Alexander Pipa

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| birth_name = Alexander Pipa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|6|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Heidelberg, Germany

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| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|98|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = Flanker

| amatyears1 = - 2011

| amatteam1 = TSV Handschuhsheim

| ru_amupdate = 5 March 2010

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| ru_ntupdate = 21 March 2010

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| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = Germany 7's

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Alexander Pipa (born 12 June 1983)[http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/96596.html Alexander Pipa profile at scrum.com] accessed: March 2010 is a retired German international rugby union player, playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

He was born in Heidelberg, and has been playing rugby since 1996.[http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,6/pid,15/Itemid,250/ Alexander Pipa profile at totalrugby.de] {{in lang|de}} accessed: March 2010

Pipa has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 and 2009 Hannover Sevens[http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1104 Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}} Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 and the 2009 London Sevens.[http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2031411.html Germany ready to take on world's best]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010 He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg,[http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/teilnehmer/teilnehmer.php@id=721 Alexander Pipa] at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 5 March 2010 where Germany finished 8th.[http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/news/news.php@id=1195 Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527235459/http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/news/news.php@id=1195 |date=2012-05-27 }} World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009

In the 2008–09 and 2009-10 seasons, Pipa was the top try scorer in the Bundesliga with 22 tries in each season. After the 2010-11 season, Pipa retired from the sport to concentrate on his private life and his job career.[http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/3014/41/ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012] {{in lang|de}} totalrugby.de, accessed: 21 August 2011