Paul Veltrup (born March 6, 2001, in

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) is a German fencer who fences for the ''Fecht Club Krefeld.'' At the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in

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he won the silver medal in boy's épée.

Career

National Championships

Veltrup won the German Championships in 2016 (cadets) and 2018 (juniors).

European Championships

* 2016 (

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): 10th place (cadets team), 65th place (cadets individual) * 2017 (

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): 6th place (cadets team), 39th place (cadets individual) * 2018 (

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): 2nd place (cadets team), 3rd place (cadets individual), 11th place (juniors individual), 11th place (juniors team)

World Championships

* 2016 (

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): 31st place (cadets individual) *2017 Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships, 2017 (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): 57th place (cadets individual) *2018 Junior World Fencing Championships, 2018 (Verona, Italy): 9th place (cadets individual), 16th place (juniors team), 54th place (juniors individual)

Youth Olympic Games

Veltrup started at the Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in the individual competition in épée on October 8, 2018. He was first after the pool round. In the quarter-finals, he won against Isaac Herbst (United States, USA) 13:12, in the semi-final against Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Khasan Baudunov 15:12. The final lost Veltrup with 4:11 against World and European champion Davide Di Veroli from Italy. His silver medal was the first for the Germany at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, German team at the Youth Olympics. Two days after Veltrup won the silver medal in the individual competition, he started for the team ''Mixed-NOCs at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, Europe 2'' in the Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Mixed team, mixed team competition and took the 6th place.

References

External links

Paul Veltrup - FIE

Paul Veltrup - fencing.ophardt.online
{{DEFAULTSORT:Veltrup, Paul 2001 births Living people German male fencers German épée fencers Fencers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) 21st-century German people Left-handed fencers People from Viersen (district)