Tim Gerresheim

Timothäus " Tim " Gerresheim ( born February 24, 1939 in Berlin ) is a former German fencer who has been successful with the foil.

Tim Gerresheim was the son of Otto Gerresheim fencing master, who had come in 1951 from Berlin to Hamburg and was established in 1954 Hamburg Fechtclub Rothbaum. 1959 Tim won the German Cup for the first time Gerresheim with the foil, the same year he took second place at the Junior World Championship. In the adult class he was defeated by the German team at the World Fencing Championships 1959 in Budapest only in the final against the Soviet team. The following year, he retired at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome in the individual competition in the third round. With the team he reached the quarter-final against France. There it stood after 16 battles won with 8:8 and Tim Gerresheim had in the decisive battle against the four -time Olympic medalist Christian d' Oriola. Gerresheim won this battle with 5-0 hits. In the semifinals, the German fencer subject to the subsequent Olympic champions from the Soviet Union, against the Hungarians, the Germans won the battle for bronze with 9:5 points, Gerresheim won three of his four fights.

1962 Gerresheim won his second league titles, in 1963 he became an international master of Vienna. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 Gerresheim finished sixth place in the individual competition, with the team he finished fifth. In the following years Gerresheim was missing because of various injuries in most tournaments. With a second place behind Friedrich Wessel in the German Championship in 1968 but he again moved up into German Olympic team. In the Olympic tournament in Mexico City Gerresheim difference in individual competition from an early stage, with the team he finished sixth.

Tim Gerresheim is qualified sports teacher and fencing master. He runs with his wife own fencing school in Hamburg and makes nearby at several drama schools training young performers in scenic fencing.