Alex Choupenitch poses for a portrait in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 25, 2024.
Alex Choupenitch poses for a portrait in Prague, Czech Republic on March 25, 2024.
Alexander
Choupenitch
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
·Fencing
Czech foil fencer Alexander Choupenitch is one the great fencing hopes of his nation and his ambition is to win gold medals at the highest level.
Date of birth2 May 1994
Place of birthBrno
Age31
Nationality
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Career start2011
DisciplinesFencing
Alexander Choupenitch began his fencing career at the age of eight, after switching from basketball to the very individual sport of fencing. He also played tennis, football and practiced karate before devoting his career to his chosen sport.
Thanks to plenty of support from his family, Alexander began to spend more time training abroad, especially in training camps in Belarus (where he trained with the 10-time world champion Alexandr Romankov) and Denmark. Later, he started to drive to Italy to train.
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Alex Choupenitch poses for a portrait in Prague, Czech Republic on March 25, 2024.
Alexander Choupenitch
Achievements
  1. 3rd Place: FIE Fencing World Cup2025 · Paris, France
  2. 3rd Place: FIE Fencing World Cup – Foil2024 · Tunis, Tunisia
  3. 3rd Place: Fencing European Championships – Foil2024 · Basel, Switzerland
  4. 2nd Place: Fencing Grand Prix2024 · Turin, Italy
  5. 3rd Place: Fencing Grand Prix2023 · Turin, Italy
  6. 3rd Place: Fencing Grand Prix2022 · Turin, Italy
  7. 3rd Place: Olympic Games – Individual Foil2021 · Tokyo, Japan
  8. 1st Place: Fencing Olympic Qualification2021 · Madrid, Spain
  9. 3rd place: European Championships2018 · Novi Sad, Serbia
  10. 2nd Place: Junior World Championships2014 · Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  11. 1st Place: Junior European Championships2014 · Jerusalem, Israel
  12. 3rd Place: Junior World Championships2013 · Poreč, Croatia
  13. 2nd Place: Junior European Championships2013 · Budapest, Hungary
  14. 2nd Place: Junior World Championships2012 · Poreč, Croatia
Alex Choupenitch poses for a portrait in Prague, Czech Republic on March 25, 2024.
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