Thomas Gerull (born 2 January 1962) is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team

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 ...

event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

, representing

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

. Gerull was awarded the

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

, the highest sporting award in Germany. He later worked as a financial adviser with his twin brother Michael. He and his brother were involved in an investor scandal from 2015 to 2016, defrauding around 25,000 small investors. Thomas and Michael were sentenced to eight and seven years in prison, respectively.

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* 1962 births Living people German male fencers Olympic fencers for West Germany Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in fencing People from Itzehoe Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Schleswig-Holstein 20th-century German sportsmen Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf Sportspeople convicted of crimes German sportspeople convicted of crimes {{Germany-fencing-bio-stub