Jörg Fiedler (also spelled Joerg; born 21 February 1978) is a German
épée
The (, ; ), also rendered as 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 a ...
fencer, European champion in 2011 and 2013, and three-time team silver world medallist (1999, 2003, and 2005).
Fiedler took part in the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
, where he lost in the second round to
Oleksandr Horbachuk. In the team event, Germany finished 5th. He won a bronze medal with
Sven Schmid and
Daniel Strigel in the
team épée event at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
.
In the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, he was defeated by South Korean
Jung Jin-sun in the quarter-finals.
In addition to his career as an athlete, Fiedler is also a fencing coach.
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1978 births
Living people
German male fencers
Olympic fencers for Germany
Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in fencing
Sportspeople from Leipzig
Fencers from Saxony
German épée fencers
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Left-handed fencers
20th-century German sportsmen