Franz Aigner (weightlifter)

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Franz Aigner (born January 24, 1892 - January 21, 1970 ) was an Austrian weightlifter . He won the silver medal in the heavyweight pentathlon at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris .

Career

Franz Aigner grew up in Vienna and started lifting weights as a young man. But his career did not begin until after the end of the First World War. At that time he was already 27 years old and started for the German strength sports club "Eiche" Vienna . He later moved to the wage-workers Athlete Club Vienna .

As early as 1919 he was Austrian runner-up in the heavyweight division behind Heinrich Alscher from Vienna. In 1920 he was the first Austrian heavyweight champion. He reached 400 kg (75-80-105-140) in a four-way fight consisting of one-armed tearing, one-armed pushing, pushing with both arms and pushing with both arms and expelled Rudolf Schilberg from the athletes' club "Germania" Vienna, who came to 387.5 kg , to 2nd place. In the same year he took second place in the four-way battle (heavyweight) at the world championship, which took place in Vienna, behind the German Karl Mörke , who came to 456.7 kg (75-100-110-171.7), the second . Space.

In 1921 Franz Aigner was again Austrian heavyweight champion. He achieved 413 kg (80-80-105-140) in the four-way fight. He again referred Rudolf Schilberg to 2nd place.

In 1922 he started at the German Fighting Games in Berlin . In a pentathlon he achieved 490 kg (89-90-90-105-125) and took 2nd place behind Josef Straßberger from TSV 1860 Munich , who came to 510 kg.

In May 1923 Franz Aigner defeated in Milan in a pentathlon in which he came 524.5 kg (87.5-90-95-117-135), the Italian master lifter Filippo Bottino , 1920 Olympic heavyweight champion and who had become in this Scored 500 kg (80-90-95-110-125) in the competition. Also in May 1923 he won at the International Championship of Bohemia and Moravia in Brno in the pentathlon the heavyweight title with 515 kg (89-90-90-100-130) and referred with Jaroslav Skobla from Prague a future Olympic champion, the 465 kg, to 2nd place.

In September 1923 Franz Aigner became world heavyweight champion in Vienna. In a four-way battle he achieved 420 kg (85-90-115-130) and relegated his Austrian compatriots Josef Leppelt and Georg Schrammel to the next places.

Franz Aigner finally achieved great success in 1924. He scored 515 kg (80-97.5-112.5-95-130) in the pentathlon at the Olympic Games in Paris that year and had to compete with the Italian Giuseppe Tonani , who came to 517.5 kg, just give up. He won the silver medal with it.

In the years 1925 to 1927 there were no world or European championships. Franz Aigner tried to qualify again for participation in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 in the new Olympic three-way fight (pushing, tearing and pushing with both arms) . But at the Austrian Olympic elimination in Vienna at the end of 1928, with 335 kg, he only came third behind Rudolf Schilberg and Josef Leppelt and was not nominated for Amsterdam.

He then ended his career as a weightlifter.

