Ernst Knoll

Ernst Knoll (born January 23, 1940 in Feldberg , Sudetenland , † January 19, 1997 in Eppelheim ) was a German wrestler .

Career

Ernst Knoll grew up in North Baden after being expelled from the Sudetenland and started wrestling at the Schriesheim strength sports club at the age of 16, having previously played handball at SG Leutershausen . Due to the fact that he found wrestling late, he was not yet able to achieve any major successes in the youth and junior division. In 1964 he had reached the top German class and was in Greco-Roman. Welterweight style for the first time German champion.

Ernst Knoll was a physically strong, stocky but technically good wrestler who grew relatively quickly from welterweight to middleweight to light heavyweight. He was active in both styles and between 1964 and 1972 he won the German championship eight more times, four times in the free and four times in the Greco-Roman. Style. In the course of his career he started for KSV Schriesheim , ASV Eppelheim , AC Ziegelhausen , AV Freiburg-St.Georgen , AV Reilingen and KSV Malsch .

On the international wrestling stage he made his debut in 1964 at the big wrestling tournament that takes place annually in Klippan, Sweden, with a 4th place in the Greek style in the welterweight division. He started in 1968 and 1972 at the Olympic Games in Mexico City and Munich , respectively , but could not place in the front field there.

The best result in an international championship he achieved at the European Championships in 1967 in Istanbul in free style in the middleweight division. He missed there after two victories over the Czech Josef Urban u. the Yugoslav Arslan Rizvari and a draw against Günther Bauch from Halle because of a defeat against the Romanian Francisc Balla just about the medal ranks and came in 4th place.

Ernst Knoll also frequently represented the German Wrestling Federation in the international matches that were still popular at the time and achieved some notable victories.

Ernst Knoll, who was a trained machine fitter, ran his own metalworking shop in Eppelheim until his untimely death.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, GR = Greek-Roman style, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, back then up to 78 kg, 82/87 kg a . 90/97 kg body weight)

• 1964, 4th place , tournament in Klippan, GR, We, behind Piotr Starczynski , Poland , Harald Barlie , Norway a . Jan Kärström , Sweden a . in front of Arne Gjerlöv, Denmark ;

• 1966, 11th place , EM in Essen , GR, Wed, after defeats against Andrei Zchowrebow , Soviet Union a . Franz Pötsch , Austria ;

• 1967, 3rd place , Alsia-Cup in Sønderborg , GR, Wed, behind Orudjow, USSR a. SA Olsson, Sweden;

• 1967, 4th place , EM in Istanbul , F, Wed, with victories over Josef Urban, Czechoslovakia a . Arslan Rizvani, Yugoslavia , a tie against Günther Bauch , GDR a . a loss to Francisc Balla , Romania ;

• 1967, 10th place , World Cup in New Delhi , F, Wed, with a tie against Shunichi Kawano, Japan a . Defeats against Hasan Güngör , Turkey a . Djigjidyn Monkbat , Mongolia ;

• 1968, 14th place , OS in Mexico City , F, Wed, after defeats against Shigeru Endo, Japan a. Lupe Lara, Cuba ;

• 1969, 1st place , Alsia-Cup in Sonderborg, GR, Hs, in front of B. Kops, Netherlands a . Sven Studsgaard, Denmark;

• 1969, 8th place , EM in Modena , GR, Wed, with a draw against André Bouchoule , France a . Ali Kazan , Turkey a . a loss to Matti Laakso , Finland ;

• 1971, 2nd place , tournament in Fredriksvaerk / Denmark, GR, Hs, behind Fleming Kozakewitsch and in front of Sven Studsgaard, bde. Denmark;

• 1972, 2nd place , pre-Olympic tournament in Munich , GR, Hs, behind Czesław Kwieciński , Poland and in front of Günter Kowalewski , FRG ;

• 1972, 11th place , Olympic Games in Munich, F, Hs, after defeats against Károly Bajkó , Hungary a . Reza Hosianikhorami , Iran

International battles

(also unofficial)

• 1964, FRG against France , GR, We, point defeat against René Schiermeyer ,
• 1967, FRG against Sweden , F, Wed, points victory over Hans Antonsson ,
• 1968, FRG against Yugoslavia , F, Wed, shoulder victory over Abduli,
• 1968, FRG against Austria , GR, Wed, draw against Franz Pötsch ,
• 1968, FRG against Switzerland , F, Wed, points victory over Étienne Martinetti ,
• 1969, Romania against FRG, F, Wed, points victory over Nicolae Neguț ,
• 1969, Romania against FRG, GR, Wed, points victory over Fodorpataki,
• 1970, FRG against Poland , F, Hs, abandonment winner over Botur,
• 1970, FRG against Poland, GR, Hs, shoulder defeat against Czesław Kwieciński ,
• 1970, FRG against Sweden, F, Wed, point defeat against Jan Kärström ,
• 1970, FRG against Sweden, F, Hs, victory over C. Johansson,
• 1972, FRG against Romania, F, Hs, points victory over Nicolae Neguț,
• 1972, FRG against Romania, GR, Hs, point defeat against Nicolae Martinescu ,
• 1972, FRG against Romania, GR, Hs, draw against Fodorpataki

German championships

• 1964, 1st place, GR, We, in front of Gottlieb Neumair , Munich -Neuaubing u. Otto Schmittner , Aschaffenburg ,
• 1966, 1st place, F, Wed, before Heinz Sperling , Essen a . Willibald Funk, Hallbergmoos ,
• 1967, 1st place, F, Wed, before Heinz Sperling u. Günter Kowalewski , Witten ,
• 1969, 1st place, GR, Hs, before Günter Kowalewski u. Bernd Bluhm, Mainz ,
• 1969, 2nd place, F, Hs, behind Heinz Sperling u. in front of Dieter Markert, Hombruch ,
• 1970, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Günter Kowalewski u. before Lorenz Hecher , Hallbergmoos,
• 1970, 1st place, F, Hs, before Heinz Sperling u. Georg Vorbuchner , Burghausen ,
• 1971, 1st place, GR, Hs, in front of Fred Theobald , Köllerbach a . Günter Kowalewski,
• 1971, 1st place, GR, Hs, in front of Kaspar Eham, Bad Reichenhall u. Georg Vorbuchner,
• 1972, 1st place, GR, Hs, in front of Fred Theobald u. Günter Kowalewski,
• 1972, 1st place, F, Hs, before Heinz Sperling u. Hans-Peter Stratz, Vörstetten

swell

• Athletics magazine , numbers: 10/1966, page 9 and 8/1967, page 7
• Hundred Years of Wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer Verlag , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 186, 216, 218, 219, 229 and 230
• Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of FILA , 1976, pages E-46, E-57, E-66, W-79, O-80 u. O-91

Web links

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