Georg Swabia

Georg Schwabenland medal table
Wrestler
Germany
European Championship
silver	1989 Ankara	Light
silver	1990 Poznań	Light
gold	1991 Stuttgart	Light
gold	1992 Kaposvar	Light
CISM Military World Championships
gold	1988 Palermo	Light
gold	1991 Istanbul	Light
Junior World Championships (Juniors)
silver	1984 Washington	up to 65 kg
Junior European Championships (Espoirs)
silver	1985 Bologna	up to 70 kg

Georg Schwabenland (born December 14, 1967 in Hockenheim ) is a former German wrestler . He was European champion in free style in 1991 and 1992 lightweight.

Career

Georg Schwabenland started wrestling at the age of seven through his father. The likeable athlete has been part of the national wrestling elite from an early age . He started for KSV Wiesental and was trained there by Erich Klaus. He wrestled exclusively in free style. In all age groups, starting with the so-called schoolchildren (age group up to 14 years of age) through the various youth classes (B-youth, A-youth = intern. Juniors ) to the juniors (Espoirs), where he was from 1985 to 1988 four times in a row German champion in the lightweight and then in the seniors, he won German championship titles.

In 1980 and 1981 he was the German student champion, then in the three following years each title holder among the youth. At the German junior championship in 1987 he beat Alexander Leipold from Aschaffenburg in the final battle , who was to become one of his main competitors in the following years before he switched to the welterweight division. As a junior, Georg Schwabenland grew into a lightweight with a height of 1.73 meters, at that time up to 68 kg body weight. In this weight class he stayed until the end of his career.

Georg Schwabenland celebrated its first international successes as early as 1984. At the Junior World Championships (Juniors, German term A-Jugend) in Washington in the class up to 65 kg body weight, he took 2nd place behind the American Len Bernstein. At the European Junior Championships in Bologna in 1985 , he finished second in the class up to 70 kg body weight behind the Hungarian János Takács . At the European Junior Championships 1986 (Espoirs) in Lidköping he came in the lightweight behind Kenyebek Osmuraliew, USSR, the Bulgarian Angel Sirakow and the later Hungarian Olympic champion Attila Repka on the 4th place. However, he remained unplaced in 1987 at the Junior World Championship (Espoirs) in Vancouver , because he was eliminated there after two defeats after the 2nd round.

In 1987 he became German senior champion for the first time with a final victory against Helmut Wild from Kelheim. In 1988 and 1989 he defeated the favored Alexander Leipold in the final of the German championship . Also in the years 1990 to 1993 he was able to win the title of German master. In addition to Alexander Leipold, he defeated a. a. with Ralf Lyding from Witten , Andreas Kubiak from Schifferstadt and Ahmet Çakıcı from Goldbach further world class wrestlers.

Georg Schwabenland's successes at international senior championships began in 1988. In that year he, who was a member of the German armed forces during his international wrestling career, was CISM lightweight world champion in Palermo ahead of the Italian Fasone and the American House. At the Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany, Georg Schwabenland was defeated by Alexander Leipold , who had become Junior European Champion in 1988, by just a few points. This defeat was the main reason why Alexander Leipold was preferred to him at the 1988 European Championships in Manchester and at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . Without a doubt a tough decision by the then national coach Heinz Ostermann at the expense of Georg Schwabenland.

In 1989 he was then used at the European lightweight championship in Ankara. He won the silver medal there straight away and defeated the Soviet athlete Artur Mutalibow, the vice-world champion of 1987 Giorgios Athanasiadis from Greece and Jozef Svajlenka from the CSSR. Against the Bulgarian Nikolai Kasabow he suffered a narrow point defeat (1: 4 technical points).

In 1990 he started again at the European Championships, which took place in Poznan . He did very well there again and defeated u. a. Valentin Gezow from Bulgaria and Abdulla Magomedow from the Soviet Union. In the final fight against Fevzi Şeker from Turkey he had bad luck with the judges. After an even fight, he pulled a grip against Seker shortly before the end, which, in the opinion of many wrestling experts and the entire audience, he also managed, in which he was countered by Seker in the final phase. The jury, which would normally have to oppose Swabia with a “2” and Seker with a “1”, with which Swabia would have been point winner and European champion , denied him the “2” and only gave Seker the “1”, with which he won and became European champion. Georg Schwabenland was out of shape at the 1990 World Cup in Tokyo . He lost to Giorgios Athaniadis and A. Rodriguez from Cuba , which he eliminated early. Unfortunately, it is not possible to see from any publication which place it occupied. But he was not among the top ten.

