Max Heinzer

Max Heinzer (born 8 August 1987) is a Swiss right-handed épée fencer, three-time team European champion, 2018 team world champion, and three-time Olympian.^[1]

Max Heinzer
Heinzer at the 2013 Challenge RFF-Trophée Monal
Personal information
Born	(1987-08-08) 8 August 1987 (age 37) Lucerne, Switzerland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Weapon	Épée
Hand	right-handed
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record World Championships 2018 Wuxi Team 2017 Leipzig Team 2014 Kazan Team 2015 Moscow Team 2019 Budapest Team European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team European Championships 2012 Legnano Team 2013 Zagreb Team 2014 Strasbourg Team 2009 Plovdiv Team 2015 Montreux Individual 2016 Toruń Individual 2023 Kraków Team 2011 Sheffield Individual 2012 Legnano Individual 2014 Strasbourg Individual 2015 Montreux Team 2022 Antalya Individual

Heinzer competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

He began fencing at the age of 5 when his older brother Michael introduced him to fencing.^[2]

Medal record

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Catania, Italy	Team Men's Épée	3rd[3]
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Men's Épée	3rd[4]
2015	Moscow, Russia	Team Men's Épée	3rd[5]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Team Men's Épée	2nd[6]
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	1st[7]
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Team Men's Épée	3rd[8]

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2009	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Team Men's Épée	2nd[9]
2011	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[10]
2012	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[11]
2012	Legnano, Italy	Team Men's Épée	1st[12]
2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Team Men's Épée	1st[13]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[14]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Team Men's Épée	1st[15]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[16]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Team Men's Épée	3rd[17]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[18]
2022	Antalya, Turkey	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[19]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2011-06-04	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[20]
2012-06-02	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[21]
2013-05-11	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[22]
2015-05-22	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[23]
2018-03-23	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	1st[24]
2019-03-08	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[25]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2009-06-20	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[26]
2010-02-06	Lisbon, Portugal	Individual Men's Épée	1st[27]
2010-06-04	Caguas, Puerto Rico	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[28]
2012-06-29	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[29]
2013-01-25	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	1st[30]
2013-03-15	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[31]
2014-02-21	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[32]
2015-01-22	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	1st[33]
2017-02-17	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	1st[34]
2017-11-17	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[35]