Fritz Huber (wrestler)

Fritz Huber (born April 6, 1949 in Weißbach (Bad Reichenhall) ) is a former German wrestler and winner of the bronze medal at the European Flyweight Championships in 1969 in the Greco-Roman style.

Career

Fritz Huber grew up in the Weißbach district of Bad Reichenhall and began wrestling as a student at AC Bad Reichenhall . His first trainer, from whom he learned a lot, was the old international Josef Paar . Fritz wrestled mainly in the Greco-Roman style. He was already very successful in the youth field and was German youth champion in the Greco-Roman style in 1965 (class up to 40 kg body weight), 1966 (class up to 43 kg body weight) and 1967 (class up to 48 kg body weight). In 1967 he also won this title in free style. In 1970 he won his first German flyweight league title in Greco-Roman style in front of the former vice world champion Rolf Lacour .

At his first start at an international championship, he achieved the greatest success of his career when he won the bronze medal at the European flyweight championship in Modena in the Greco-Roman style. In 1971 he reached a respectable 6th place at the World Flyweight Championships in Sofia .

In 1972 he represented the Federal Republic of Germany at the Olympic Games in Munich and came in 10th place in the flyweight division. At the end of his international career, he achieved a 7th place with two wins at the 1974 European Bantamweight Championships in Madrid .

Fritz Huber, who had become a hotel manager after graduating from high school, then concentrated more on his professional development and no longer competed in international championships. But he fought for KSV Witten 07 for many years . With this club he became German team champion in 1978, 1980 and 1981 .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, flyweight, then up to 52 kg, bantam weight, then up to 57 kg body weight)

year	space	competition	Weight class
1969	3.	EM in Modena	To fly	with victories over Ernst Tanner, Switzerland and Jean-Claude Moreau, France and defeats against Kjell Fernström, Sweden , Sefik Namli, Turkey and Boško Marinko , Yugoslavia
1970	4th	Tournament in Split	To fly	behind Gheorghe Stoiciu , Romania , Miroslaw Zeman , CSSR and Ion Dumitru, Romania
1971	2.	Tournament in Salzburg	To fly	behind József Doncsecz , Hungary and in front of Otto Köb, Austria
1971	6th	World Cup in Sofia	To fly	with victories over Chaia, Lebanon and Bilal Tabur , Turkey, a draw against Giuseppe Bognanni , Italy and defeats against Iwan Kotschergin , USSR and József Doncsecz
1972	1.	Pre-Olympic tournament in Munich	To fly	before Stefan Angelow, Bulgaria and Paul Schneider , FRG
1972	10.	OS in Munich	To fly	with a win over Trond Martiniussen, Norway and defeats to Gheorghe Stoiciu and József Doncsecz
1974	4th	Klippan tournament	Bantam	behind Farchat Mustafin , USSR, Petar Kirow , Bulgaria and Per Lindholm , Sweden
1974	7th	EM in Madrid	Bantam	with victories over Theodorus Lammers, Belgium and Jánus Szönyi, Hungary and defeats against Ivan Frgić , Yugoslavia and Krasimir Stefanow , Bulgaria
1975	3.	Tournament in Clermont-Ferrand	Bantam	behind Krasimir Stefanow and Ahmadreza, Iran and in front of Kowalik, Poland and Mercader, France
1975	4th	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	Bantam	behind Hans-Jürgen Veil , FRG, Krasimir Stefanow and Ion Dulica , Romania and in front of Ernst Hack , Austria and Pasquale Passarelli , FRG

German championships

year	space	style	Weight class
1969	2.	GR	To fly	behind Rolf Lacour , Köllerbach and in front of Albert Wieser, Bad Reichenhall
1969	3.	F.	To fly	behind Rolf Lacour and Albert Wieser
1970	1.	GR	To fly	in front of Rolf Lacour and Mario Sabattini , Freiburg-St.Georgen
1970	3.	F.	To fly	behind Mario Sabattini and Albert Wieser
1971	1.	GR	To fly	before Horst Nettesheim, Cologne and Rolf Lacour
1972	1.	GR	To fly	before Rolf Lacour and Paul Schneider , Heusweiler
1973	2.	GR	Bantam	behind Hans-Jürgen Veil , Schifferstadt and in front of Hans Edfelder, Anger
1974	1.	GR	Bantam	before Hans-Jürgen Veil and Wilhelm Barie, Aschaffenburg
1976	1.	GR	Bantam	before Pasquale Passarelli , Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Wilhelm Barie

Note: GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style

swell

• various issues of the specialist magazines " Athletik " from 1965 to 1975 and "Der Ringer" from 1976,
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
• 1972 yearbook of the German Wrestling Federation, Athletik-Verlag, Karlsruhe 1972

Web links

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