Fredi Albrecht

Fredi Albrecht, Nuremberg 2006

Fredi Albrecht (born June 23, 1947 in Albrechts ) is a former German wrestler and referee .

Career

Fredi Albrecht was born to wrestle, so to speak, as Herbert Albrecht was his father several times all-German champion and multiple GDR champion . So he started wrestling at an early age and had great success as a teenager. He wrestled exclusively in the Greco-Roman style. When his great disposition became apparent, he switched to SC Motor Zella-Mehlis , where Helmut Albrecht from Viernau became his trainer. He also attended the children's and youth sports school in Zella-Mehlis . The 1.89 m tall athlete initially started in the light heavyweight class, but soon grew into the heavyweight division. In 1967 he took 3rd place at the GDR championships in the light heavyweight division, just three years after his father Herbert was last GDR champion in 1964. Fredi Albrecht also had a good international career, he became vice world and vice European champion.

After the end of his career as an active wrestler, Fredi Albrecht became a referee and was used six times at the Olympic Games.

After the political change in 1989/90, Fredi Albrecht moved to Veitshöchheim near Würzburg , where he still lives and works today.

International success as an athlete

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight, back then up to 90 kg or 100 kg body weight)

• 1967, 2nd place , "Mälar" Cup in Västerås , GR, Hs, behind Nicolae Martinescu , Romania a . before Nilsson, Sweden;

• 1970, 3rd place , tournament in Berlin (East), GR, S, behind Schramzow, Soviet Union a . Jürgen Klinge , GDR;

• 1972, 5th place , EM in Katowice , GR, S, with victories over Piro Kokolari, Albania and Tore Hem, Norway and defeats against Nicolae Martinescu , Romania and Andrzej Skrzydlewski , Poland ;

• 1972, 5th place , OS in Munich , GR, S, with victory over Makoto Saito, Japan and defeats against Ferenc Kiss , Hungary and Martinescu;

• 1973, 2nd place , "Mälar" Cup in Västerås , GR, S, behind Nicolae Martinescu u. before Nilsson, Sweden;

• 1974, 3rd place , EM in Madrid , GR, S, with victories over Aslan Aslan, Turkey , Caj Malmberg, Finland , Heinz Schäfer, Federal Republic of Germany and Zdenek Chara, Czechoslovakia and defeats against Nikolai Balboschin , Soviet Union and Kamen Losanow Goranow , Bulgaria ;

• 1974, 12th place , World Championships in Katowice, GR, S, with a draw against Lozanow and a defeat against Skrzydlewski;

• 1975, 2nd place , EM in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , GR, S, with victories over József Farkas , Hungary, Skrzydlewski and others. Markku Virtanen, Finland and a loss to Balboschin;

• 1975, 2nd place , World Championships in Minsk , GR, S, with victories over Martinescu, Baram Moshtagi, Iran , Sven-Erik Studgsgaard, Denmark, Skrzydlewski and József Farkas and one defeat against Lozanow;

• 1976, 7th place , OS in Montreal , GR, S, with victory over Yosunari Akiyama, Japan and defeats against Tore Hem and József Farkas;

• 1977, 6th place , EM in Bursa , GR, S, after defeats against Georgi Rajkow , Bulgaria and Ivan Savin , Romania

GDR championships

• 1967, 3rd place, GR, Hs, behind Jürgen Klinge , SC Leipzig and Peter Wismer, SG Dynamo Luckenwalde ,
• 1968, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Klinge and in front of P. Wismer,
• 1969, 1st place, GR, S, before Klinge and O. Wismer, Eisenach ,
• 1970, 1st place, GR, S, ahead of O. Wismer and Carl, Leipzig,
• 1971, 1st place, GR, S, ahead of Klinge and Wolter, Rostock ,
• 1972, 2nd place, GR, S, behind Klinge and in front of Bohndorf, Leipzig,
• 1973, 1st place, GR, S, ahead of Vogelsang, Rostock and Irmscher, Zella-Mehlis,
• 1974, 1st place, GR, S, ahead of Meißner, Luckenwalde and Vogelsang,
• 1975, 1st place, GR, S, ahead of Vogelsang and Carl, Gelenau ,
• 1976, 1st place, GR, S, in front of Püschel, Leipzig and Fleischhauer, Artern ,
• 1977, 1st place, GR, S, ahead of Holländer, Tambach-Dietharz and Püschel

Career and assignments as an international FILA referee

• 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
• 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul
• 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona
• 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
• 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney
• 2004 Olympic Games in Athens

swell

• Div. Issues of the journals "Athletik" from 1967 to 1975 and "Der Ringer" from 1976 to 1977,
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976,
• Hundred Years of Wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer Verlag, Niedernberg, 1991, pages 171 and 236

Web links

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