Theodor Fischer was a German

épée The (, ; ), also rendered as 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 contains a ...

and foil fencer. He fenced in the

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, and won two medals in fencing at the 1932 Maccabiah Games in

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Biography

Fischer competed in the individual and team épée events at the

. In each, Fischer was eliminated in the second round (the quarter-finals)."Theodor Fischer,"
Olympics.com He came in 12th in individual epee. He defeating reigning Olympic épée champion Charles Delporte from Belgium, Elie Adda of Egypt, Georgios Ambet of Greece,

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of Czechoslovakia,

Frederico Paredes Frederico da Cunha Paredes (31 January 1889 – 4 November 1972) was a Portuguese épée fencer. He completed individually and with the team at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1928; his teams placed fourth in 1920 ...

of Portugal, and lost to among others gold-medal-winning

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of France, Bertie Childs of Great Britain,

Édouard Fitting Édouard Fitting (15 August 1898 – 7 July 1945) was a Swiss épée and foil fencing, fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games. References External links

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of Switzerland, and

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of Romania. Fischer finished eighth at the 1928 German Fencing Championships. He fenced for Dresdener Fechtclub. Fischer fenced at the 1932 Maccabiah Games in

, winning a silver medal in men's foil and a bronze medal in épée. Fischer is deceased.

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