Paul Veltrup

Paul Veltrup (born March 6, 2001, in Grefrath, Germany) is a German fencer who fences for the Fecht Club Krefeld. At the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Buenos Aires he won the silver medal in boy's épée.

Paul Veltrup
Born	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 24) Grefrath, Germany
Residence	Grefrath, Germany
Nationality	German
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Weapon	Épée
Hand	left-handed
Club	Fecht Club Krefeld
Head coach	Lajos Csire
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Individual European Junior Championships 2018 Sochi Cadets Team 2018 Sochi Cadets Individual

Career

National Championships

Veltrup won the German Championships in 2016 (cadets) and 2018 (juniors).^[1]

European Championships

• 2016 (Novi Sad, Serbia): 10th place (cadets team), 65th place (cadets individual)
• 2017 (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): 6th place (cadets team), 39th place (cadets individual)
• 2018 (Sochi, Russia): 2nd place (cadets team), 3rd place (cadets individual), 11th place (juniors individual), 11th place (juniors team)^[2][3]

World Championships

• 2016 (Bourges, France): 31st place (cadets individual)
• 2017 (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): 57th place (cadets individual)
• 2018 (Verona, Italy): 9th place (cadets individual), 16th place (juniors team), 54th place (juniors individual)^[4]

Youth Olympic Games

Veltrup started at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in the individual competition in épée on October 8, 2018. He was first after the pool round. In the quarter-finals, he won against Isaac Herbst (USA) 13:12, in the semi-final against Kyrgyz Khasan Baudunov 15:12. The final lost Veltrup with 4:11 against World and European champion Davide Di Veroli from Italy.^[5] His silver medal was the first for the German team at the Youth Olympics.^[6][7]

Two days after Veltrup won the silver medal in the individual competition, he started for the team Europe 2 in the mixed team competition and took the 6th place.^[8]