Nicolas Limbach

Nicolas Limbach ( born December 29, 1985 in Eupen, Belgium ) is a German saber fencer, world champion in 2009 and six-time German champion.

Life and career

His biggest successes are the world champion title at the Junior World Championship 2005 in Linz / Austria, third place at the World Championships in the individual 2007 in Antalya, 2009, Mr. Sabre Individual World Championship, which he won after the final against the Romanians Rareş Dumitrescu. With the silver medal at the World Championships in Catania Limbach won his fourth world title in a row after precious metal bronze in 2007 in St. Petersburg, gold and silver in 2009 in Antalya, 2010 in Paris. Nicolas Limbach is thus the only German saber champion by Felix Becker, who in 1994 won the world championship.

Nicolas Limbach fights for TSV Bayer Dormagen. In addition to the sports Limbach studied since March 2006, International Business Administration, currently at the Hochschule Fresenius.

Major sporting success

National

  • 2004 - German Junior Champion
  • 2006 - German Champion
  • 2007 - German Champion
  • 2008 - German Team Champion
  • 2009 - German Champion
  • 2011 - German Champion
  • 2012 - German Champion

Internationally

  • 2005 - European Championships Juniors ( team)
  • 2005 - World Champion Junior
  • 2005 - Junior World Champion ( team)
  • 2007 - 3rd place World Cup St. Petersburg
  • 2008 - 3rd place European Championship Kiev
  • 2008 - 9th place Olympic Games Beijing
  • 2009 - World Cup overall winner
  • 2009 - World Champion Antalya
  • 2010 - 2nd place European Championships Leipzig
  • 2010 - 3rd place European Championships in Leipzig ( team)
  • 2010 - 2nd place World Championship Paris
  • 2010 - World Cup overall winner
  • 2011 - 2nd place European Championship Sheffield ( team)
  • 2011 - 2nd place World Cup Catania
  • 2012 - 3rd place European Championship Legnano ( team)
  • 2012 - 5th place Olympic Games London
  • 2012 - 5th place Olympic Games London ( team)
  • 2012 - World Cup overall winner
  • World ranking management from June 2009 to February 2011

World Cup wins

  • 2005 - Athens
  • 2006 - Athens, Padua
  • 2007 - Istanbul, Isla de Margarita
  • 2008 - Athens, Tunis
  • 2009 - Plovdiv
  • 2010 - Plovdiv, Warsaw
  • 2012 - Plovdiv, Padua, Budapest, Madrid
Felix Becker (fencer) 2007 World Fencing Championships 2009 World Fencing Championships 2010 European Fencing Championships 2010 World Fencing Championships 2011 World Fencing Championships 2012 European Fencing Championships
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