In 1991 Georg Schwabenland was again CISM military lightweight world champion in Istanbul ahead of Fatih Özbas from Turkey and Keith Wilson from the United States . At the European Championships this year in Stuttgart , he then succeeded in winning the title, whereby he u. a. Gerard Santoro from France a . Giorgios Athanasiadis defeated. In the decisive battle, he didn't give the Israeli Maksim Geller , who came from the Soviet Union, a chance. At the 1991 World Cup in Varna , he just missed a medal with 4th place. He lost there against the Canadian Chris Wilson and against Valentin Gezow, whom he had defeated at the 1990 European Championships.

In 1992 Georg Schwabenland won the European title for the second time in Kaposvár . He managed the feat, the 1989 world champion Boris Budajew from Russia (CIS) with 6: 4 techn. Points to defeat, although he was already with 1: 4 techn. Points behind. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , he first won against the Estonian Kullo Koiv on points. In his next fight against Giorgios Athanasiadis none of the wrestlers managed to achieve a rating. Both wrestlers were therefore disqualified shortly before the end of the fight. Since Georg Schwabenland then lost his next fight against the South Korean Ko Young-ho, he was eliminated and only reached 11th place.

In 1993 he took part again in a European championship. In Istanbul he won victories over Jost Gisler from Switzerland and Vyacheslav Jeremejew from Ukraine. But against Araik Geworgjan from Armenia and Gotscha Makojew from Russia he lost and came in 7th place.

His last start at an international championship was at the CISM Military World Championship in Rome in 1995 . He reached the 5th place in the lightweight.

He did not take part in any other international championships. But he started for many years in the German Bundesliga and at times also wrestled for AC Goldbach . He won the German team championship title in 1985 with KSV Wiesental and in 1996 with AC Goldbach. Georg Schwabenland was an excellent tactician. When he was in shape, it was a feast for the eyes for every ring sports connoisseur to see the elegant technician on the mat.

Georg Schwabenland learned the trade of locksmith and is now a business economist in the trade .

International success

(all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, Le = lightweight, then up to 68 kg body weight)

year	space	competition	Weight class
1984	2.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Washington	up to 65 kg body weight	behind Len Bernstein, USA and in front of Georg Neumair, Austria and David Manciaci, Canada
1985	2.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Bologna	up to 70 kg body weight	behind János Takács , Hungary a . before Nasir Gadschichanow , USSR , Catalin Niri, Romania a . Wani Todorov, Bulgaria
1986	4th	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Lidköping	Light	behind Nenybek Osmuraliew, USSR, Angel Sirakow, Bulgaria u. Attila Repka , Hungary, before Endre Elekes, Hungary a. Rimo Utriainen, Finland
1987	unpl.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Vancouver	Light	after losing to Rafael Basto, Cuba and Chris Wilson , Canada
1988	3.	CSSR Grand Prix in Prague	Light	behind David McKay , Canada a. Jukka Rauhala , Finland
1988	2.	Intern. Tournament in Palermo	Light	behind Alexander Leipold , FRG a . in front of Gerard Santoro , France
1988	1.	CISM Military World Cup in Palermo	Light	before Fasone, Italy a . House, USA
1989	2.	EM in Ankara	Light	with victories over Artur Mutalibow, USSR, Giorgios Athanasiadis , Greece a . Jozef Svajlenka, CSSR u. a loss to Nikolai Kasabov , Bulgaria
1990	2.	EM in Poznan	Light	with victories over Ludwig Küng, Switzerland , Valentin Gezow , Bulgaria, Abdulla Magomedow, USSR a. Jean-Philippe Chazeix, France a. a loss to Fevzi Şeker , Turkey
1990	(?)	World Cup in Tokyo	Light	after defeats against Giorgios Athanasiadis a. A. Rodriguez, Cuba
1991	1.	“Roger Coulon” memorial in Carcassonne	Light	before Ludwig Küng, Gerard Santoro and Ko Young-ho, South Korea
1991	1.	CISM Military World Cup in Istanbul	Light	before Fatih Özbas , Turkey, Keith Wilson, USA, Alain Dumur, France a. Ali Hashim, Pakistan
1991	1.	EM in Stuttgart	Light	with victories over Thomas Dravits, Austria , Gerard Santoro, Jozef Svajlenka, Giorgios Athanasiadis u. Maksim Geller , Israel
1991	4th	World Cup in Varna	Light	with victories over Akaishi Kosei , Japan , Ludwig Küng, Maksim Geller, Calum McNeill, Great Britain a . Endre Elekes, Hungary a. Losses against Christ Wilson, Canada a. Valentin Gezow
1992	1.	Roger Coulon Tournament in Carcassonne	Light	before Christ Wilson, Townsend Saunders , USA a. Max Tudesca, France
1992	5.	Grand Prix of Germany in Leipzig	Light	behind Gotscha Makojew, USSR, Andreas Kubiak , FRG, Ramiz Ramzanow, Bulgaria u. Craig Roberts, Canada, in front of Ludwig Küng
1992	1.	EM in Kaposvár	Light	with victories over Gerard Santoro, Thomas Dravits, Oleg Dragan, Romania, Kullo Koiv , Estonia , Maksim Geller, Ludwig Küng u. Boris Budayev , CIS
1992	11.	OS in Barcelona	Light	with a win against Kullo Koiv, a disqualification together with Giorgios Athanasiadis u. a loss to Ko Young-ho
1993	2.	"Alexander Medved" tournament in Kiev	Light	behind Teimuraz Urusow, Russia, in front of Eskander Jusupow, Uzbekistan, Anatoli Spaitschenkow, Ukraine u. Oleg Koroljew, Russia
1993	1.	Grand Prix of Germany	Light	before Roman Motrovich, Ukraine, Sergei Demtschenko, Belarus, Andreas Kubiak a. Artur Albinowski, Poland
1993	7th	EM in Istanbul	Light	with victories over Jost Gisler, Switzerland a. Vyacheslav Jeremejew, Ukraine a . Defeats against Araik Geworgjan , Armenia a . Gotscha Makojew
1995	6th	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	Light	behind Yüksel Sanli , Turkey, Tibor Copik, Slovakia , Kullo Koiv, Ahmet Çakıcı , FRG u. Sergei Demchenko
1995	5.	CISM Military World Cup in Rome	Light	behind Ali Akbar Nejad , Iran , Hihan Sang, China , Wadim Bogijew , Russia etc. Ömer Ungör, Turkey, before Roman Motrovich

German championships

(only seniors)

year	space	Weight class	Result
1987	1.	Light	before Helmut Wild, Kelheim u. Martin Isikkan, Bonn -Duisdorf
1988	1.	Light	before Alexander Leipold , Aschaffenburg a . Christian Poblocki, Mömbis-Königshofen
1989	1.	Light	before Alexander Leipold u. Ralf Lyding , KSV Witten
1990	1.	Light	in front of Marian Skubatz, Mömbris-Königshofen u. Ralf Lyding
1991	1.	Light	in front of Andreas Kubiak , VfK Schifferstadt u. Uwe Böhm, Mainz 88
1992	1.	Light	before Ahmet Çakıcı , AC Goldbach u. Uwe Boehm
1993	1.	Light	in front of Werner Kunz, VfK Aalen u. Michael Schröer, AC Hörde 04

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 7/1984, 6/1985, 6/1986, 8/1987, 6/1988, 7/1988, 8/1988, 9/1988, 3/1991, 4/1991, 6/1991, 5/1989, 5/1990, 10/1990, 5/1991, 5/1992, 8/1992, 9/1992, 7/1993, 6/1995, 8/1995,
• Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Website "www.sport-komplett.de",
• "Sports123.com" website

Web links

Georg Schwabenland's profile at the Institute for Applied Training Science