Background
Hartung was born in Aachen, but his parents moved to Dormagen when he was two years old.
Hartung was born in Aachen, but his parents moved to Dormagen when he was two years old.
He took up fencing when he was eight. He was quickly discovered by Vilmoș Szabo, head coach of Turn- und Sportverein Dormagen. In 2011 he climbed his first podium in the Fencing World Cup with a bronze medal in Padua.
The same year, he earned a bronze medal at the European Championships in Sheffield after being beaten by Russia"s Aleksey Yakimenko in the semi-finals.
Hartung finished the 2011-2012 season Number.13 in World rankings, his personal best as of 2014. Hartung reached the quarter-finals again at the 2013 World Championships in Budapest, where he was stopped by Veniamin Reshetnikov of Russia, as well as at the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, where he was defeated by Romania"s Tiberiu Dolniceanu.
In the team event of the same competition, Germany overcame China, then the United States and hosts Russia. Hartung studies sociology, politics and economy at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen.