Franz Reitmeier
Franz Reitmeier (born February 17, 1892 , † February 17, 1957 ) was a German wrestler in the years before and after the First World War.
He was a member of the SC 1904 Maxvorstadt Nürnberg and under the guidance of Karl Döppel soon reached the top of Germany. At that time it was wrestled exclusively in the Greco-Roman style.
In 1913 Reitmeier took 3rd place in the German featherweight championship. In 1919 and 1920 he became German featherweight champion. Hermann Brodbeck , Stuttgart-Untertürkheim and Georg Gerstacker from the Nuremberg rival club ASV Sandow were his toughest competitors. With his Maxvorstädter team he was in the final battle for the German team championship against SpVgg Berlin-Ost in 1922 and 1923. Berlin won both times.
In addition to Reitmeier, Philipp Heß , Mannheim, won the championship in 1919 in the lightweight, Richard Falkner , Berlin, in the middleweight, Adolf Kurz , Stuttgart, in the light heavyweight and Karl Döppel in the heavyweight division. In 1920 these were Fritz Leibinger , Tuttlingen, lightweight, Heinrich Ketzer , Duisburg, middleweight, Julius Maier , Untertürkheim, light heavyweight and again Karl Döppel heavyweight.
In 1914 Reitmeier was the featherweight winner in the elimination for the 1916 Olympic Games, which were to take place in Berlin. At the World Championships in Vienna in 1920 , Reitmeier took 1st place ahead of Pongracz, Hungary, Boukal, Austria, Szoszky, Hungary and Mezulian, Austria.
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- Hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 194 u. 212
- The modern wrestling match by A. v. Guretzki, Verlag FW Gloeckner & Co., Leipzig , 1922, page 106
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| SURNAME | Reitmeier, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1892 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th February 1957 |