Fritz Hagmann

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Fritz Hagmann (* 28. March 1901 , † 14. December 1974 in Canton Ticino ) was a Swiss Schwinger and freestyle wrestler from Winterthur - lakes . In 1924 he was Olympic champion in middleweight freestyle wrestling and won the first edition of the Kilchberger Schwinget . Hagmann was a member of the Schwingklub Winterthur as well as TV Seen and was also called "Master of the hip swing".

Career

1921 Hagmann won for the first time, together with Severin Bamert and Ernst Lamb, the Brünig wrestling . In 1923 he was able to repeat this success, this time being the sole winner. At the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival in Vevey in the same year, he was fourth.

At the 1924 Summer Olympics , Hagmann competed in middleweight freestyle wrestling. He fought his way into the final there and defeated Robert Christoffersen (Denmark) in the qualifying round, Jussi Pentillä (Finland) in the quarter-finals and Noel Rhys (Great Britain) in the semi-finals. On June 14, 1924, he finally defeated Pierre Ollivier from Belgium in the final and became Olympic champion . Later that year he was also able to win the Bernese-cantonal wrestling and wrestling at the Swiss Agricultural Exhibition in Bern.

In 1925 he won the National Gymnastics Decathlon at the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival in Geneva .

In 1926 he finished with the Swiss Confederation in Lucerne, with the fight against Ernst Kyburz from Brienz ending in a draw. Hagmann finally came in third, the winner was Henri Wernli . Hagmann was denied a victory at a federal contest until the very end, finishing sixth in Basel in 1929 , fifth in Zurich in 1931 and seventh in his last participation in Bern in 1934.

On September 11, 1927, he won the first edition of the Kilchberger Schwinget . In the next edition in 1932 he was defeated in the final course against Werner Bürki . In the third edition in 1936 he was sixth.

Hagmann was made an honorary member by the Swiss Wrestling Association in March 1949 .

He died at the age of 73 in his holiday home in Ticino.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kilchberger: The first four occasions. In: Final course. April 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c Fritz Hagmann died. In: The deed . December 18, 1974, p. 9 , accessed on October 13, 2019 (archived on e-newspaperarchives.ch ).
  3. ↑ hips. In: Final course.
  4. ↑ Alexandra Trepp: Pants and sawdust scent. In: The Landbote . July 6, 2002.

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personal data
SURNAME Hagmann, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss wrestlers and wrestlers
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1901
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1974