Katja Wächter

Katja Wächter (born 28 January 1982 in Leipzig, Sachsen) is a German foil fencer.[2] In 2009, Wachter won a silver medal for the same weapon at the European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and bronze, as a member of the German fencing team, at the World Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[3][4]

Katja Wächter
Personal information
Nationality Germany
Born (1982-01-28) 28 January 1982
Leipzig, Sachsen, East Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
Event(s)Foil
ClubCercle d'escrime Melun Val de Seine
Coached byIngo Weissborn[1]
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  Germany
World Championships
2009 AntalyaTeam foil
European Championships
2009 PlovdivFoil
2010 LeipzigTeam foil
2011 SheffieldTeam foil

Wachter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two foil events. For her first event, the women's individual foil, Wachter defeated Peru's María Luisa Doig, Romania's Cristina Stahl, and France's Corinne Maîtrejean in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Italy's Giovanna Trillini, with a score of 8–15.[5] Few days later, she joined with her fellow fencers and teammates Melanie Wolgast, Anja Schache, and Carolin Golubytskyi for the women's team foil. Wachter and her team, however, lost the fifth place match to the Chinese team (led by Zhang Lei), with a total score of 28 touches.[6]

References
  1. "Deutsche Fechter Bund – Katja Wächter" (in German). German Fencing Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katja Wächter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. "Fecht-WM in Antalya: Florettdamen jubeln über Bronze" [Fencing World Championships in Antalya: Foil ladies cheer on bronze] (in German). RP Online. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. "Silber und Bronze für deutsche Fechter" [Silver and bronze for German fencers] (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. "Women's Individual Foil – Quarterfinal 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  6. "Women's Team Foil – Placement 5–6 Official". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.


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