ''Hoidna'' or ''Hoirna''), is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located near the border with Bavaria, approximately 17 km south of Aalen and 33 km north of ...

) is a German fencer and Olympic champion in the

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

competition. He won a gold medal in the individual épée and a team silver medal at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, Japan – Fencing"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 27 September 2008) He received an Olympic gold medal in ''épée team'' in 1992. Schmitt was inducted into

Germany's Sports Hall of Fame The Germany's Sports Hall of Fame (german: Hall of Fame des deutschen Sports) is the national sports hall of fame in Germany, initiated 2006. The inductions are made by Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe, Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund and Verband Deu ...

in 2016.

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* 1965 births Living people German male fencers Olympic fencers of Germany Olympic fencers of West Germany Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade bronze medalists for Germany {{germany-fencing-bio-stub