Paul Veltrup
| Paul Veltrup | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 March 2001 Grefrath, Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Épée | |||||||||||||||||
| Hand | left-handed | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fecht Club Krefeld | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Lajos Csire | |||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paul Veltrup (born March 6, 2001, in Grefrath, Germany) is a German fencer who fences for the Fecht Club Krefeld. At the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Buenos Aires he won the silver medal in boy's épée.
Career[edit]
National Championships[edit]
Veltrup won the German Championships in 2016 (cadets) and 2018 (juniors).[1]
European Championships[edit]
- 2016 (Novi Sad, Serbia): 10th place (cadets team), 65th place (cadets individual)
- 2017 (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): 6th place (cadets team), 39th place (cadets individual)
- 2018 (Sochi, Russia): 2nd place (cadets team), 3rd place (cadets individual), 11th place (juniors individual), 11th place (juniors team)[2][3]
World Championships[edit]
- 2016 (Bourges, France): 31st place (cadets individual)
- 2017 (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): 57th place (cadets individual)
- 2018 (Verona, Italy): 9th place (cadets individual), 16th place (juniors team), 54th place (juniors individual)[4]
Youth Olympic Games[edit]
Veltrup started at the 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 (USA) 13:12, in the semi-final against Kyrgyz Khasan Baudunov 15:12. The final lost Veltrup with 4:11 against World and European champion Davide Di Veroli from Italy.[5] His silver medal was the first for the German team at the Youth Olympics.[6][7]
Two days after Veltrup won the silver medal in the individual competition, he started for the team Europe 2 in the mixed team competition and took the 6th place.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ ONLINE, RP. "Grefrather Veltrup Deutscher Meister im Degenfechten". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ ONLINE, RP. "Lokalsport: Degenfechter Paul Veltrup gewinnt in Sotchi EM-Bronze". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ ONLINE, RP. "Lokalsport: Paul Veltrup gewinnt bei EM Team-Silber". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ ONLINE, RP. "Lokalsport: Veltrup ist in der Weltspitze angekommen". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ "YOG 2018: Silber!". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ sportschau.de (2018-10-09). "Olympische Jugendspiele - Silber für Degenfechter Veltrup" (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, Medien- und. "Silbermedaille für Degenfechter Paul Veltrup - Team Deutschland". www.teamdeutschland.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ONLINE, RP. "Degenfechter Paul Veltrup punktet für Europa". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-28.