International success

year space competition Competition type Weight class Results
1920 2. World Cup in Vienna Four-way fight (VK) Heavy behind Karl Mörke , Germany, 456.7 kg (75-100-110-171.7), in front of Heinrich Alscher, Austria
1922 2. German fighting games in Berlin Pentathlon (FK) Heavy with 490 kg (89-90-90-105-125), behind Josef Straßberger , TSV 1860 Munich, 510 kg (89-90-100-105-135), in front of Anton Köhle, KV 95 Stuttgart, 432.5 kg
1923 1. Intern. Tournament in Vienna FK Heavy with 500 kg (80-90-90-110-130), before Eugen Becke, Austria, 457.5 kg
1923 1. Intern. Tournament in Milan FK Heavy with 524.5 kg (87.5-90-95-117-130), in front of Filippo Bottino , Italy, 500 kg (80-90-95-110-125)
1923 1. Intern. Championship of Bohemia and Moravia in Brno FK Heavy with 515 kg (80-90-90-100-130), ahead of Jaroslav Skobla , Czechoslovakia, 465 kg
1923 1. World Cup in Vienna VK Heavy with 420 kg (85-90-115-130), ahead of Josef Leppelt , Austria, 400 kg (90-90-95-125) and Georg Schrammel, Austria, 397.5 kg (80-85-105-127.5 )
1924 silver OS in Paris FK Heavy with 515 kg (80-97.5-112.5-95-130), behind Giuseppe Tonani , Italy, 517.5 kg (80-95-112.5-100-130), in front of Harald Tammer , Estonia, 497 .5 kg (75-95-90-97.5-140)
1924 1. Exhibition championship in Vienna VK Heavy with 417.5 kg, ahead of Josef Leppelt, 400 kg and Eugen Becke, 397.5 kg
1925 1. Intern. Championship of Czechoslovakia in Prague FK Heavy with 522.5 kg (87.5-90-115-100-130), ahead of Jaroslav Skobla, 517.5 kg (85-97.5-105-100-130)
1927 2. Intern. Tournament in Vienna Olympic triathlon (OD) Heavy with 337.5 kg (112.5-95-130), behind Rudolf Schilberg, 350 kg (117.5-102.5-230), in front of Gustav Becker, Austria, 332.5 kg (92.5-100- 140)

Successes in national competitions

year space competition Competition type Weight class Results
1919 2. Austrian championship VK Heavy behind Heinrich Alscher, Vienna
1920 1. Austrian championship VK Heavy with 400 kg (75-80-105-140), in front of Rudolf Schilberg, KSC "Germania" Vienna, 387.5 and Georg Schrammel, wage carrier AK Vienna, 385 kg
1921 1. Austrian championship VK Heavy with 413 kg (80-80-105-140), in front of Rudolf Schilberg, 398.75 kg and Isidor Bruckmüller, SC of the Viennese professional fire department
1922 1. Selection tournament for the German Fighting Games in Vienna FK Heavy with 485 kg (89-80-90-110-125), in front of Josef Leppelt, AK "Herkules" Vienna, 465 kg
1923 1. Viennese championship FK Heavy with 534 kg (85-90-90-110-150), in front of Josef Leppelt, 489.25 kg
1923 1. Austrian championship VK Heavy with 448.5 kg (85-85-110-160), ahead of Rudolf Schilberg, AC "Stöhr" Vienna, 441.75 kg (80-92.5-110-150) and Josef Leppelt, 429.5 kg
1924 1. Olympic elimination in Vienna FK Heavy with 502.5 kg (82.5-90-90-110-130), in front of Eugen Becke, wage transporter AK Vienna, 470 kg (75-85-90-95-125)
1927 2. Viennese championship OD Heavy with 335 kg (110-95-130), behind Rudolf Schilberg, 342.5 kg, in front of Hermann Glück , Meidlinger AK Vienna, 325 kg
1928 3. Olympic elimination in Vienna OD Heavy with 335 kg (110-95-130), behind Rudolf Schilberg, 362.5 (117.5-105-140) and Josef Leppelt, 355 kg
Explanations
  • Heavy weight, at that time from 82.5 kg body weight
  • Pentathlon, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed pushing, two-armed pushing, two-armed snatching and two-armed pushing
  • Four-way fight, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed thrusting, two-armed pushing and two-armed thrusting; in another variant, instead of pushing with both arms, tearing with both arms
  • Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, two-armed tearing and two-armed pushing
  • in national competitions "unfree" and "free" implementation was permitted until 1927. Athletes who transferred a weight "freely" received a supplement of 10% of the weight they lifted

literature

  • "Athletics" magazine
  • "Lifting is part of life", anniversary publication of the German Weightlifting Association from 1991
  • Wiener Sporttageblatt and Illustrated Österreichisches Sportblatt, digitized editions (anno.onb.ac.at)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Aigner, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1892
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1970