Anton Leuthe

Anton Leuthe (born November 21, 1922 in Singen ) is a former German weightlifter .

Career

Anton (Toni) Leuthe started lifting weights at the age of 16. He came from Singen / Hohentwiel and learned the trade of a tool fitter there. a. also exercised in Switzerland . The war and the post-war period inhibited his athletic development, so that he first made a name for himself in 1950, when he, as a member of SV Fellbach, scored 315 kg in a friendly match against the Swedish national team in the lightweight (up to 67.5 kg body weight) and only just lost to the Swede Persson, who achieved 317.5 kg. In 1951 he caused a bang when he set three new German records in Thalwil / Switzerland with 107.5 kg in the snatch, 135 kg in the push and 345 kg in the Olympic three-way fight. However, he was never able to confirm these achievements, with which he would have been among the absolute best in the world. Toni Leuthe remained active until 1960 and from 1953 raised in the middle weight (up to 75 kg body weight). In terms of performance, he was roughly on par with the German top lifters of the late 1930s. This level was no longer sufficient for international success.

Results

International championships

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Le = lightweight, Mi = middleweight, Ls = light heavyweight)

• 1952, unplaced , OS in Helsinki , Le, after three failed attempts in jerking, winner: Thomas Kono , USA , 362.5 kg ahead of Yevgeny Lopatin , USSR , 350 kg;
• 1955, 9th place ( 7th place ), WM + EM in Munich , Wed, with 352.5 kg, winner Peter George , USA , 405 kg, in front of Fjodor Bogdanowski , USSR , 405 kg

International battles

• 1950 v USA, Le, 320 kg - Joe Pitman , 340 kg;
• 1952 against Austria , Le, 320 kg - Josef Tauchner , 322.5 kg;
• 1952 v France , Le, 305 kg - Jaques Nogues, 297.5 kg;
• 1954 against Austria, Wed, 345 kg - Hans Bröckl, 305 kg;
• 1954 against France, Wed, 350 kg - Georges Firmin , 360 kg;
• 1955 against France, Wed, 335 kg - Roger Gerber, 317.5 kg;
• 1957 against France, Wed, 352.5 kg - Marcel Paterni , 377.5 kg

German championships

• 1950, 1st place , Le, VK, with 395 kg, ahead of Fritz Schwemmer, Nuremberg , 362.5 kg and Heinz Kilian, Duderstadt , 360 kg;
• 1951, 1st place , Le, with 310 kg, in front of Kilian, 292.5 kg;
• 1953, 1st place , Wed, with 335 kg, in front of Adolf Wagner (weight lifter) , Essen , 332.5 kg and Schwemmer, 325 kg;
• 1954, 1st place , Wed, with 350 kg, ahead of Karl-Heinz Haag , Moers , 332.5 kg and Schwemmer, 320 kg;
• 1955, 1st place , Wed, with 347.5 kg, ahead of Fritz Schneider, TSV 1860 Munich , 345 kg and Schwemmer, 320 kg;
• 1956, 1st place , Wed, with 360 kg, ahead of Konrad Schwarzbauer, Schrobenhausen , 357.5 kg and Schneider, 352.5 kg;
• 1957, 4th place , Wed, with 35 kg, behind Roland Lortz , Groß-Zimmer , 375 kg, Alfred Hintz, Hanover , 372.5 kg and Schwarzbauer, 360 kg;
• 1959, 2nd place , Wed, with 355 kg, behind Helmut Werheid, Cologne , 355 kg and in front of Gerd Schuster, Bitburg , 345 kg;
• 1960, 2nd place , Ls, with 370 kg, behind Helmut Kienert , Berlin , 372.5 kg and in front of Willi Müller , Flözlingen , 352.5 kg

German records

• when pushing with both arms: 117.5 kg, 1956 in Stuttgart , Wed
• in two-arm tearing: 107.5 kg, 1951 in Thalwil / Switzerland, Le
• pushing with both arms: 135 kg, 1951 in Thalwil / Switzerland, Le
• in the Olympic three-way fight: 345 kg, 1951 in Thalwil / Switzerland

swell

• " Athletik " trade journal from 1950 to 1960