Günther Heidemann

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Günther Heidemann (born October 21, 1932 in Berlin ; † March 15, 2010 there ) was a German boxer . He was a bronze medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics welterweight. For this, the Federal President awarded him the Silver Laurel Leaf on August 1, 1952 .

Career

Günther Heidemann started as a teenager at the Neuköllner Sportfreunde , a Berlin sports club with a strong boxing department. a. and Harry Kurschat and later Oktay Urkal belonged to the boxes. In 1950, at the age of 18, he became the first Berlin lightweight champion. He also won this title in 1951, 1952, 1954 and 1955 in the light welterweight and welterweight classes.

1951 Günther Heidemann was German runner-up in the light welterweight division. He lost to the European champion Herbert Schilling from Zeilsheim in the final battle . In 1952 he won his first German championship title. In the final he defeated Heinrich Rienhardt from Neckarsulm clearly on points. In an additional Olympic qualification, he then defeated Rienhardt again on points and thus had won the ticket for the Olympic Games in Helsinki .

At the Olympic Games, Günther Heidemann won the welterweight round in the preliminary round with 2: 1 judges' votes over Pál Budai from Hungary , defeated Nicolae Linca from Romania by knockout in the first round and defeated the Dutchman Nicolaas Linneman unanimously on points in the quarter-finals. In the semifinals he suffered a 2-1 defeat by the German-born Poland Zygmunt Chychła . Chychła won the next battle with a victory over the Soviet athlete Sergei Tscherbakow the gold medal . For Günther Heidemann, winning the bronze medal was also a great success.

In 1953 Günther Heidemann also started at the European Championships in Warsaw . In welterweight he won in the round of 16 over Döri, Hungary on points, but lost again in the quarterfinals against Zygmunt Chychła and was therefore without a medal.

At the German championships in 1953 and 1954 Günther Heidemann was not at the start. In 1955 he was German champion in welterweight for the second time. He won the semifinals over Fimpel from Kempten (Allgäu) and in the final against Manfred Hass from Misburg . The European Championship took place in Berlin in 1955 . Günther Heidemann had big plans in his hometown and won his first fight against Josef Kaczorowski from the GDR , who turned out to be a very strong opponent, just on points. In the next fight he met the Englishman Nicholas Gargano , who was considered a blank slate. All the more surprising for Günther Heidemann was the point defeat against Gargano and thus the elimination from the tournament without winning a medal. Gargano was later also European champion.

Günther Heidemann played the following international matches:

  • April 27, 1952 in Dortmund , Germany against Iran , winner in the 2nd round over Isabek,
  • 0May 1, 1953 in Essen , FRG against Spain , points winner over Soler,
  • August 28, 1953 in Wiesbaden , Germany against Italy , points winner over Sacomini,
  • September 26, 1953 in Frankfurt am Main , Germany against England , techn. KO winner 2nd over Thurgood,
  • October 11, 1953 in Belgrade , Yugoslavia against FRG, point defeat against Keler,
  • 0December 5, 1953 in Würzburg , FRG against Finland , points winner over Malmikoski,
  • April 28, 1954 in Milan , Italy against FRG, points winner over Bolanto,
  • September 28, 1954 in Karlsruhe , Germany against Yugoslavia, points winner over Nikolic,
  • April 24, 1955 in Saint-Nazaire , France against FRG, point defeat against Hippolyte Annex

Günther Heidemann, who was a bricklayer, ended his boxer career as early as 1956. He never became a professional boxer. He made himself available to his club, the Neuköllner Sportfreunde, as a coach for many years.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary Günther Heidemann in the Tagesspiegel
  2. ^ Homepage of the boxing department of the Neukölln SF 1907 ( memento from November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Information given to the Bundestag by the Federal Government on September 29, 1973 - Printed matter 7/1040 - Annex 3, page 54
  4. ↑ Boxing at the Neukölln Sportfreunde

swell

  • Günther Heidemann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  • Box Sport trade journal from 1950 to 1956,
  • BOX-ALMANACH 1920 - 1980 , publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980,
  • Website "www.sport-komplett.de"
personal data
SURNAME Heidemann, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 2010
Place of death Berlin