Thorsten Weidner

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'''Thorsten Weidner''' (born 29 December 1967) is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics and a gold in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.<ref name="databaseolympics">{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WEIDNTHO01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Thorsten Weidner |accessdate=2011-07-30 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019064523/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WEIDNTHO01 |archivedate=19 October 2012 }}</ref><ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/thorsten-weidner-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223414/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/thorsten-weidner-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Thorsten Weidner Olympic Results |accessdate=2011-07-30 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

==Biography== Thorsten Weidner attended the Kaufmännische Schule Tauberbischofsheim<ref name="Chronik_S.49">''75 Jahre Kaufmännische Schule Tauberbischofsheim'', StieberDruck GmbH, 113 Seiten, TBB 1997, S.49</ref> and fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim.

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