Suomen Miekkailu- ja 5-otteluliitto

FIE:n tiedote 14.3.2006

Sunnuntaina 12.3.2006 Tauberbischofsheimissa
Monelle suomalaisellekin tuttu saksalainen miekkailunopettaja/ maajoukkuevalmentaja (1986-2000) Emil Beck poistui keskuudestamme sydänkohtauksen seurauksena.

Suora lainaus FIE:n tiedotteesta:
It is with immense sadness that we have learned of the death on
Sunday 12 March 2006 in Tauberbischofsheim, of the former chief
trainer of the German Federation, Mister Emil Beck, at the age of 70
from consequences of a heart attack.

He leaves behind him, his wife Karin, his two sons René and Frank as well as their families.

Emil Beck started his career in 1952 in Tauberbischofsheim. He gave
his first fencing lessons in a cellar of the sporting hall of the city. « I
always fought for the development of this sport » he said some years
ago.
Close to the former chancellor Helmut Khol, he was the chief trainer of
the German Fencing Federation from 1986 to 2000. The German
fencing won thanks to his talents, not less than 163 medals in the
Olympic Games, the World Championships and the European
Championships altogether. His first success was at the 1973 World
Championships in Sweden with a gold medal for his men’s epee team.
He obtained his biggest success at the 1998 Olympic Games of
Seoul, where the German foil fencers (Anja Fichtel, Sabine Bau and
Zita Funkenhauser) won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the
individual event as well as the gold medal in the team event.
He retired six years ago – in 2000 but in an interview on the occasion
of his 70 th birthday last year, he said « I wish my work could live after
me, that it constitutes a base for the future ».
The International Fencing Federation lost one of his greatest leaders.
Emil Beck was a friend of fencing, he was a visionary who wished to
make his sport more media friendly in order to perpetuate its place in
the Olympic concert. He was the reformist of the German fencing and
created in Tauberbischofsheim a model center of the international
fencing.

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FIE:n tiedote kokonaisuudessaan:
http://www.fie.ch/download/letters/2006 ... 06-ANG.pdf