Simone Briese-Baetke (born 2 April 1966 Wittstock) is a German wheelchair fencer in épée, foil and saber.[1] She won a silver medal at the paralympics.[2]

On 7 November 2012, she received the Silver Laurel Leaf.[3]

Career

She suffers from multiple sclerosis and is paraplegic. She started her sporting career at TUS Makkabi Rostock. She later moved to the Tauberbischofsheim fencing club.[4]

Briese-Baetke fences with épée, foil and saber and is a multiple World Cup winner, European champion in 2009 with épée, bronze medalist in 2010 and 2011 at the World Championships.[5]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won the silver medal in Women's Épée Individual Cat. B.[6][7] She competed in Women's Foil Individual Cat. B,[8]

At the 2013 World Championships in Budapest, she only lost in the foil semifinals to 2012 Paralympic champion Yao Fang with 6:15 and received the bronze medal.[9]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, she competed in Women's Individual Épée Cat. B,[10] and Women's Individual Foil Cat. B.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Simone Briese-Baetke". Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  2. ↑ "Simone Briese-Baetke - Wheelchair Fencing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  3. ↑ "Artikel: Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes". Der Bundespräsident (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  4. ↑ "Simone Briese-Baetke ausgezeichnet". www.fechten.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  5. ↑ "Simone Briese-Baetke - TUS Maccabi Rostock". iwas.ophardt.online. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  6. ↑ "London 2012 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-epee-individual-cat-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  7. ↑ "Briese-Baetke aiming to cap remarkable year with Hong Kong win". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  8. ↑ "London 2012 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-individual-cat-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  9. ↑ "DBS | Deutscher Behindertensportverband – National Paralympic Committee Germany | Simone Briese-Baetke gewinnt Bronzemedaille". www.dbs-npc.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  10. ↑ "Rio 2016 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-individual-epee-cat-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  11. ↑ "Rio 2016 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-individual-foil-cat-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
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