Ferdinand Schmitz (wrestler)
| Ferdinand Schmitz medal table |
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| Germany | ||
| European Championship | ||
| bronze | 1938 Tallinn | Bantam |
| silver | 1939 Oslo | feather |
Ferdinand Schmitz (born October 14, 1919 in Cologne ; † November 6, 1981 ) was a former German wrestler .
Career
Ferdinand Schmitz, also known as "Bubi", grew up in Cologne and got into wrestling through his older half-brother Heinrich Nettesheim . He made unusually rapid progress and won his first German championship title at the age of 18 in 1938, ahead of the 1936 Olympic third party Johannes Herbert . He won medals at the European Championships in 1938 and 1939 before the war and the post-war period interrupted his international career for 12 years. Ferdinand Schmitz was certainly the greatest German wrestling talent around 1939. In January 1940 in Copenhagen in an international match against Denmark was shoulder winner over Eigil Johansen. He also showed how talented he was in 1941 when he defeated Olympic champion Kustaa Pihlajamäki in Nuremberg in March 1941 in an international match against Finland . It was not until 1951 that he was able to start again at an international championship. However, it turned out that the 12-year hiatus was too long for the German wrestlers. International wrestling had continued to develop. It was difficult to reconnect.
Ferdinand Schmitz was an employee of the Reichsbahn and Bundesbahn and, along with Heinrich Nettesheim and Georg Pulheim, was part of the very successful team of ESV Olympia Köln for years.
International success
| year | space | competition | style | Weight class | Results |
| 1938 | 3. | EM in Tallinn | GR | Bantam | with victories over Antonín Nič , Czechoslovakia , Ivar Stokke, Norway and losses to Kurt Pettersén , Sweden and Väinö Perttunen , Finland |
| 1939 | 2. | EM in Oslo | GR | feather | with victories over Egon Svensson , Sweden, Karl Fevaag, Norway, Ferenc Tóth , Hungary , Ahmet Isik, Turkey and one defeat against Kustaa Pihlajamäki |
| 1951 | 5. | World Cup in Helsinki | F. | feather | with a win over Mogharabi, Iran and defeats to Henry Holmberg, Sweden and Nurettin Zafer , Turkey |
| 1952 | 7th | OS in Helsinki | F. | Bantam | with wins over Basurto, Mexico and Poliquin, Canada and losses to Shohashi Ishi , Japan and Jadav, India |
| 1952 | 6th | OS in Helsinki | GR | Bantam | with a win over Kohler, Saarland and defeats against Hubert Persson , Sweden and Reidar Mearli , Norway |
Successes at German championships
| year | space | place | style | Weight class | Results |
| 1937 | 3. | Karlsruhe | F. | Bantam | behind Jakob Brendel , Nuremberg and Willi Möchel , Cologne |
| 1938 | 1. | Dessau | GR | Bantam | before Johannes Herbert , Stuttgart and Schock, Berlin |
| 1938 | 3. | Wroclaw | F. | feather | behind Georg Pulheim , Cologne and Fritz Ostermann , Saarbrücken |
| 1939 | 1. | Nuremberg | GR | feather | before Fritz Ostermann and Rudi Reinhardt, Hohenlimburg |
| 1940 | 1. | Cologne | F. | feather | before Josef Böck , Neuaubing and Willi Möchel |
| 1941 | 1. | Mainz | F. | feather | before Willi Möchel and Rudi Reinhardt |
| 1942 | 2. | Hohenlimburg | GR | feather | behind Rudi Reinhardt and in front of Block, Dortmund |
| 1943 | 1. | Bayreuth | F. | feather | before Fritz Weikart , Hörde and Georg Böhm, Bamberg |
| 1949 | 1. | Munich | F. | feather | before Georg Pulheim and Josef Böck |
| 1950 | 3. | Ludwigshafen am Rhein | GR | feather | behind Fritz Bischoff , Göppingen and Rolf Ellerbrock , Dortmund |
| 1950 | 1. | Munich | F. | feather | before Josef Böck and Georg Böhm |
| 1951 | 1. | Rheinhausen | F. | Bantam | before Manfred Spatz , Feudenheim and Albert Ziegler, Hochemmerich |
- Explanations
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
- GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style
- Bantam weight until 1945 up to 56 kg, then up to 57 kg; Feather weight, until 1945 up to 61 kg, then up to 62 kg body weight (in the following period these weight classes and the limits for them were changed several times by the world wrestling association FILA, today UWW)
literature
- Kraftsport trade journals from 1937 to 1939 a. Athletics from 1949 to 1952,
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976
- Hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 197, 211, 212 u. 225
- Kölnische Rundschau , July 24, 1984
Web links
- Profile of Ferdinand Schmitz at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Ferdinand Schmitz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitz, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1981 |