Bjarne Ansbøl

Bjarne Amorøe Ansbøl (born July 3, 1937 in Copenhagen ) is a former Danish wrestler . He was vice world champion in the Greco-Roman style welterweight in 1962 .

Career

Bjarne Ansbol grew up in Ballerup near Copenhagen and started wrestling with the local athletes' club (AK) DAN . He concentrated entirely on the Greco-Roman style. His first major success was winning the 1958 Danish middleweight championship .

In 1958 he started the welterweight championship in Budapest . After defeating Nikolaos Timonidis from Greece, he then lost to Valeriu Bularca from Romania and Werner Hoppe from Germany. He was eliminated and finally finished 13th. In December of the same year he wrestled in the Danish national relay in two international matches against Czechoslovakia in Prague and in Hodonin / Moravia. In Prague he came here in the welterweight division against Brejcha from Pilsen to a point win and in Hodonin he wrestled against the same opponent in a draw.

In 1960 he qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in Rome . He started there in the welterweight division. In his first fight he lost to ex-world champion Grigori Gamarnik from the Soviet Union, then he fought against Sachihiko Takeda from Japan, defeated Valeriu Bularca, who was third in the 1958 World Cup, and lost to Günther Maritschnigg from Germany. He finished 9th.

In 1962 Bjarne Ansbol competed at the World Championships in Toledo (USA). There he was fighting again in the welterweight division, the limit of which had been raised from 73 kg to 78 kg after a weight class reform by the FILA. He fought a draw in Toledo in his first fight against Georg Utz from Germany, then defeated Sadao Kazama from Japan and Rudy Williams from the United States, then fought against Dimitar Dobrew from Bulgaria, defeated Yavuz Selekman from Turkey and only lost in the final against Anatoly Kolessow from the Soviet Union. He became vice world champion.

In the following years he could no longer build on this great success. At the 1963 World Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden, he came in 7th place in welterweight, at the 1966 European Championships in Essen he reached 8th place in middleweight and at the 1967 World Championships in Bucharest he came in 17th place in welterweight.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1958	13.	World Cup in Budapest	Welter	after a victory over Nikolaos Timonidis, Greece and defeats against Valeriu Bularca , Romania and Werner Hoppe , Germany
1960	9.	OS in Rome	Welter	after a defeat against Grigori Gamarnik , Soviet Union, a draw against Sachihiko Takeda, Japan , a win over Valeriu Bularca and a defeat against Günther Maritschnigg , Germany
1962	2.	World Cup in Toledo / USA	Welter	after a draw against Georg Utz , Germany, victories over Sadao Kazama, Japan and Rudy Williams, USA, a draw against Dimitar Dobrew from Bulgaria , a win over Yavuz Selekman , Turkey and a defeat against Anatoly Kolessow , Soviet Union
1963	7th	World Cup in Helsingborg	Welter	after a defeat against Rudolf Vesper , GDR , a draw against Matti Laakso , Finland , a victory over Dimitrios Savas, Greece and a defeat against Fahrettin Cankaya , Turkey
1963	4th	Nordic Championship in Oslo	Welter	behind Matti Laakso, Harald Barlie , Norway and Lars Söderlund, Sweden
1965	2.	Nordic championship in Uleaborg / Sweden	medium	behind Stig Persson , Sweden , ahead of Hakon Överby, Norway
1966	8th.	EM in Essen	medium	after a defeat against Venko Zinzarow , Bulgaria, a draw against Werner Hoppe, a win over Rudolf Kobelt, Switzerland and a defeat against Stig Persson
1967	17th	World Cup in Bucharest	Welter	after defeats against Jimmy Martinetti , Switzerland and Viktor Igumenow , Soviet Union

Danish championships

Bjarne Ansbøl was Danish welterweight champion in 1962, 1963 and 1967 and middleweight champion in 1958, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970 and 1971

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Welter weight, up to 1961 up to 73 kg, from 1962 up to 78 kg body weight; Average weight, up to 1961 up to 79 kg, from 1962 up to 87 kg

literature

• Athletics magazine
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976, 1976

Web links

• Bjarne Ansbøl in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Bjarne Ansbøl's profile at the Institute for Applied Training Science