Full name | Alexander Pipa | ||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Knipser | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 12 June 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Heidelberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Banker | ||||||||||||||||
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Position | Flanker | ||||||||||||||||
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Years | Club / team | ||
- 2011 | TSV Handschuhsheim | ||
Correct as of 5 March 2010
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
Correct as of 21 March 2010
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Sevens national teams | |||
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Alexander Pipa (born 12 June 1983 in Heidelberg) is a retired German international rugby union player, playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
He has been playing rugby since 1996.
Pipa has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 and 2009 Hannover Sevens and the 2009 London Sevens. He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg, where Germany finished 8th.
In the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons, Pipa was the top try scorer in the Bundesliga with 22 tries in each season. After the 2010-11 season, Pipa retired from the sport to concentrate on his private life and his job career.
Alexander Pipa's personal statistics in club and international rugby: