Albert Huser

Albert Huser (born May 26, 1936 in Mannheim ) is a former German weightlifter .

Career

Albert Huser grew up in Mannheim and was over 20 years old when he started lifting weights there. At KSV 1884 Mannheim he found a club in which good training conditions prevailed. After initial successes in the Baden region, he took part in German championships for the first time in 1960 and immediately won the title. In 1964 he failed in the Olympic qualification for the Olympic Games in Tokyo narrowly to Werner Dittrich from Zittau . In 1970 he won a bronze medal in pressing at the European Championships, otherwise he was denied further major successes at international championships. He became German champion nine times and set several German records.

Albert Huser was an industrial foreman (chemistry).

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Wed = Middleweight, Ls = Light Heavyweight)

• 1960, 9th place , EM in Milan , Wed, with 345 kg, winner: Alexander Kurynow , USSR , 420 kg;
• 1962, 3rd place , Danube Cup in Bucharest , Wed, with 370 kg, behind Mihály Huszka , Hungary , 402.5 kg and Hans Zdražila , CSSR , 372.5 kg;
• 1963, 5th place , Danube Cup in Sofia , Wed, with 370 kg, winner: Huszka, 415 kg;
• 1965, 4th place , Danube Cup in Budapest , Wed, with 382.5 kg, winner: Huszka, 430 kg;
• 1966, 11th place ( 9th place ), WM + EM in Berlin , Wed, with 390 kg;
• 1967, 4th place , Danube Cup in Bratislava , Wed, with 390 kg, winner: Konarow, Bulgaria , 417.5 kg;
• 1968, 3rd place , Danube Cup in Donaueschingen , Wed, with 400 kg, winner: Károly Bakos, Hungary, 432.5 kg;
• 1968, 7th place , EM in Leningrad , Wed, with 405 kg, winner: Viktor Kurenzow , USSR, 462.5 kg;
• 1968, 11th place , OS in Mexico City , Wed, with 410 kg, winner: Kurenzow, 475 kg;
• 1970, 2nd place , Danube Cup in Sofia, Wed, with 422.5 kg, winner: Szarvas, Hungary, 442.5 kg;
• 1970, unplaced , EM in Szombathely , Wed, 3 failed attempts in the tear

Medals in individual disciplines

(awarded since 1969)

EM bronze medal: 1970, press, Wed

German championships

• 1960, 1st place, Wed, with 357.5 kg, ahead of Helmut Werheid , Cologne , 352.5 kg;
• 1961, 1st place, Wed, with 367.5 kg, ahead of Dieter Werner , Mannheim , 357.5 kg;
• 1962, 1st place, Wed, with 372.5 kg, ahead of Jakob Weil, Mainz, 345 kg;
• 1963, 1st place, Wed, with 372.5 kg, ahead of Axel Falkner, Günzburg , 350 kg;
• 1964, 1st place, Wed, with 382.5 kg, ahead of Manfred Magin, Mutterstadt , 362.5 kg;
• 1965, 2nd place, Wed, with 385 kg, behind Alfred Kornprobst , Nuremberg , 400 kg;
• 1966, 1st place, Wed, with 390 kg, in front of Dieter Maier, Weil im Dorf, 360 kg;
• 1967, 2nd place, Wed, with 405 kg, behind Kornprobst, 415 kg;
• 1968, 1st place, Wed, with 405 kg, ahead of Karl-Heinz Mertens, Sarstedt , 380 kg;
• 1969, 1st place, Wed, with 410 kg, in front of Albert Haag, Oberböbingen, 400 kg:
• 1971, 1st place, Ls, with 445 kg, in front of Haag, 435 kg and Wolfgang Kneißl , Fellbach , 432.5 kg

literature

• " Athletik " trade journal from 1960 to 1972

Web links

Albert Huser in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )