HEINZER Max

Date of Birth: 7 Aug 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Place of birth: LUCERNE

Birth Country:

Switzerland

Place of residence : KUSSNACHT

Residence Country:

Switzerland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Fencing	Men's Épée Individual	13
	Men's Épée Team SUI Switzerland	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste	Men's Épée Individual Table of 32 #42 SUI HEINZER MHEINZER Max 15 UKR SVICHKAR RSVICHKAR Roman 11	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste	Men's Épée Individual Table of 16 #53 UKR REIZLIN IREIZLIN Igor 15 SUI HEINZER MHEINZER Max 12	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Men's Épée Team Quarterfinal 2 #10 KOR Republic of Korea 44 SUI Switzerland 39	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Men's Épée Team Classifications 5-8 #13 FRA France 45 SUI Switzerland 37	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Épée Team Placement 7-8 #17 ITA Italy 36 SUI Switzerland 34	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	7	6
2012	London, GBR	12	-

World Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	21	3
2018	Wuxi, CHN	35	1
2017	Leipzig, GER	10	2
2015	Moscow, RUS	9	3
2014	Kazan, RUS	12	3
2013	Budapest, HUN	17	9
2012	Kiev, UKR	-	5
2011	Catania, ITA	19	3
2010	Paris, FRA	21	17
2009	Antalya, TUR	80	5
2006	Turin, ITA	-	11

European Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2019	Dusseldorf, GER	19	6
2018	Novi Sad, SRB	54	4
2017	Tbilisi, GEO	33	8

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2020/2021	-	1 x 8th
2019/2020	1 x 7th, 1 x 18th, 1 x 35th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 9th
2018/2019	1 x 7th, 2 x 10th, 1 x 35th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th
2017/2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 9th, 1 x 11th	1 x 3rd, 2 x 6th, 1 x 8th
2016/2017	1 x 1st, 1 x 6th, 1 x 10th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 6th, 2 x 7th

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Epee Individual
2019/2020	1 x 9th, 1 x 18th
2018/2019	1 x 3rd, 2 x 10th
2017/2018	1 x 1st, 2 x 6th
2016/2017	1 x 17th, 1 x 19th, 1 x 34th

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2018/2019	Epee Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA
1	2017/2018	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
1	2016/2017	Epee Individual	World Cup	Vancouver, BC, CAN
2	2018/2019	Epee Team	World Cup	Buenos Aires, ARG
2	2016/2017	Epee Team	World Cup	Bern, SUI
3	2019/2020	Epee Team	World Cup	Heidenheim, GER
3	2018/2019	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
3	2017/2018	Epee Individual	World Cup	Legnano, ITA
3	2017/2018	Epee Team	World Cup	Heidenheim, GER
5	2018/2019	Epee Team	World Cup	Bern, SUI

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Epee Individual	2017/2018	Geneva, SUI
1	Epee Individual	2016/2017	Geneva, SUI

Heinzi, Maxe (maxheinzer.ch, 28 Jan 2013)

Fishing. (Instagram profile, 07 Mar 2021)

Occupation:

Sports Science - University of Basel, Switzerland

Wife Janique, son Mael [2017], daughter Mahina [2020]

Languages spoken:

English, French, German

Fechtgesellschaft Basel [Switzerland]

Didier Ollagnon [national], FRA

Right (fie.org, 19 Mar 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His brother Michael and his sister Martina have competed in fencing at international level. (Athlete, 04 Oct 2011)

A hamstring strain affected his performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (aargauerzeitung.ch, 20 Dec 2016; lematin.ch, 09 Aug 2016)

He had surgery on his left foot in November 2013. (fencing.net, 14 Mar 2014; nzz.ch, 24 Feb 2014)

He has injured the ligaments in his right ankle and the Achilles tendon in his left foot during his career. (Athlete, 04 Oct 2011)

He began fencing at age five in Kussnacht, Switzerland. (Athlete, 04 Oct 2011)

His older brother was already fencing. Max took up foil first, and then practised foil and epee until age 17. Since then he has focused mainly on epee. (Athlete, 04 Oct 2011)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bote.ch, 01 Dec 2020)

His family. (Athlete, 04 Oct 2011)

Philosophy:

"No pain, no gain." (wellfare.ch, 13 Jan 2011)

General Interest

General
FATHERHOOD
He became a father for the first time in December 2017 when his son Mael was born. His daughter Mahina arrived in 2020. "The biggest change in my life is being a father. I've become more relaxed and calmer, but I still have the hard and inner monster in training. If I have a bad training session, I can take it much better than before." (bote.ch, 01 Dec 2020; luzernerzeitung.ch, 08 Jun 2019; bote.ch, 24 Nov 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2020 he earned a sports management certificate at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. (LinkedIn profile, 23 Dec 2020; Instagram profile, 23 Dec 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/xam.heinz
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/heinzermax
https://instagram.com/maxheinzer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-heinzer-30b1549b/
https://twitter.com/MaxHeinzer
Athlete Website: http://maxheinzer.ch

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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