{{short description|German fencer}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = lightblue | name = Anja Schache | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | full_name = Anja Müller-Schache | nickname = | nationality = {{GER}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|3|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Potsdam, Brandenburg,<br>East Germany | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.64 m | weight = 57 kg | website = | country = | sport = Fencing | event = Foil | collegeteam = | club = FC Tauberbischofsheim<ref name=fechten/> | team = | turnedpro = | coach = Ingo Weissborn<ref name=fechten>{{cite web|title=Deutsche Fechter Bund – Anja Schache|language=German|url=http://biographie.fechten.org/fechter/anja.schache|publisher=German Fencing Federation|accessdate=26 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727172726/http://biographie.fechten.org/fechter/anja.schache|archive-date=27 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's fencing}} {{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Antalya|Team foil}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Sheffield|Team foil}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Anja Müller-Schache''' (born 29 March 1977) is a German foil fencer.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|title=Anja Schache|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/anja-schache-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/anja-schache-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> She won a bronze medal, as a member of the German fencing team, at the 2009 World Fencing Championships in Antalya, Turkey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fecht-WM in Antalya: Florettdamen jubeln über Bronze|trans-title=Fencing World Championships in Antalya: Foil ladies cheer on bronze|language=German|url=http://www.rp-online.de/sport/mehr/andere/florettdamen-jubeln-ueber-bronze-1.1630511|publisher=RP Online|date=7 October 2009|accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref>
Schache represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two foil events. For her first event, the women's individual foil, Schache received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing out to Russia's Evgenia Lamonova, with a score of 2–15.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Individual Foil – Round of 32 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc=FEW001500/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820213710/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DFEW001500/index.html |archivedate=20 August 2012 }}</ref> Few days later, she joined with her fellow fencers and teammates Melanie Wolgast, Katja Wächter, and Carolin Golubytskyi for the women's team foil. Schache and her team, however, lost the fifth place match to the Chinese team (led by Zhang Lei), with a total score of 28 touches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Team Foil – Placement 5–6 Official |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc=FEW401100/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820213833/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DFEW401100/index.html |archivedate=20 August 2012 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{FIE|3715}} ([https://archive.today/20130219193250/http://www.fie.ch/Competitions/FencerDetail.aspx?param=AED3FF5DA423C3703760D647F015A634 archive]) * {{EFC|00688997}} * {{Olympics.com profile|anja-schache}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820194505/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=58839/bio/index.html |date=August 20, 2012 |title=NBC Olympics profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schache, Anja}} Category:German female fencers Category:Living people Category:Olympic fencers for Germany Category:Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Potsdam Category:1977 births Category:21st-century German sportswomen Category:World Fencing Championships medalists
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