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The AC Mutterstadt , complete Athleten-Club 1892 Mutterstadt e. V. , is a sports club in the Palatinate municipality of Mutterstadt ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) that practices weightlifting .

history

In 1892 the Free Athletes Club Mutterstadt was founded, which later merged with the Bürgerliche Athleten Club Mutterstadt to form the United Free Athletes Club Mutterstadt . The club called itself AC Mutterstadt for short . After the ban during the Nazi era , the new general sports club was created after the Second World War , in which the weightlifters were also integrated and which was renamed TSG Mutterstadt in 1951. The weightlifters left TSG in 1969 and re-founded AC Mutterstadt.

successes

The mother-city weightlifters became 12 times German team champion and 15 times runner-up from 1957 . AC Mutterstadt is the second most successful club in Germany after TSV 1860 Munich (14 times team champion). For years he fought in the 1st weightlifting Bundesliga , until in 2002 the remuneration of top athletes exceeded the financial framework and the team had to be withdrawn from the Bundesliga. After a period of restructuring and the removal of contaminated sites, a sporty rebuilding began in 2005. Since the 2012/13 season, the 1st team has been back in the 1st Bundesliga, which became single-track in 2019. Since 2009 a second team in the Regionalliga Südwest went to the barbell; she was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2019.

In the course of its history, AC Mutterstadt provided a world champion in Rainer Dörrzapf , an Olympic medalist with Ronny Weller , who was also an Olympic champion in 1992 before his time in Mutterstadt , an U23 European champion with Nina Schroth , a vice world champion, seven Olympic participants and over 100 athletes, won the German championships .

Known lifter of the club

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c AC Mutterstadt: We about us. Retrieved January 23, 2011 .