Max Heinzer

Max Heinzer
Heinzer at the 2013 Challenge RFF-Trophée Monal
Personal information
Born	(1987-08-07) 7 August 1987 (age 34) Lucerne, Switzerland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Épée
Hand	right-handed
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record World Championships 2018 Wuxi Team 2017 Leipzig Team 2014 Kazan Team 2015 Moscow Team 2019 Budapest Team European Championships 2013 Zagreb Team 2014 Strasbourg Team 2014 Strasbourg Individual

Max Heinzer (born 7 August 1987) is a Swiss right-handed épée fencer, three-time team European champion, 2018 team world champion, and three-time Olympian.^[1]

Heinzer competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

He began fencing at the age of 5 when his older brother Michael introduced him to fencing.^[2]

Medal Record[]

World Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Catania, Italy	Team Men's Épée	3rd[3]
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Men's Épée	3rd[4]
2015	Moscow, Russia	Team Men's Épée	3rd[5]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Team Men's Épée	2nd[6]
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	1st[7]
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Team Men's Épée	3rd[8]

European Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2009	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Team Men's Épée	2nd[9]
2011	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[10]
2012	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[11]
2012	Legnano, Italy	Team Men's Épée	1st[12]
2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Team Men's Épée	1st[13]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[14]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Team Men's Épée	1st[15]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[16]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Team Men's Épée	3rd[17]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[18]

Grand Prix[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
06/04/2011	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[19]
06/02/2012	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[20]
05/11/2013	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[21]
05/22/2015	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[22]
03/23/2018	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	1st[23]
03/08/2019	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[24]

World Cup[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
06/20/2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[25]
02/06/2010	Lisbon, Portugal	Individual Men's Épée	1st[26]
06/04/2010	Caguas, Puerto Rico	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[27]
06/29/2012	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[28]
01/25/2013	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	1st[29]
03/15/2013	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[30]
02/21/2014	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[31]
01/22/2015	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	1st[32]
02/17/2017	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	1st[33]
11/17/2017	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[34]

References[]

External links[]

• Max Heinzer at the International Fencing Federation
• Max Heinzer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Giulia Steingruber	Flagbearer for   Switzerland (with Mujinga Kambundji) Tokyo 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent

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