Julius Lichtenfels

Julius Lichtenfels (* May 19, 1884, † June 29, 1968 ) was a German fencer. He is a two -time German champion and two -time Olympian.

Lichtenfels trained in Offenbach am Main under the Italian fencing master Cavaliere Gazzera the fencing club Offenbach from 1863 eV. In this traditional club also trained Cornelia Hanisch and Helene Mayer.

He participated twice in the Olympic Games. 1908 at the Games in London, he achieved his best result as a member of the German epee team that reached the seventh place. In the individual competitions he was 61 with his sword and the saber 43

Four years later, at the Games in Stockholm Lichtenfels occurred with all three weapons. With the foil he was 17, with the sword and with the saber 68 22 As a member of the German saber team, he finished in seventh place, with the epee team the eighth.

The greatest success of his career in 1913 as he celebrated Lichtenfels German foil champion in his hometown the inaugural Federal tournament. The following year he was able to repeat this success with the saber.