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VON DER OSTEN Frederik
NOC Denmark   
GenderMen
Born 04 Aug 1993
Human Interest
Further Personal Information
Occupation Athlete
Languages Danish, English
Higher education International Business, Language Studies - German - Copenhagen Business School: Denmark
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He first tried fencing at age five.
Why this sport? Fencing was a family tradition.
Club / Team Hellerup Faegteklub: Denmark
Name of coach Mads Hejrskov [club], DEN
Handedness Right
General Interest
Hobbies Relaxing, watching Spanish football team Barcelona, spending time with friends. (hellerupfaegteklub.dk, 2015)
Hero / Idol Russian fencer Pavel Kolobkov. (tagesspiegel.de, 11 Jan 2016)
Famous relatives His father Hans was an international fencer and began serving as chairman of Hellerup Fencing Club in Denmark in 1991. His grandfather was the 1959 Danish foil champion and the military world champion in 1962. His great-grandfather co-founded the Hellerup Fencing Club. (politiken.dk, 15 Jan 2015; hellerupfaegteklub.dk, 2015)
Ambitions To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (politiken.dk, 02 Mar 2017)

Major Results
Year Rank Event Venue
European Championships
2016 5 Individual Epee Torun, Poland