Dr. Axel Jäger’s medical career began at the Tauberbischofsheim Fencing Center. After having been a national épée fencer in Tauberbischofsheim, on the A national junior team and the B national elite team, he completed his studies in Würzburg and worked as a attending physician at the fencing center with his own practice. After a break with the then head coach, he moved to the new service center across the street in 2000.

2015-01 Dr. Jäger new head Olympic training doctor at TBB Dr. Axel Jäger has cared for hundreds of fencers over the years. He was once successful on the piste himself. Since November 2014 he has been the base doctor at the Tauberbischofsheim Olympic training center. A punctured lung during training in Tauberbischofsheim, a torn cruciate ligament in Ghent, a dislocated shoulder in Milan – Dr. Axel Jäger still clearly remembers the most serious injuries in his long time as a supervising fencing doctor. This is also because they are the exception rather than the rule. “The most common are ligament injuries in the ankle and knee, as well as muscle injuries caused by the rapid changes of direction in fencing,” explains the doctor, who was himself on the national team as a junior and was part of the B squad among the active athletes.

He therefore knows from his own experience the “Achilles heel” of fencers. “I consider it absolutely essential that you not only know the sport, but have practiced it yourself,” he says. As his deputy, Dr. Jürgen Hehn continues to support the fencers with advice and assistance. Since November, Jäger and his eight-person team have officially supervised the athletes training at the OSP. He not only has an excellently trained team, but also a practice clinic with a surgical unit.

The collaboration with the specialized departments is close. In general, however, fencing is one of the least-injury sports. Cuts and lacerations are rare, says the physician, who is also a passionate mountaineer and scuba diver. “I have remained injury-free throughout my career,” says the 58-year-old, tapping his desk with his right hand.

courtesy of https://archiv.fechten.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fechtsport_magazin_1_2015.pdf

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