Alexander Wieczerzak

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Alexander Wieczerzak Judo
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Alexander Wieczerzak (2018)
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday March 22, 1991
place of birth Frankfurt am Main , Germany
size 182 cm
Weight up to 81 kg
Career
graduation

3rd dan  - Sandan Judo black belt.svg

society Judo Club Wiesbaden 1922 eV
Medal table
World championships 2 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Championship
gold Agadir 2010 up to 73 kg
gold Budapest 2017 up to 81 kg
bronze Baku 2018 up to 81 kg
European championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
European Championship
bronze Baku 2015 up to 81 kg
Team World Cup 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Championship team
bronze Rio de Janeiro 2013 team

Alexander Wieczerzak (born March 22, 1991 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German judoka . His greatest successes so far are winning the gold medal at the World Championships in Budapest 2017 , the bronze medals at the World Championships in Baku 2018 and the European Championships in Baku 2015 , as well as winning the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Agadir 2010. Since 2012 he has been training at the Olympic base in Cologne .

Athletic career

Alexander Wieczerzak began to learn the martial art of judo at the age of seven. After the sport proved to be of interest to him, the young athlete trained in the Frankfurter TV 1860 club under the supervision of Lutz Befuß from 2001. After six years he moved to the Judo Club Rüsselsheim. The home trainer Andreas Esper successfully led the athlete into the Bundesliga . After multiple successes in ranking tournaments Wieczerzak became German champion in the weight class up to 66 kg under the supervision of national trainer Patrick Kuptz. After further successful national and international tournaments, the DJB junior coach Detlef Ultsch appointed him to the German national team, with which he took part in his first European Championship (youth) in Malta in 2007. Here he was eliminated after the first fight.

In December 2009 Wieczerzak moved to the Judo Club Wiesbaden 1922 , where he worked again with his trainer Patrick Kuptz. There, too, he established himself as a point guarantee in the Bundesliga team. The JCW trainers Patrick Nebhuth and Philipp Eckelmann were among his great pillars. After a lengthy break due to injury, he found the connection at the German Championships 2010 and became German champion up to 73 kg in the U20 age group.

After many tournaments and competitions in Italy, Portugal, Uzbekistan and Korea, among others, Wieczerzak qualified for the World Cup with international victories. Here 597 athletes from 78 nations took to the mat, in his weight class up to 73 kg there were 47 starters from 43 nations. In the preliminary round match Wieczerzak had to compete in the first fight against the Georgian Lasha Zurabiani, bronze medalist of the last world championship. This was followed by further fights with the Ukrainian Kanivets Dmytro, the American Porras Andrew, the Kazakhs Makhambetov Arman, the African champion from Tunisia Barhoumi Hamza and finally with his team colleague Hannes Conrad from Leipzig. By increasing his performance from fight to fight, he finally won the gold medal of the World Cup as the highlight of his career in the U20 age group.

Wieczerzak's training location has been the Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium in Kaiserslautern , an elite sports school , since 2005 . He was looked after by the two trainers and coordinators of the HHG Stephan Hahn and Uli Scherbaum. From 2007 the experienced Brazilian trainer Sergio Oliveira took over the sports planning at the high school.

After graduating from high school in 2012, Alexander Wieczerzak moved to Cologne, where he trained under national coach Detlef Ultsch at the Olympic base until 2016. The collaboration with his exercise bike Sergio Oliveira continues. For the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Alexander Wiecerzak narrowly missed the nomination by the German Judo Federation. Various injuries (broken ribs, elbow surgery) had impaired the preparation. After a fifth place at the Grand Prix in Havana , he was also sick with dengue fever and was canceled for several important tournaments.

National team of men

Wieczerzak has been a member of the men's national team since 2012. There he was able to establish himself quickly and took a strong 5th place at the European Championships in 2012. He has been fighting in the weight class up to 81 kg since then. In 2013 he finished third at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro with the team.

In 2014 he started with a third place at the Heim-Grand Prix in Düsseldorf. This was followed by the silver medal at the Grand Prix in Samsun and at the end of the year as the highlight of the bronze rank at the Kano Cup and Grand Slam in Tokyo . Wieczerzak began 2015 successfully by winning the gold medal at the German championships. In the final, he injured himself and had to take a two-month break. He then won bronze at the European Championships and European Games in Baku . Bronze followed at the Grand Slam in Tyumen .

In 2017 Wieczerzak won the gold medal in the weight class up to 81 kg at the World Championships in Budapest . He is the first German world champion since Florian Wanner in 2003. In 2018 he won the bronze medal at the world championships in Baku, defeating his compatriot Dominic Ressel in the battle for bronze .

Bundesliga

successes

2018
  • 3rd place: World Championship in Baku , Azerbaijan
  • 1st place: German team championship with the Hamburg judo team
2017
2016
2015
  • German champions with the Bundesliga team of TSV Munich Großhadern
  • 3rd place: Grand Slam in Tyumen , Russia
  • 3rd place: European Championship & European Games in Baku , Azerbaijan
  • 5th place: Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary
  • 5th place: Grand Slam in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • 1st place: German championship in Bonn
2014
2013
2012
  • 1st place EJU European Cup in Borås , Sweden
  • 5th place European Championships
  • 5th place IJF Grand-Prix, Düsseldorf
2011
  • 2nd place German Championship, Ettlingen, January 23, 2011
2009
  • 3rd place German Championship, Wuppertal , October 18, 2009

Junior title

  • 1st place U20 World Cup, Agadir , October 22, 2010
  • 1st place EJU European Cup Top Junior U20, Berlin , August 14, 2010
  • 1st place EJU European Cup Junior U20, Coimbra , March 27, 2010
  • 1st place International Masters Bremen U20, March 21, 2010
  • 1st place German U20 Championship, Herne , March 6, 2010
  • 1st place Wolfgang Welz Mannheim U19, November 8, 2008
  • 1st place International German Open U17 IDEM, Berlin, May 13, 2007
  • 2nd place International Masters Bremen U17, May 24, 2007
  • 1st place German Championship U17, Rüsselsheim , March 3rd, 2007
  • 2nd place Mario Kwiat Tournament Datteln U16, November 18, 2006
  • 1st place Warsaw Open U17, Warsaw , September 24, 2006
  • 3rd place German Cadet Championships U17, Neuhof , February 19, 2006

Public appearances / honors

In the period after the 2010 World Cup (see achievements), Alexander Wieczerzak was honored at the following events:

  • Sports press ball in November 2012 in Frankfurt: Prize of the young sports elite
  • Red Bull Event in November 2011 in Salzburg / Vienna: honoring the most successful young athletes
  • Celebration of the meeting in October 2011 in Dresden: Election among the best 10 junior athletes of the year
  • Foundation evening of the Hessische Landesbank (HELABA) in December 2010 in Frankfurt am Main: Honoring the Stiftung Sporthilfe Hessen
  • Christmas brunch of the Wiesbadener Sportförderung (WISPO) in December 2010 in Wiesbaden: Honor for the gold medal at the world championship

Web links

Commons : Alexander Wieczerzak  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography. Retrieved September 5, 2017 .
  2. ↑ World Senior Championship 2017 website of the International Judo Federation, accessed August 31, 2017.
  3. ^ Judo World Cup: Wieczerzak is the first German world champion since 2003 Spiegel Online, August 31, 2017, accessed on August 31, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Wieczerzak, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judoka of the JC Wiesbaden
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main