Anton Gietl

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Anton Gietl in his favorite discipline 'One-armed Tearing Links' (1930)

Anton Gietl (born December 30, 1908 in Munich ; † February 17, 1991 there ) was a German weightlifter . He won u. a. a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1937 World Championships in Paris and was the unbroken world record holder in one-armed tearing left until the discipline was discontinued.

Life

Anton Gietl grew up in Munich and began weightlifting at TSV 1860 Munich in 1924 . He was a very strong athlete who had his strength in one-armed snatch and two-armed pushing. Anton Gietl was chief detective in Munich.

In 1929 he started at German championships for the first time. In Villingen he finished 5th in the pentathlon with 480 kg. On this occasion he set his first world record in the one-armed tear on the left with 87.5 kg. In 1931 he was the light heavyweight with 332.5 kg in the Olympic three-way light heavyweight German runner-up behind Karl Bierwirth from Essen , who also scored 332.5 kg, but was slightly lighter than Anton Gietl. In 1931 he was also used at the European Championships in Luxembourg and reached 6th place with 330 kg.

In the following years Anton Gietl always achieved good placements at the German championships, but always just missed appearances at international championships. In 1933 and 1934 he took 3rd place in the light heavyweight division at the German championships with 480 kg and 512.5 kg in the pentathlon. On June 24, 1933, at an event in Freising , he set his second world record in one-armed tearing on the left with 90 kg.

In 1936 he reached the German championship in Essen in the light heavyweight division with 357.5 kg in the Olympic three-way fight behind Eugen Deutsch from Augsburg . That would actually have qualified him for the Olympic Games in Berlin . However, the Trier Helmut Opschruf was preferred to start at the Olympic Games.

Despite this disappointment, Anton Gietl did not give up and was finally German champion in the light heavyweight division with 360 kg in the Olympic three-way battle in 1937. He was then at the World Championships in Paris used, where she won by 365 kg (112.5 to 107.5 - 145) kg the bronze medal .

In 1938 Anton Gietl scored 362.5 kg (110-110-142.5) in the final fight for the German team championship against ASV Essen 1888 in the light heavyweight division. At the so-called Nazi fighting games in Nuremberg in 1938 , he came third with 350 kg behind world champion Fritz Haller , Vienna , 365 kg and Theodor Heitzmann, Vienna, 352.5 kg. Finally, in 1938 Anton Gietl represented Germany in two international battles in the United States. He lost there in the light heavyweight division in Baltimore against Stanley Kratkowski with 357.5: 367.5 kg and in New York with 340: 347.5 kg.

In 1939 Anton Gietl got himself into excellent form again for the final battle for the German team championship against ASV Essen 1888 and SpVgg Freising and achieved a personal best in the light heavyweight division with 370 kg (112.5 - 110 - 147.5) Olympic triathlon.

In 1940 he was once again German runner-up in the light heavyweight division with 352.5 kg and in 1941 he scored 357.5 kg in a city comparison between Munich and Vienna, with which he was the clear winner over Hans von Szabados, who scored 337.5 kg.

After the Second World War , he started again at the German championship in Regensburg in 1949 and as a 40-year-old achieved 330 kg, which put him in second place behind Ernst Köhler from Weinheim, who achieved 347.5 kg.

International success

(WM = world championship, EM = European championship, FK = pentathlon, OD = Olympic three-way fight, Hs = light heavyweight, then up to 82.5 kg body weight)

German championships

  • 1929, 5th place , FK, Hs, with 480 kg, behind Jakob Vogt , Ochtenburg , 507.5 kg, Karl Bierwirth , Essen , 500 kg, Karl Fahrnbach, Oggersheim , 482.5 kg u. Kampe, Dortmund , 480 kg;
  • 1931, 2nd place , OD, Hs, with 332.5 kg, behind Karl Bierwith, 332.5 kg u. before Richard Leopold , Erfurt , 315 kg;
  • 1933, 3rd place , FK, Hs, with 480 kg, behind Richard Leopold, 495 kg a. Karl Bierwirth, 490 kg;
  • 1934, 3rd place , FK, Hs, with 512.5 kg, behind Eugen Deutsch , Augsburg , 542.5 kg a. Richard Leopold, 525 kg;
  • 1936, 2nd place , OD, Hs, with 357.5 kg, behind Eugen Deutsch, 362.5 kg a. before Karl Bierwirth, 352.5 kg;
  • 1937, 1st place , OD, Hs, with 360 kg, in front of Richard Leopold, 347.5 kg a. Karl Bierwirth, 347.5 kg;
  • 1940, 2nd place , OD, Hs, with 352.5 kg, behind Fritz Haller (weightlifter), Vienna, 357.5 kg a. before Hans von Szabados, Vienna, 345 kg;
  • 1949, 2nd place , OD, Hs, with 330 kg, behind Ernst Köhler, Weinheim , 347.5 kg a. in front of Erwin Tratz , Nuremberg , 312.5 kg

With his team, TSV 1860 Munich, he was also German team champion in 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937 and 1950.

International battles

  • 1937 in Vienna , Austria against Germany , OD, Hs, 357.5 kg (110 - 107.5 - 140) against Fritz Haller, 370 kg,
  • 1937 in Munich , Germany against Austria, OD, Hs, 355 kg (110 - 105 - 140) against Fritz Haller, 355 kg,
  • 1938 in Baltimore , USA against Germany, OD, Hs, 357.5 kg (110 - 105 - 142.5) against Stanley Kratkowski , 367.5 kg,
  • 1938 in New York , USA against Germany, OD, Hs, 340 kg (107.5 - 100 - 132.5) against Stanley Kratkowski, 347.5 kg

World records

  • 1929 in Villingen , Hs, with 87.5 kg in one-armed tear left,
  • 1933 in Freising , Hs, with 90 kg in one-armed tearing left

swell

  • Athletics magazine , numbers: 33/1929, 42/1931, 34/1933, 9/1967, 10/1967,
  • Kraftsport trade journal , numbers: 13/1937, 15/1937, 20, 1937,
  • various newspaper articles from the sports section of the Völkischer Beobachter,
  • Website "www.sport-aktuell.de",
  • Website "www.chidlovski.net"

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Gietl, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1991
Place of death Munich