Ewald Breßlein

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Ewald Breßlein (* 1925 ) is a former German weightlifter .

Career

Ewald Breßlein grew up in Essen . As a boy he played football for the STV Horst-Emscher and learned the trade of a fitter in a coking plant. In 1940 he began weightlifting at VKSA Essen in 1888, where he had excellent instructors in Adolf Wagner (weightlifter) and Karl Jansen . This led to his becoming German youth champion in the class up to 55 kg in 1942. In 1943 he was drafted and soon got into captivity, from which he was released in 1948. He started again with weightlifting and won five German championship titles in bantam and featherweight in the next few years . However, he did not achieve international success.

Ewald Breßlein was honored with the silver bay leaf on May 13, 1955.

International battles

(Ba = bantam weight, Fe = feather weight)

  • 1950 v USA , Ba, 272.5 kg - Joseph Di Pietro , 282.5 kg;
  • 1950 v USA, Ba, 262.5 kg - de Pietro, 285 kg;
  • 1952 v France , Fe, 210 kg - Heral, 287.5 kg;
  • 1952 against Iran , Fe, 297.5 kg - Tabatabei, 320 kg;
  • 1953 against Austria , Fe, 285 kg - Wimmer, 255 kg;
  • 1954 against Sweden , Fe, 290 kg - Eriksson, 300 kg;
  • 1955 against France, Fe, 287.5 kg - Monier, 172.5 kg

German championships

  • 1948, 2nd place , Fe, with 282.5 kg, behind Oswald Junkes , Trier , 290 kg and in front of Max Sprügel, Regensburg , 275 kg;
  • 1950, 1st place , Ba, with 330 kg (VK), in front of Josef Schuster , TSV 1860 Munich , 310 kg and Willi Dorawa, Hamborn , 302.5 kg;
  • 1952, 1st place , Fe, with 297.5 kg, before Junkes, 295 kg and Sprügel, 287.5 kg;
  • 1953, 1st place , Fe, with 280 kg, in front of Sprügel, 277.5 kg and Heckli, Augsburg , 265 kg;
  • 1954, 1st place , Fe, with 300 kg, ahead of Georg Miske , Leipzig , 285 kg and Werner Müller, Meißen , 277.5 kg;
  • 1955, 1st place , Fe, with 282.5 kg, ahead of Valdero, Kassel , 275 kg and Theo Cavelius, Hostenbach , 272.5 kg

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 54
personal data
SURNAME Breßlein, Ewald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH 1925