Fabian Heimpel
| Full name | Fabian Heimpel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (12 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fabian Heimpel (born 21 August 1990)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the University of Cape Town RFC and the German national rugby union team.
He made his debut for Germany against Portugal on 27 February 2010.[1]
Heimpel has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2009 Hannover Sevens.[2]
Heimpel was top scorer of the Rugby-Bundesliga in 2009–10, with 225 points. At the end of the 2010–11 season, Heimpel, together with his friend Florian Wehrspann, moved to South Africa for a year, to join University of Cape Town RFC, a team the former German international Bodo Sieber used to play for,[3] but opted to return to Germany early.
Fabian Heimpel was one of four German rugby players, together with Mustafa Güngör, Raphael Pyrasch and Bastian Himmer, who were promised by the DRV that they could join the Sportkompanie of the Bundeswehr, a special sports unit within the German Army. This was, however, not the case, with no places available in the unit for male rugby players until 2012. This led to great resentment by the players towards the DRV and its then-chairman Claus-Peter Bach because all four had turned down other options in favour of the promised place in the Sportkompanie. Heimpel subsequently opted out of military service altogether and chose civilian service instead.[4]
Honours
Club
- German sevens championship
- Champions: 2009
Personal
- Rugby-Bundesliga
- Top scorer: 2009–10
Stats
Fabian Heimpel's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[5]
Club
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
| 2008–09 | RG Heidelberg | Rugby-Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 5th |
| 2009–10 | 17 | 6 | 46 | 33 | 1 | 2nd — Semi-finals | ||
| 2010–11 | 16 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 0 | 4th — Semi-finals | ||
| 2011 | University of Cape Town RFC | |||||||
| 2011–12 | RG Heidelberg | Rugby-Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 6th |
- As of 30 April 2012
National team
European Nations Cup
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2008–2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 2 | 7 | 6th — Relegated |
| 2010–2012 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 7 | 46 | 4th |
Friendlies and other competitions
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
| 2010 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 19 |
- As of 8 April 2012
References
- 1 2 Fabian Heimpel profile at scrum.com accessed: 20 March 2010
- ↑ Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens (in German) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010
- ↑ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011
- ↑ Böses Foul gegen Rugbyspieler (in German) Frankfurter Rundschau, accessed: 27 August 2011
- ↑ Fabian Heimpel profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 20 March 2010
External links
- Fabian Heimpel at scrum.com
- (in German) Fabian Heimpel at totalrugby.de
- (in German) Fabian Heimpel at the DRV website