Paul Veltrup

Paul Veltrup is a German fencer who fences for the Fecht Club Krefeld. At the 2018 Summer [Youth Olympics|Youth Olympic Games 2018] in Buenos Aires he won the silver medal in 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' épée|boy's épée].

Career

National Championships

Veltrup won the German Championships in 2016 and 2018.

European Championships

2016 : 10th place, 65th place
2017 : 6th place, 39th place
2018 : 2nd place, 3rd place, 11th place, 11th place

World Championships

2016 : 31st place
2017 : 57th place
2018 : 9th place, 16th place, 54th place

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 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. His silver medal was the first for the German team at the Youth Olympics.
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.