Fred Theobald

Alfred "Fred" Theobald (born June 19, 1950 in Pirmasens ) is a former German wrestler . He was the winner of bronze medals at the 1975 World Cup in Minsk and the 1976 European Championship in Leningrad in Greco-Roman. Style, each in light heavyweight.

Career

Theobald began as a teenager when VfK Thaleischweiler with the rings and was exceptionally successful already in the youth and junior age. At the age of 17 he became German youth champion in both styles in 1967 in the class up to 70 kg body weight, in 1968 he won this title for the third time in the free style in the class up to 75 kg body weight. He became German junior champion, meanwhile starting for KSV Köllerbach , in 1970 in both styles in light heavyweight (GR) and middleweight (F) and in 1971 in light heavyweight in Greco-Roman. Style.

In the senior class he made it to the podium as early as 1970 at the German championships with a 2nd place in the middleweight division in free style. Before his first appearance at an international championship, Fred Theobald had to be patient until 1974. The years from 1974 to 1976 were very successful. In 1974 he came to the World Cup in Tehran in Greco-Roman. Style in light heavyweight to a good 6th place, where he u. a. scored a victory over the Hungarian world-class athlete Károly Bajkó . Then he won the bronze medal at the 1975 World Championships in Minsk in the light heavyweight division . After three wins he was only defeated by the Bulgarian top wrestler Stojan Nikolow and as one of the best wrestlers in Greco-Roman. Style of all-time Soviet sportsman Valery Resanzew .

The Soviet pavement seemed to suit Fred Theobald well, as he also won the bronze medal at the 1976 European Championships in Leningrad . Here he was u. a. the Swedish newcomer Frank Andersson . At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , Fred Theobald was not in good shape. After a victory over the Frenchman Michel Grangier, he was defeated in the next rounds against the Japanese Sadao Sato and the Hungarian Istvan Sallyei - wrestlers he could have beaten in normal form - retired after the third round and had to finish 10th content.

Unfortunately, this relatively bad result led to a falling out between Fred Theobald and the national coach Heinz Ostermann with the result that Fred Theobald, at the age of only 26 and despite his previous successes, announced his retirement from international wrestling.

Fred Theobald, who also wrestled for VfK Schifferstadt , worked as a lifeguard in Pirmasens.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, Wed = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, back then up to 82 kg or 90 kg body weight)

• 1970, 3rd place , tournament in Efferen , F, Wed, behind Kurt Elmgren , Sweden a . Milan Lisy, CSSR ;
• 1970, 1st place , tournament in Rome , F, Hs, in front of Studer, Switzerland a . Mignotto, Italy ;
• 1971, 3rd place , tournament in Constanța , F, Hs, behind Horst Stottmeister , DDR a . Marton, Romania a . in front of Stojan Nikolow , Bulgaria a . Jimmy Martinetti , Switzerland ;
• 1972, 1st place , " Copenhagen " Cup, GR, Hs, ahead of Piotr Starczynski, Poland a . Bernhard Espersen, Denmark ;
• 1973, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Moosburg an der Isar , GR, Hs, behind Stojan Nikolow u. before Kaspar Eham , FRG ;
• 1974, 1st place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Bad Reichenhall , GR, Hs, ahead of Jan Stawowski , Poland, Bernhard Espersen and Roland Andersson , Sweden;
• 1974, 8th place , EM in Madrid , GR, Hs, after defeats against Stojan Nikolow a. Valery Resanzew , USSR ;
• 1974, 6th place , World Championships in Tehran , GR, Hs, with victories over Roland Andersson a. Károly Bajkó , Hungary and a loss to Stojan Nikolow; in the fight Theoblad against Ibrahim Kumas from Turkey both wrestlers were disqualified for passivity;
• 1975, 3rd place , tournament in Klippan / Sweden, GR, Hs, behind Vladimir Iwascheschkin , USSR a. Georgi Petkow and before Roland Andersson and Stig Kleven , Norway ;
• 1975, 1st place , tournament in Helsinki , GR, hs, in front of Edward Kasperowicz, Poland a. Ilmari Kosonen, Finland ;
• 1975, 1st place , tournament in Västerås , GR, Hs, before Darko Nišavić , Yugoslavia a . Roland Andersson;
• 1975, 1st place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg , GR, Hs, ahead of Stojan Nikolow, Darko Nišavić u. Toni Kunkel , Germany,
• 1975, 7th place , EM in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , GR, hs, after defeats against Dieter Heuer , GDR a . Georgi Petkov;
• 1975, 1st place , EC championship in Fredrikshavn / Denmark , GR, Hs, ahead of André Bouchoule , France a . Stig Kleven;
• 1975, 3rd place , tournament in Galați , GR, Hs, behind Vladimir Iwascheschkin and Istvan Sellyei , Hungary;
• 1975, 3rd place , World Championship in Minsk , GR, Hs, with victories over Willie Williams, USA , Michel Grangier, France a. Aslan Aslan , Turkey a. Defeats against Valery Resanzew a. Stoyan Nikolov;
• 1975, 1st place , Pre-Olympic Games in Montreal , GR, Hs, ahead of G, Richey, Canada a . Jorge Serrano, Mexico ;
• 1976, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg , Gr, Hs, behind Valeri Resanzew u. before Czesław Kwieciński , Poland, Petre Dicu , Romania a. Valentin Stanojew, Bulgaria;
• 1976, 2nd place , Danube Cup in Kladovo / Yugoslavia, GR, hs, behind Darko Nišavić u. before Jan Stawowski;
• 1976, 3rd place , EM in Leningrad , GR, Hs, with victories over Darko Nišavić, Wladislaus Bojko, CSSR u. Giuseppe Vitucci, Italy a . Defeats against Stojan Nikolow, Ants Nisu , USSR a. Frank Andersson , Sweden;
• 1976, 10th place , OS in Montreal, GR, Hs, with a victory over Michel Grangier u. Losses against Sadao Sato, Japan a . Istvan Sallyei

German championships

• 1970, 2nd place, F, Wed, behind Peter Neumair , AC “Siegfried” Hallbergmoos u. Otto Alt , VfK Schifferstadt ,
• 1971, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Ernst Knoll , AC Ziegelhausen u. in front of Günter Kowalewski , Witten ,
• 1972, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Ernst Knoll u. before Günter Kowalewski,
• 1974, 1st place, GR, Hs, before Roman Bednarek a. Hans-Günter Klein , Witten,
• 1975, 1st place, GR, Hs, before Günter Klein u. Toni Kunkel , AC "Bavaria" Aschaffenburg ,
• 1977, 3rd place, GR, Hs, behind Pedro Pawlidis , Aalen and Günter Klein,
• 1978, 1st place, GR, Hs, in front of Pedro Pawlidis a. Hagen Kolschefsky

swell

• Div. Issues of the journals Athletik from 1967 to 1975 and Der Ringer from 1976 to 1978
• One hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer Verlag , Niedernberg , 1971, pp. 203, 219 and 229
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976
• Website www.sport-komplett.de

Web links

• Profile of Fred Theobald at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Fred Theobald in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )