Eugen Häßler

Eugen Häßler (* 1909 ; † 1976 ) was a German wrestler.

In Tuttlingen he started wrestling and weightlifting as a teenager in 1920 and quickly developed into an excellent athlete. Soon he specialized entirely in wrestling and achieved initial successes at the regional level. At the age of 19 he was the first German runner-up in the Greco-Roman style . By the mid-1930s, he made it onto the podium six times at the German championships, but he was denied a German championship title. Jean Földeák , Oswald Möchel and Fritz Schäfer , all great wrestlers of the international format of those years, blocked his way.

Eugen Häßler was a farmer on the Maiental estate and a committed local politician. For many years he also ran the ASV Tuttlingen heavy athletics club , for which he successfully competed until he was 42.

German championships

(GR = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, Le = lightweight, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight)

• 1928, 2nd place, GR, Le, behind Paul Muschall, Hörde and in front of H. Schwindt, Hornberg ;
• 1930, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Eduard Krämer, Duisburg and in front of P. Hecker, Hamburg ;
• 1931, 3rd place, GR, We, behind Oswald Möchel, Hörde and Jean Földeák , Hamburg;
• 1932, 2nd place, GR, We, behind Oswald Möchel and in front of Jean Földeàk;
• 1933, 2nd place, GR, We, behind Adolf Krehl, Untertürkheim and in front of Theo Hilgert, Koblenz ;
• 1934, 3rd place, GR, We, behind Fritz Schäfer , Schifferstadt and Georg Wellhöfer, Nuremberg ;
• 1934, 2nd place, F, We, behind Josef Lehner, Nuremberg and in front of H. Rachor, Dettingen

Web links

• Placements of Eugen Häßler at German championships in Greco-Roman style on history / overview, letter E (wrestling), light and welterweight