Ute Kircheis-Wessel

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameUte•Kircheis-Wessel
Used nameUte•Kircheis-Wessel
Born18 March 1953 in Niederaußem, Bergheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER)
Measurements170 cm / 60 kg
NOC West Germany
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Ute Kircheis-Wessel, sister-in-law of her teammate Fritz Wessel, was a member of the West German foil team at the 1976 Montréal Olympics that finished an unfortunate fourth, losing the bronze medal bout against Hungary. Individually she was eliminated in the second-round pool. At the 1984 Los Angeles Games Kircheis-Wessel won a gold medal with the foil team, for which she was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award.

Kircheis-Wessel won three more silver medals with West German foil teams at the World Championships in 1977, 1981, and 1983. She also added a bronze in 1979. In 1974, she won her only West German title in the individual foil. She later became a graduate sports teacher and worked in a gymnasium in Sankt Augustin, near Bonn.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1976 Summer Olympics Fencing FRG Ute Kircheis
Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) 32
Foil, Team, Women (Olympic) West Germany 4
1984 Summer Olympics Fencing FRG Ute Wessel
Foil, Team, Women (Olympic) West Germany 1 Gold

Olympic family relations

Special Notes