Dieter Heuer

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Dieter Heuer (born August 8, 1942 in Utzedel , Demmin district ) is a former German wrestler and Vice European Champion 1974 in Madrid in the Greco-Roman style in the light heavyweight division.

Career

Dieter "Recke" Heuer grew up in Demmin where she started as a teenager with the rings . After initial successes he was delegated to SG Dynamo Luckenwalde because of his talent . Dieter Heuer, who joined the police, developed into an excellent wrestler in Greco-Roman. Style. In 1966 he first drew attention to himself when he finished 2nd at the GDR middleweight championships behind Lothar Metz . With Lothar Metz, the 1968 Olympic champion in Mexico City , Dieter fought very interesting fights at the GDR championships over the next few years. Twice, in 1970 and 1972, Dieter Heuer was able to place himself in front of the Olympic champion and to become GDR champion. He won this title a total of five times. Dieter Heuer was a long-runner at national level, because he was GDR runner-up in 1981, at the age of 37 and in 1984 at the age of 42.

Dieter Heuer was also successful on the international wrestling mat. When he first played at the European Championships in Katowice in 1972 , he finished 6th in the light heavyweight division with two wins and a year later at the European Championships in Helsinki, 5th place. Dieter Heuer achieved the greatest success of his career at the 1974 European Championship in Madrid . He came there with four victories on the 2nd place and was vice European champion. Also at the 1974 World Cup in Katowice he achieved an excellent result with 5th place.

Dieter Heuer achieved a special kind of feat at the European Championships in 1975 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , because of his five fights he won only two and lost three, but he still won the bronze medal . Dieter also achieved an excellent result at the World Cup in Minsk in 1975 , where he only just missed a World Cup medal with 4th place.

Dieter Heuer was unlucky in his career as he faced two overpowering opponents in the GDR with Lothar Metz and at the international level in Valeri Resanzew from the Soviet Union .

After Dieter Heuer was not sent to the 1976 Olympic Games, he ended his international career.

International success

(WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Mi = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, back then up to 82 kg or 90 kg body weight)

  • 1964, 2nd place, intern. Tournament in Gelenau , GR, Wed, behind Schimming, GDR, in front of Kaufmann, GDR
  • 1969, 1st place , "Ivan Petrow" tournament in Sofia , GR, Hs;
  • 1971, 3rd place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Berlin , GR, Hs, behind Lothar Metz and Jozsef Percsi, Hungary;
  • 1972, 3rd place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Zella-Mehlis , GR, Hs, behind Lothar Metz and Basew, Soviet Union;
  • 1973, 2nd place , tournament in Klippan, GR, Hs, behind Valeri Resanzew , Soviet Union, and in front of Arvidsson, Sweden;
  • 1973, 2nd place , "Mälar" Cup in Västerås , GR, Hs, behind Lennart Persson, Sweden , and ahead of Bertil Nyström, Sweden;
  • 1973, 1st place , "Dynamo" -Spartakiade of the Social States, GR, Hs, ahead of Ivanov, Bulgaria, and Bak, Poland;
  • 1973, 9th place , World Cup in Tehran , GR, Hs, with a win over Willie Williams, USA , and defeats to Valery Resanzew and Stojan Nikolow;
  • 1974, 2nd place , tournament in Klippan, GR, Hs, behind Iwanow and in front of Jan Kårström , Sweden;
  • 1974, 1st place , "Nikolai Petrow" tournament in Pleven , GR, Hs, in front of Nikolow and Boyko, Czechoslovakia;
  • 1974, 2nd place , EM in Madrid , GR, Hs, with victories over Vasile Fodorpataki, Romania , Darko Nišavić, Roland Andersson and Czesław Kwieciński and a defeat against Valeri Resanzew;
  • 1974, 5th place , World Championship in Katowice, GR, Hs, with victories over Aslan Aslan, Turkey , Bernhard Esbensen, Denmark , and Darko Nišavić, and defeats against Valeri Resanzew and Stojan Nikolow;
  • 1975, 1st place , "Werner Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig , GR, Hs, ahead of Jan Stawowski , Poland, and Wolfgang Biehl, GDR;
  • 1975, 4th place , World Championships in Minsk , GR, Hs, with victories over Istvan Sellyei, Hungary, Petre Dicu , Romania, and Aslan Aslan and defeats against Valeri Resanzew and Stojan Nikolow;

GDR championships

  • 1966, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Lothar Metz , ASK Vorwärts Rostock , and in front of Manfred Schimming, SG Dynamo Luckenwalde ,
  • 1967, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Lothar Metz and in front of Schürer, activist Zwickau ,
  • 1969, 1st place, GR, Hs, in front of Peter Döring , SG Dynamo Luckenwalde, and Jendroczek, ASK Vorwärts Rostock,
  • 1970, 1st place, GR, Hs, in front of Lothar Metz and Dietmar Wolter, ASK Vorwärts Rostock,
  • 1971, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Lothar Metz and in front of Fritzsche, SC Leipzig ,
  • 1972, 1st place, GR, Hs, ahead of Lothar Metz and Rinhard Meißner, SG Dynamo Luckenwalde,
  • 1973, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Lothar Metz and in front of Reinhard Meißner,
  • 1974, 1st place, GR, Hs, ahead of Ralf Nehls, SG Dynamo Luckenwalde, and Wolfgang Biehl, SC Leipzig,
  • 1975, 1st place, GR, Hs, ahead of Ralf Nehls and Wolfgang Biehl,
  • 1981, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Uwe Neupert , SC Motor Jena , and in front of Thomas Horschel , SC Motor Zella-Mehlis ,
  • 1984, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Uwe Witthuhn, ASK Forward Frankfurt , and in front of Hausmann, SC Motor Zella-Mehlis

swell

  • 1) Div. Issues of the specialist magazines "Athletik" from 1966 to 1975 a. "The Ringer" from 1975 to 1984,
  • 2) Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of FILA, 1976,
  • 3) Website "www.sport-komplett.de"

Web links

personal data
SURNAME This year, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Utzedel , Demmin district