2008 Beijing Summer Olympics: German Olympian Britta Heidemann Shares her Impressions on Fencing Gold Medal at 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics | iHaveNet

Germany's fencing gold medalist Britta Heidemann is something of a celebrity in China, having spent three months here at the age of 15.

A Chinese student at Cologne University, the 26 year old became the centre of media attention when she fielded press conference questions in Chinese.

Local celebrity pianist 'Lang Lang' met up with Heidemann in Beijing today and discussed her victory to the delight of fans that have affectionately named her 'little moon.'

Heidemann also took fencing gold at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka Japan.

For Britta Heidemann, winning at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics is a dream come true. It is unbelievable what an exciting and successful year this has been for the 25-year-old.

Britta Heidemann: "It is simply incredible! The wave that has carried me in the last few months didn't l eave me in the lurch. I'm ecstatic!"

Britta Heidemann Interview on Winning the Women's Fencing Gold Medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

Did the team silver at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics inspire you to gold at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics?

We won the Silver Medal in the Athens Olympic Games with the team and since then it was always my dream to win the gold medal too, so I put a lot of effort into all the training and finishing my studies and everything went well and to win the gold medal is the perfect way to go back home from the Olympics.

What do you plan to do now?

I plan on continuing with the fencing and I want to take part in the 2012 London Summer Olympics as well and my plans for the next four years will be to do half day job and the other half sports.

That went well for the last four years and that is what I am going to be doing for the future.

Yes it was unbelievable that I was able to win the gold medal there were only ten chances for the German team to win gold and I won one of them.

There might have been some pressure but I didn't read very many newspapers so it was not a problem for me.

 

Britta Heidemann Achievements Individual Achievements in Fencing

    - Olympic Fencing Champion Beijing 2008

    - Fencing World Champion 2007

    - Bronze European Championships Gent 2007

    - Bronze World Championships Lisbon 2002

    - European Champion Juniors 2001

    - European Champion Juniors 2001

    - German Champion Runner Up 2002/04

    - 3rd Place Overall World Cup 2002

    - 2nd Place Overall World Cup 2004

World Cup victories

    - Grand Prix Nanjing 2008

    - Rome 2008

    - St. Petersburg 2007

    - Welkenraedt 2004

    - Luxemburg 2003

    - Sydney 2002

Summer Olympics - Britta Heidemann Beijing Olympics Fencing Individual Epee Gold Medalist

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