Imke Duplitzer

Imke Duplitzer (born 28 July 1975 in Karlsruhe) is a German épée fencer. Imke is a four time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012) where she placed 10th, 5th, 5th, and 29th respectively (in the individual competition). She also fenced in three team events at the Olympics, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the team épée competition with Britta Heidemann and Claudia Bokel.[1][2] During the 2006 World Fencing Championships, she won the bronze medal after beating Romania in the épée team event together with her teammates Claudia Bokel, Britta Heidemann and Marijana Markovic. She is also a two-time European Champion in the individual event (1999 & 2010) as well as being a part of the Gold medal-winning team in 1998.

Imke Duplitzer
Duplitzer in 2011
Personal information
Born (1975-07-28) 28 July 1975
Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Websiteimke-duplitzer.de
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée
Handright-handed
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's épée fencing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team épée
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Essen Team épée
Silver medal – second place 1997 Cape Town Team épée
Silver medal – second place 2002 Lisbon Individual épée
Silver medal – second place 2003 Havana Team épée
Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris Team épée
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Seoul Team épée
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Leipzig Team épée
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Torino Team épée
Bronze medal – third place 2007 St Petersburg Team épée
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team épée
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Antalya Team épée
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Plovdiv Team épée
Gold medal – first place 1999 Bolzano Individual épée
Gold medal – first place 2010 Leipzig Individual épée
Bronze medal – third place 2006 İzmir Team épée

Duplitzer is openly lesbian.[3][4]

References
  1. "Imke Duplitzer". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Imke Duplitzer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. Buzinski, Jim (11 August 2004), "These aren't the Gay Games", Gay.com, archived from the original on 5 September 2005, retrieved 4 April 2008
  4. Imke Duplitzer: "Lesbische Sportlerinnen werden als Bedrohung empfunden", stern.de, February 19, 2014: "Hochleistungssport und offen homosexuell - geht das? Klar. Das zeigt Fechterin Imke Duplitzer seit 22 Jahren." (German)
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