Emil Kliment
Emil Kliment (born August 4, 1879 in Vienna ; † January 27, 1965 there ) was an Austrian weightlifter . He was four times in his career, world champion in the featherweight .
Career
Emil Kliment began lifting weights as a young man in Vienna. He belonged to the athletes 'club "Türk" Vienna , then to the strength sports club of Wiener Gaswerke and from 1923 to the athletes' club "Altona" Vienna . He weighed just under 60 kg with a height of 1.58 meters. This was also the reason why he was only able to achieve major international successes from 1910. It was not until 1910 that the featherweight class was introduced at the international championships, the weight limit of which was 60 kg, and some other weightlifting associations were 62.5 kg. Until then, Emil Kliment had no chance against weightlifters who weighed around 80 kg.
From 1910 Emil Kliment achieved one success after another. He was world champion in 1910 in Düsseldorf , 1911 in Berlin and Vienna and 1913 in Breslau and in 1923 in Vienna again third in the featherweight championship. He was also European champion in 1912, 1913 and 1914 . At the championships at that time, a four-way or pentathlon was usually held. These consisted of one- and two-armed exercises. The one-armed exercises often had to be lifted alternately, e.g. B. one-armed tearing on the left and one-armed pushing on the right or the one-armed tearing was completely eliminated and one-armed tearing on the right and left In four-way combat, both arms were pressed and both arms were pushed. The two-armed tearing as a pure speed strength exercise was very unpopular and was therefore usually simply left out. At that time tearing was made even more difficult by the fact that it was mostly forbidden to change the position of the legs. When pushing with both arms, in addition to free repositioning, "unfree" repositioning, i.e. H. the athlete was able to transfer the weight in several temps or by rolling over the stomach. Emil Kliment's strength was the two-armed pushing with free turnover. At the 1910 World Championships in Düsseldorf he achieved 115 kg in this discipline with a body weight of 57.25 kg, which meant a new world record. This made him the first weightlifter ever to do more than double his body weight on high-stretching routes.
Despite his successful career, Emil Kliment was never able to take part in the Olympic Games. In 1908 and 1912 weightlifting was not part of the Olympic program. In 1916 the Olympic Games were canceled because of the First World War, in 1920 the IOC excluded Austria and Germany from participating in the Olympic Games at the urging of the "Entente" states, and in 1924 he was 45 years old and could no longer opt for the Austrian Qualify for Olympic team. It was little consolation for him that he was able to compete in the 1st Workers' Olympics in Frankfurt (Main) in 1925 . For this purpose he had joined the AC "Altona" Vienna, an association that belonged to the Austrian Workers 'Athletes' Association. In Frankfurt he won in age group I in a three-way battle weighing 225 kg in front of two German athletes.
Nothing is known about his further life.
successes
| year | space | competition | Competition type | Weight class | Results |
| 1910 | 1. | Championship of the Austrian. Athletes Union in Vienna | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | with 321 kg, before Novacek, 238 kg |
| 1910 | 1. | World Cup in Düsseldorf | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | before Alfred Anschütz and Franz Schmitz, both Germany |
| 1911 | 1. | Central European Championship in Prague | Four-way fight (VK1) | medium | before Dostal, Prague and J. Wechet, Austria |
| 1911 | 2. | World Cup in Stuttgart | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | with 312.5 kg, behind Alfred Anschütz, 322.5 kg (62.5-55-90-110), in front of Georg Vogel (weight lifter) , Germany, 312.5 kg (60-50-92.5-110) |
| 1911 | 1. | World Cup in Berlin | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | weighing 321.5 kg, ahead of Jakob Vogt, Germany, 282.5 kg (48.5-51-76-107) and Oswald Greht, Germany, 281.1 kg (48.5-51-77.6-105, 5) |
