Eberhard Probst

Eberhard Probst (born June 4, 1955 in Querfurt ) is a former German wrestler and referee .

Career

Eberhard Probst grew up in Querfurt and began wrestling at BSG Aufbau Merseburg in 1966 . Even as a teenager he was very successful and was GDR champion (Spartakiadeieger) in all youth and junior classes. At that time he attended the children's and youth sports school in Halle . In 1974 he took second place at the European Junior Championships in lightweight in free style , meanwhile switched to SC Chemie Halle . From 1975 he started with many successes at many international championships and won five medals. In 1984 he finished his international career as a wrestler and started an equally successful career as an international referee. He led the most difficult fights at countless championships, including finals at the Olympic Games. His achievements were always highlighted. Eberhard Probst is still very concerned about the German referee system and belongs to the committee for referees in the German Wrestling Association.

After the political change, Eberhard Probst wrestled for another season at RWG Mömbris / Königshofen and also took part in many "Masters" tournaments, where he even became world champion in 1999.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = Freestyle, Le = Lightweight, We = Welterweight)

• 1976, 3rd place , EM in Leningrad , F, Le, with victories over Kari Övermark, Finland , Saban Sejdi , Yugoslavia , Dariusz Cwikowski, Poland , János Kocsis, Hungary and defeats against Ismail Juszeinow , Bulgaria and Alexander Matwejew, USSR ;
• 1976, 8th place , OS in Montreal , F, Le, with victories over Arona Mane, Senegal , Joseph Gilligan, United Kingdom and defeats to José Ramos, Cuba and Doucho Zekow, Bulgaria;
• 1977, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Freiburg im Breisgau , F, We, behind Martin Knosp , FRG and ahead of Joe Gilligan, United Kingdom;
• 1977, 4th place , World Championships in Lausanne , F, Le, with victories over Georgi Georgiew, Bulgaria, Övermark, Ramos, Lájos Sándor, Romania and defeats against Sejdi and Dsewegiin Oidow , Mongolia ;
• 1978, 7th place , EM in Sofia , F, Le, with victory over Övermark and defeats against Ihaki Gaidarbekow, USSR and Iwan Jankow , Bulgaria;
• 1979, 3rd place , EM in Bucharest , F, Le, with victories over Gabriele Catalano, Italy and Pekka Rauhala , Finland and one defeat against Sejdi;
• 1979, 3rd place , World Championship in San Diego , F, Le, with victories over Ramos, Gabe Ruz, Mexico , Georgi Athanasiadis, Greece , Sigmund Velevitz, Australia and defeats against Michail Tscharantschura, USSR and Akira Miyakawa, Japan;
• 1980, 6th place , EM in Prievidza , F, Le, with victories over Ruud Brinkmann, Netherlands , William Hönsch, Czechoslovakia , Jukka Rauhala , Finland and defeats to Seydullah Abseidow, USSR and Stanislaw Chilinski, Poland;
• 1980, 5th place , OS in Moscow , F, Le, with victories over Viktor Koulaigue, Cameroon , Chilinski, Octavian Dusa, Romania and defeats against Jankow and Sejdi;
• 1981, 3rd place , EM in Łódź , F, Le, with victories over Chilinski, Kiro Ristow, Yugoslavia and Jukka Rauhala and a defeat against Miko Dukow, Bulgaria;
• 1981, 18th place , World Championships in Skopje , F, Le, after defeats against Zoltan Szalontai, Hungary and Masekura Kamimura, Japan;
• 1982, 3rd place , World Championships in Edmonton , F, Le, behind Michail Tscharantschura, Raul Cascaret, Cuba and in front of Andre Metzger , United States , Szalontai and Hassan Hamidi, Iran

GDR championships

• 1975, 1st place, F, Le, ahead of Helmut Strumpf , SC Motor Jena and Neumeister, SC Leipzig ;
• 1976, 1st place, F, Le, ahead of Lippke, Jena and Gatzke, SG Dynamo Luckenwalde ;
• 1977, 1st place, F, Le, ahead of Lippke and Erhard Pocher , Jena;
• 1978, 1st place, F, Le, ahead of Lippke and Hünisch, Leipzig;
• 1979, 1st place, F, Le, before Lippke and Olschak, SC Chemie Halle ;
• 1980, 1st place, F, Le, in front of Neumeister and Schäfer, ASK forward Frankfurt ;
• 1981, 2nd place, F, Le, behind Hünisch and in front of Uwe Mauksch , Leipzig;
• 1982, 2nd place, F, Le, behind Pocher and in front of Mauksch;
• 1983, 1st place, F, Le, in front of Hoffer, Luckenwalde and Hünisch;
• 1984, 1st place, F, Le, ahead of Pocher and Hünisch;
• 1985, 1st place, F, We, ahead of Wasniewski, Hennigsdorf and Bannack, Leipzig

swell

• Hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 194 u. 239
• The Ringer trade journal from 1975 to 1985

Web links

• Profile of Eberhard Probst at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Eberhard Probst in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )