Gianna Hablützel-Bürki
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Gianna Hablützel-Bürki (née Bürki, born 22 December 1969 in
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) is a female
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 ...
fencer.


Life

She married Christoph Hablützel in 1997. They have a daughter named Demi, born in 1998 and currently live in
Riehen Riehen (Swiss German: ''Rieche'') is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland. Together with the city of Basel and Bettingen, Riehen is one of three municipalities in the canton. Riehen hosts the Fondation Beyeler (a privately ...
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Occupation

* Épée fencer * Founder & Co-president of the 'Fechtverein Basel' – & Riehen-Scorpions * Youth fencing trainer * President of the Swiss Olympic Athletes Commission (SOAC)


Career


Individual

* 9-times Swiss Champion * 4-times World Cup winner * 2-times bronze medal winner at the European Championships (1994 + 1995) * 2-times silver medal winner at the European Championships (1993 + 1996) * Ranked 11th at the
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1996 in
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* Silver medal winner at the
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2000 in
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* Bronze medal winner at the World Championships 2001 in
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Team

* 6-times Swiss Champion * Bronze medal winner at the World Championships 1989 in
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* Ranked 4th at the World Championships 1999 in
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* European Champion 2000 in
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* Silver medal winner at the
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2000 in
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* Silver medal winner at the World Championships 2001 in
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* 1995 French Champion with
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See also

Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics At the 2000 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre). Women competed in the foil and the épée events. The events took place ...


References


External links



Official Homepage of Gianna Hablützel-Bürki (German)
Schweizer Fechtverband
1969 births Living people Swiss female épée fencers Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt People from Riehen {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub