David Hazewinkel

David Hazewinkel (born September 8, 1944 in Detroit , Michigan ) is a retired American wrestler . He was runner- up in the Greco-Roman style bantamweight world champion in 1970 .

Career

David Hazewinkel began wrestling with his twin brother James at a Detroit high school. The greatest achievement he had during this period was winning the Michigan State High School Championship in 1962, where he won the flyweight free style. He was a member of the Minnesota Wrestling Club . David Hazewinkel later joined the US Army and now focused entirely on the Greco-Roman style.

In 1967 he was the first American master in the Greco-Roman style in flyweight. He replaced his brother James, who had won this title in 1966. In the same year David Hazewinkel was used at the World Championships in Bucharest . He defeated Berthold Bitterling from the GDR on this World Cup debut , but lost to Boško Marinko from Yugoslavia and Angel Keresow from Bulgaria and finished 11th.

In 1968 he started bantamweight at the Olympic Games in Mexico City . He defeated there u. a. European champion Christo Traikow from Bulgaria , but lost to Ion Baciu from Romania and the Egyptian Ibrahim El Sayed and took 8th place in the final score.

At the 1969 World Cup in Mar del Plata , Argentina , David Hazewinkel was greatly improved. He won there u. a. about Paul Neff from the FRG , Christo Traikow and Ion Baciu. In the final he also faced the Soviet athlete Rustem Kazakow , to whom he was defeated. He finished 3rd and won a medal for the first time at an international championship.

In 1970 he even surpassed this success, because he became vice world champion in bantamweight in Edmonton . In the fight for the world title he lost against the Japanese Ikuei Yamamoto.

At the World Championships in Sofia in 1971 , David Hazewinkel first got two wins, but then lost to his old rivals Christo Traikow and Ion Baciu and ended up in 7th place.

At the end of his international wrestling career, he then started again at the Olympic Games, namely in 1972 in Munich . However, he lost both fights there, and was eliminated after the 2nd round. He only reached 18th place.

After the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, David Hazewinkel ended his international wrestling career. He became a trainer at various US Army institutions such as the Marion Military Institute and other institutions such as the MMI Athletic Department at Pensacola Christian College.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Fl = flyweight, Ba = bantamweight)

• 1967, 11th place , World Cup in Bucharest , GR, Fl, with victories over Berthold Bitterling , GDR a . Defeats against Boško Marinko , Yugoslavia a . Angel Keresow , Bulgaria ;

• 1968, 8th place , OS in Mexico City , GR, Ba, with victories over Johnny Nielsen, Denmark a . Christo Traikow , Bulgaria a . Defeats to Ion Baciu , Romania a . Ibrahim El Sayed, Egypt ;

• 1969, 3rd place , World Championship in Mar del Plata , GR, Ba, with victories over Ion Baciu, Christo Traikow, Paul Neff , FRG a . Masao Hattori, Japan a. a loss to Rustem Kazakov , USSR ;

• 1970, 2nd place , World Cup in Edmonton , GR, Ba, with victories over Megdiin Choilogdordsch , Mongolia , Ratko Raipac, Canada , Othon Moschidis , Greece and Christo Traikow u. a loss to Ikuei Yamamoto, Japan;

• 1971, 7th place , World Cup in Sofia , GR, Ba, with victories over B. Müller, Switzerland , Michel Ballery , France a . Ali Lachkar, Morocco a . Defeats against Christo Traikow u. Ion Baciu;

• 1972, 18th place , OS in Munich , GR, Ba, after defeats against Risto Björlin , Finland a . An Chun-yung, South Korea

USA championships

David Hazewinkel was American champion (AAU champion) in 1967 in flyweight and in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972 in bantamweight, each in the Greco-Roman style.

swell

• Trade journal athletics ,
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976

Web links

Profile of David Hazewinkel at the Institute for Applied Training Science