KIT Fencers at the German University Championships in Leipzig

Around 350 fencers competed at the German University Championships in Leipzig this year. The KIT fencers Jaakob de Vries (epee, foil), Andreas Frölich (sabre), Christopher Störrle (epee) and Jannik Trapp (epee) competed in all 3 disciplines.

The epee fencers started first on Saturday morning. Unfortunately, Jannik Trapp had to settle for 82nd place in the first preliminary round. Christopher Störrle and Jaakob de Vries progressed and achieved 22nd and 36th place respectively. The winner of the men's epee was Niklas Multerer from Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, ahead of Constantin Boehm from the University of Stuttgart by just one point. In the afternoon, Andreas Frölich achieved 14th place in the men's sabre. Here, Marlon Hirzmann (University of Giessen) and Stefan Preßmar (University of Hohenheim) faced each other in the final, which Hirzmann won. On Sunday, Jaakob de Vries once again entered the fray, this time armed with a foil. After two preliminary rounds, he was seeded 14th and won the 64-man knockout round. The victory in the first battle of the round of 32 went to him again. After that, however, de Vries unfortunately had to admit defeat twice, despite being given bananas and cheered on, to finish in 18th place. Maximilian Kummer (TU Dresden) won the final against Alexander Gsching (DHBW Heidenheim).

Of course, the social get-together was not neglected either with a meal in the Thüringer Hof and an interesting selection of music from the DJ at the fencing party on Saturday evening.