Max Heinzer (born 8 August 1987) is a

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right-handed

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ...

fencer, three-time team European champion, 2018 team world champion, and three-time

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. Heinzer competed in the

2012 London Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, the

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

, and the

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. He began fencing at the age of 5 when his older brother Michael introduced him to fencing.

Medal record

World Championship

European Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

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* * Swiss épée fencers Swiss male épée fencers Living people Olympic fencers of Switzerland Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Lucerne 1987 births Universiade gold medalists for Switzerland Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swiss people 21st-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub