Armin Weier

Armin Weier (born July 17, 1956 in Vorbein ) is a former German wrestler .

Career

Armin Weier belonged to the SG Dynamo Luckenwalde and was one of the best middleweight freestyle wrestlers in the GDR between 1976 and 1983 . In the GDR he had to fight against strong competitors like Peter Syring , Hans-Peter Franz , Frank Birke and Fred Hempel in his weight class in order to be able to compete in international championships. He only succeeded in doing this twice.

In 1978 he became East German middleweight champion, and he also got three medal ranks at East German championships.

At the European Championships in 1978 in Sofia he started in the middleweight division and came in sixth place with two wins, one of which was over the strong Turkish Mehmet Uzun. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , he started again in the middleweight division, but retired after defeat against multiple world champion Magomed Arakilow from the Soviet Union and the Mongols Dzewegiin Düwtschin after the 2nd round.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, F = free style, Wed = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, back then up to 82 kg or 90 kg body weight)

• 1976, 3rd place , IV. Spartakiade of the juniors of the police organs of the socialist states, F, Hs, behind Beresojan, USSR a . Netz, Hungary ;

• 1978, 2nd place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig , F, Wed, behind O. Alexejew, USSR and in front of Volker Dürer, GDR ;

• 1978, 6th place , EM in Sofia , F, Wed, with victories over Georgios Polychronidis, Greece a . Mehmet Uzun , Turkey a . Defeats against István Kovács , Hungary a. Hassan Zangiev , USSR;

• 1979, 5th place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig, F, Wed, behind Istvan Kovacs, Peter Syring , Günter Rieger u. Volker Dürer, all GDR a. before Hans-Peter Franz , GDR;

• 1980, 9th place , OS in Munich , F, Wed, after defeats against Magomed Arakilow , USSR a. Dzewegiin Duvchin , Mongolia ;

• 1981, 2nd place , tournament in Preßburg , F, Wed, behind Peter Syring u. in front of Leszek Ciota , Poland

GDR championships

• 1976, 2nd place, F, Wed, behind Fred Hempel , SG Dynamo Luckenwalde u. in front of Klaus Gierke , SC Motor Jena ,
• 1978, 1st place, F, Wed, in front of Volker Dürer, SC Motor Jena u. Hans-Peter Franz , SG Dynamo Luckenwalde,
• 1979, 2nd place, F, Wed, behind Peter Syring ; SC Chemie Halle u. in front of Michalke, SC Leipzig ,
• 1983, 2nd place, F, Wed, behind Peter Syring u. in front of Günter Rieger, SC Chemie Halle

swell

• 1) The Ringer trade journal from 1976 to 1983,
• 2) Hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 205 u. 240
• 3) Website www.sport-komplett.de with the results of the GDR championships

Web links

• Profile of Armin Weier at the Institute for Applied Training Science