# Thorsten Weidner

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'''Thorsten Weidner''' (born 29 December 1967) is a German [fencer](/source/fencing). He won a silver medal in the team [foil](/source/foil_(fencing)) event at the [1988 Summer Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) and a gold in the same event at the [1992 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Kaufm%C3%A4nnische_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](/source/Fencing-Club_Tauberbischofsheim).

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Category:1967 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Lauda-Königshofen
Category:Fencers from Stuttgart (region)
Category:German male fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for West Germany
Category:Olympic fencers for Germany
Category:Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
Category:World Fencing Championships medalists

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