| 1911 | 1. | World Cup in Vienna | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | before Gustav Kubu and Rudolf Meier, both Austria |
| 1912 | 1. | Championship of Styria in Graz | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | with 315.7 kg, before J. Wechet, 298.7 and Gustav Kubu, 286 kg |
| 1912 | 1. | Intern. Championship in Vienna | Triathlon (DK1) | feather | with 257 (57-90-110), before J. Wechet, 240 kg and M. Glattauer, AC "Cherusker" Vienna, 233 kg |
| 1912 | 1. | EM in Vienna | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | with 326 kg (56.5-60-95-115), in front of Gustav Kubu, 305 kg and Rudolf Thamm, Germany, 289 kg (56-56-68-109) |
| 1913 | 1. | Intern. Championship in Vienna | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | with 325 kg, in front of F. Maly, "Straßenbahner" -Athleten-Klub Wien, 322.5 kg and J. Wechet, "Austria" -Athleten-Klub Wien, 312.5 kg |
| 1913 | 1. | EM in Brno | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | with 325 kg |
| 1913 | 1. | World Cup in Wroclaw | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | with 113.5 points / 322.5 kg (60-52.5-90-120), ahead of Piotr Cherudzinski, Russia (SC "Sanitas" St. Petersburg), 106 points / 292.5 kg (60-55-72 , 5-105) and Georg Vogel, Germany (AC Sachsenhausen), 104.5 points / 307.5 kg (55-62.5-85-110) |
| 1914 | 1. | EM in Vienna | Four-way fight (VK1) | feather | with 112.5 points / 327.5 kg, ahead of L. Kral, Austria ("Siebenbrunner" Athleten-Klub Wien), 105 points / 310 kg and L. Wegensteiner, Austria ("Straßenbahner" -Athleten-Klub Wien), 99 , 5 points / 297.5 kg |
| 1920 | 2. | Austrian championship in Vienna | Four-way fight (VK2) | feather | with 317.5 kg (52.5-67.5-80-107.5), behind Gustav Kubu, "Erdberger Straßenbahner" -Athleten-Klub Vienna, 322.5 kg (65-75-72.5-110) |
| 1921 | 1. | Anniversary tournament for the 30th anniversary of the Austrian Weightlifting Association in Vienna | Triathlon (DK2) | feather | with 262.5 kg (62.5-85-115), ahead of Andreas Stadler , Athleten-Klub "Hannibal" Vienna, 255.5 kg (70-70-105) and Gustav Kubu, 234.5 kg (60-70 -95) |
| 1923 | 3. | World Cup in Vienna | Four-way fight (VK2) | feather | with 307.5 kg (60-70-77.5-100), behind Andreas Stadler, Austria, 330 kg (70-80-70-110) and Wilhelm Rosinek , Austria, 315 kg (60-80-70-105 ) |
| 1925 | 1. | 1st Workers' Olympics in Frankfurt (Main) | Three-way fight (DK3) age group I. | feather | with 225 kg, in front of Finkl, Germany, 205 kg and Simon, Germany, 202.5 kg |
- Explanations
- VK1 = four-way fight, consisting of one-armed tearing on the left, one-armed tearing on the right, two-armed pushing and two-armed pushing
- VK2 = four-way fight, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed pushing, two-armed pushing and two-armed pushing
- DK1 = three-way fight, consisting of one-armed pushing, one-armed pushing and two-armed pushing
- DK2 = three-way fight, consisting of one-armed snatch, two-armed pushing and two-armed pushing
- DK3 = three-way fight, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed thrusting and two-armed thrusting
- Feather weight = weight class up to 60 kg body weight
- Middle weight = weight class up to 80 kg body weight
- WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
literature
- Brochure "From the history of German strength sports" by Ernst August Kampmann, publisher of the German Athletes' Association, 1950, pp. 97 - 101, 129 and 131
- Wiener Sporttageblatt and Illustrated Österreichisches Sportblatt, digitized editions at www.anno.onb.ac.at
- Sports statistics - Yearbook 1987 by Oskar Henkel, Sportverlag Oskar Henkel, Rodgau, 1987, page 125
Web links
- Emil Kliment in TPOP Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century
- various websites at "sport-komplett.de"
- Illustrated Österreichisches Sporttageblatt (digitized edition) Emil Kliment 1912
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kliment, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1965 |
| Place of death | Vienna |