Claudia Bokel (born 30 August 1973, in

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, the

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) is a German

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fencer.

Biography

Claudia Bokel fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal in the

competition with her teammates,

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and

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 thre ...

. She also competed at the

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and

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. She won a gold medal at the

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and at the

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épée event. During the

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, she won the bronze medal after beating Romania in the épée team event together with her teammates Imke Duplitzer,

and Marijana Markovic. In August 2008, she was elected as a member of the

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and the

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by the 120th IOC Session.International Olympic Committee: 120th IOC Session concludes in Beijing
/ref> After her 8-year term ended in 2016, she could not be proposed as an IOC Individual Member as her teammate

was in the running for the next term.

References

1973 births Living people German female fencers Dutch emigrants to Germany Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany People from Westerwolde (municipality) International Olympic Committee members Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Groningen (province) 21st-century German women {{germany-fencing-bio-stub