Christian John

Christian John (born April 5, 1993 in Eisenhüttenstadt ) is a German wrestler . It was 2012 junior European champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in heavyweight .

Career

Christian John started wrestling in Eisenhüttenstadt in 2000. His first club he started for was the RC 74 from Eisenhüttenstadt . He later started in the Bundesliga for RSV Hansa Frankfurt (Oder) and in the 2012/13 season for 1. Luckenwalder SC . He was or is mainly trained by Jörn Levermann and Andreas Zabel. The student with the nickname "Bärchen" has meanwhile grown into the heavyweight division and weighs just under 120 kg with a height of 1.86 meters.

His first major success at national level in the junior division came in 2009 when he became German runner-up in the A-Youth (international: "Cadets") in the weight class up to 100 kg. In 2010 and 2012 he was German junior champion and in 2011 German junior runner-up in the heavyweight division. In 2011 he came in second place behind Nico Schmidt from RSV Frankfurt (Oder) at the German heavyweight championship for senior citizens , but in 2012 he only achieved 7th place in this championship.

In 2010 he started at an international championship for the first time. He won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships (Cadets) in Sarajevo in the weight class up to 100 kg. At the European Junior Championships 2011 in Zrenjanin, he came in 5th place in the heavyweight division. The greatest success in his career so far came in 2012 at the European Junior Championships in Zagreb . He won there in the heavyweight division before Lewan Arabuli, Georgia , Bálint Lám , Hungary and Ali Nail Arslan from Turkey . He did less well at the Junior World Championships this year in Pattaya . He had to accept narrow point defeats against Bálint Lám and Miloslaw Metodiew, Bulgaria , and therefore only came in 15th place.

He achieved two notable victories in the Ringer Bundesliga in autumn 2012. He shouldered u. a. the former Czech World Cup third place David Vála , AC Lichtenfels and the Estonian silver medalist from the Olympic Games 2012 in London Heiki Nabi , KSV Köllerbach .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2012	3.	Junior European Championship in Sarajevo	up to 100 kg	behind Samir Voloshanin, Ukraine and Jakobi Gajaia, Georgia
2011	5.	Junior European Championship in Zrenjanin	Heavy	behind Wassili Parschin, Russia , Bayram Nigar, Turkey, Igor Didyk , Ukraine and Bálint Lám, Hungary
2011	8th.	"Kristjan-Palusalu" Memorial in Tallinn	Heavy	Winner: Juri Patrikejew , Armenia ahead of Heiki Nabi, Estonia
2011	3.	"Henri Deglane" Challenge in Nice	Heavy	behind Juri Patrikejew and Yannick Szczepaniak , France , in front of Andrei Kopylow, Russia
2012	1.	Junior European Championship in Zagreb	Heavy	in front of Lewan Arabuli, Georgia, Bálint Lám and Ali Nail Arslan, Turkey
2012	15th	Junior World Championships in Pattaya	Heavy	after losing to Bálint Lám and Miloslaw Metodiew, Bulgaria

German championships

year	space	Age group	Weight class	Results
2008	6th	A-youth ("Cadets")	up to 100 kg	Winner: Eduard Popp , VfL Neckargartach
2009	2.	A-youth (Cadets)	up to 100 kg	behind Gabriel Fix, KSV Urloffen
2010	1.	Juniors	Heavy	before Eduard Popp
2011	2.	Juniors	Heavy	behind Eduard Popp
2011	2.	Seniors	Heavy	behind Nico Schmidt, RSV Frankfurt (Oder) and Markus Eichin, ASV Nendingen
2012	1.	Juniors	Heavy	in front of David Stumpe, SV Dürbheim
2012	7th	Seniors	Heavy	Winner: Nico Schmidt ahead of Ralf Böhringer , VfK Schifferstadt

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Heavyweight, weight class up to 120 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website