Erich Siebert

Erich Siebert ( May 7, 1910 , † 1947 ) was a German wrestler .

Life and career

He started wrestling at the age of 10 and became German team champion with ASV Bad Kreuznach at the age of 18 in 1928. He soon joined the police , was transferred there several times and wrestled with Darmstadt , Mainz ( ASV Mainz 1888 ) and Litzmannstadt (the Łódź renamed by the Nazis ). He wrestled in both Greco-Roman and free styles. In his first international assignment at the European Championships in Rome in 1934 , he defeated all four of his opponents, including Edvīns Bietags , Latvia , but had one more missing point than the bid tag, which was favored by a bye, so that, according to the unfortunate rules of the time, he became European champion . Towards the end of the war, Siebert was taken prisoner by the Soviets and died in a camp in 1947.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, gr = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, HS = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight)

• 1934, 2nd place , EM in Rome , gr, HS, with victories over Axel Cadier , Sweden , Väinö Kokkinen , Finland , František Mráček , Czechoslovakia , and Edvīns Bietags , Latvia ;
• 1935, 7th place , EM in Brussels , F, HS, with victory over Ward, Great Britain , and defeats against Paul Dätwyler , Switzerland , and Fred Oberländer , Austria ;
• 1936, bronze medal , OS in Berlin , F, HS, with victories over M. Beke, Belgium , Eddie Scarf , Australia , Hubert Prokop , Czechoslovakia , and one defeat against August Neo , Estonia .

Success at German championships

• 1929, 3rd place in Villingen , gr, HS, behind Willi Müller , Kreuznach u. Anton Vogedes , Dortmund ;
• 1934, 1st place in Nuremberg , gr, HS, in front of Hans Hauenstein, Fürth a . Paul Böhmer , Reichenhall ;
• 1936, 2nd place in Berlin , gr, HS, behind Werner Seelenbinder , Berlin and in front of Karl Ehret , Ludwigshafen am Rhein ;
• 1936, 1st place in Bad Reichenhall , F, HS in front of Paul Böhmer and Karl Ehret;
• 1938 , 3rd place in Dessau , gr, S, behind Fritz Müller and Willi Liebern , Dortmund;
• 1942, 2nd place in Hohenlimburg , gr, S, behind Kurt Hornfischer , Nuremberg;
• 1943, 1st place , gr, S, in front of Jakob Feilhuber , Neuaubing .

Web links

• Erich Siebert in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )