Frank Beck (fencer)

Frank Beck ( born June 26, 1961 in Tauberbischofsheim ) is a former German fencer who in 1984 won an Olympic silver medal in the foil team.

Frank Beck was active as a son of the fencing coach Emil Beck from an early age at FC Tauberbischofsheim, his father made ​​but from the beginning that Frank took his lessons with other instructors. 1980 Frank Beck won the German Junior Championship. In the World Fencing Championships 1981 Frank Beck won his first international medal when he got together with Matthias Behr, Harald and Mathias Hein Gey bronze behind the teams from the Soviet Union and Italy. In the World Fencing Championships in Vienna in 1983 Frank Beck tore the German team after an intermediate 0:4 residue in the quarterfinals against France around, after the 9:7 victory the team was in the semi-finals. Ultimately, the West German team ( Frank Beck, Matthias Behr, Mathias Gey, Harald Hein, Klaus Reichert) won the world title in the final against the team from the GDR. When Olympic Fencing Tournament 1984 Los Angeles basin occurred only in the team competition. After he was quite successful in the first round, he lost in the quarter-finals against the United States are the only two battles at 9:2 victory. Therefore, he paused in the semifinal against Austria. In the final against Italy Beck was back on the piste. He could win against Andrea Borella, but lost 0:5 against the Olympic Champion Mauro Numa. Ultimately, the Italians won gold and Frank Beck, Matthias Behr, Mathias Gey, Harald Hein and Klaus Reichert received the silver medal. PhD chemist Frank Beck is since 1998 director of a company for medical technology based in Tauberbischofsheim.