Theodor Fischer was a German
épée
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and foil
fencer. He fenced in the
1928 Summer Olympics
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, and won two medals in fencing at the
1932 Maccabiah Games in
Mandatory Palestine
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.
Biography
Fischer competed in the individual and team épée events at the
1928 Summer Olympics
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.
In each, Fischer was eliminated in the second round (the quarter-finals).
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Olympics.com He came in 12th in individual epee.
He defeating reigning Olympic épée champion
Charles Delporte from Belgium,
Elie Adda
Elie Adda (23 October 1892 – 11 August 1975) was an Egyptian fencing, fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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1892 births
1975 deaths
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of Egypt,
Georgios Ambet of Greece,
Josef Jungmann
Josef Jungmann (16 July 1773 in Hudlice, near Beroun – 14 November 1847 in Prague) was a Czech poet and linguist, and a leading figure of the Czech National Revival. Together with Josef Dobrovský, he is considered to be a creator of the moder ...
of Czechoslovakia,
Frederico Paredes
Frederico da Cunha Paredes (31 January 1889 – 4 November 1972) was a Portuguese épée fencer. He completed individually and with the team at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1928; his teams placed fourth in 1920 ...
of Portugal, and lost to among others gold-medal-winning
Lucien Gaudin
Lucien Alphonse Paul Gaudin (27 September 1886 – 23 September 1934) was a French fencer. He competed in foil and in épée
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of France,
Bertie Childs
Bertie Childs (20 October 1894 – 10 October 1960) was a British fencer. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 and 1931, he won the épée title at the British Fencing Championships
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of Great Britain,
Édouard Fitting
Édouard Fitting (15 August 1898 – 7 July 1945) was a Swiss épée and foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.
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1945 deaths
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of Switzerland, and
Dan Gheorghiu of Romania.
Fischer finished eighth at the 1928 German Fencing Championships. He fenced for Dresdener Fechtclub.
He fenced at the
1932 Maccabiah Games in
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
, winning a silver medal in men's foil and a bronze medal in épée.
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Competitors at the 1932 Maccabiah Games
Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
German épée fencers
German male fencers
German foil fencers
German Jews
Maccabiah Games competitors for Germany
Maccabiah Games silver medalists
Maccabiah Games bronze medalists
Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing
Jewish male épée fencers
Jewish male foil fencers
Olympic fencers of Germany
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