Peter Joppich

Peter Joppich
Joppich at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Germany
Born	(1982-12-21) 21 December 1982 (age 34) Koblenz, Germany
Weapon(s)	foil
Hand	Right-handed
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Club	Cercle d'escrime Melun Val de Seine
FIE Ranking	current ranking
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's Fencing Olympic Games 2012 London Team foil World Championships 2002 Lisbon Team foil 2003 Havana Foil 2006 Turin Foil 2007 St. Petersburg Foil 2010 Paris Foil 2009 Antalya Team foil 2006 Turin Team foil 2007 St. Petersburg Team foil 2009 Antalya Foil 2011 Catania Team foil European Championships 2013 Zagreb Foil 2013 Zagreb Team foil 2012 Legnano Team foil 2014 Strasbourg Foil

Peter Joppich (born 21 December 1982) is a German foil fencer.

Joppich is a five-time World Champion in Foil with four Individual titles and one Team title. He won the gold medal in 2010 World Fencing Championships after beating Lei Sheng 15–11 at Championnats du Monde, Paris. He was also the winner of the World Fencing Championships in St Petersburg in 2007 after beating Andrea Baldini 15–9, Turin in 2006 after beating Baldini 15–14, and Havana in 2003. He won his first World Championship Individual Title when he was just 21 years old.

Joppich credits his success to former German fencer and Olympic gold medallist Ulrich Schreck. For more than 10 years, Schreck instructed Joppich during the latter’s training at the Federal Training Centre in Bonn. He has competed in four Olympic Games – Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio de Janeiro 2016. He finished sixth, fifth, eleventh, and twelfth respectively.