Max Heinzer: "Everyone has done something special"

The greatest success of a Swiss fencing team: Max Heinzer won the World Championships in China Gold Medal (Image: KEYSTONE / AP MTI / TAMAS KOVACS)

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Max Heinzer, how was this historic success possible?

"It was a special day, we also had our ups and downs, but we focused on controversial arbitration decisions and did not get out of our way."

Daniel Giger, former double Olympic team medalist, told Keystone-SDA that he was in the final in performance.Seen by Michele Niggeler, everyone in the Swiss team could be responsible.

"In the final against South Korea, Michele Niggeler and Luca Malcotti did an amazing job. Malcotti took us into the first fight in mind, Niggeler scored a lot of important goals. Everyone did something special and they always supported each other.

After the fourth standings of the European Championship a month ago, you hardly thought that an increase in the World Cup was possible. After the European Championship, a video analyst was named with Silvio Fernandez, the former world-class fencer and the husband of former sports boss, Sophie Lamon. What is his share of success?

"Fernandez provided us with a great contribution, he made us tactically smarter, we had already made our own videos to prepare the opponents, but now we have received everything on the plate. 39, was much more detailed, for each of us it was individually adapted to the adversaries with the inclusion of personal strengths.Before the battles, we again studied the images.Everyone knew exactly what to do when, so we could focus more on ourselves and even more on the recovery. "

What elements were more focused on the path of gold gain? Eventually, they beat an almost insurmountable opponent in the semifinal with France, and against South Korea, the roadmap has not been much better in recent years.

"Steadfast faith in us. In the final of the World Cup, the cards are always mixed. And in the semifinal against France, we chose a different tactic this time. I was not the last shooter, but I risked everything in the penultimate battle (Heinzer scored a decisive 10: 2 against Fava-Red.). Then Beni Steffen brought everything home with a 5: 5 against Borel. This gave us a huge self-confidence for the finale. "

Is this the greatest achievement of your career?

" One of them, certainly. The victory of the title could not be expected. But I've already won three European championship titles, more European championships and world championships and I have celebrated six World Cup victories in recent years. Given this title, there is no sensation. "