Georg Utz (wrestler)

Georg Utz (born August 22, 1935 in Kornwestheim ) is a former German wrestler .

Career

Georg Utz grew up in Kornwestheim and started wrestling as a child at the athletics sports club there (ASV). After many good results in the school and youth sector at regional level, his 3rd place at the German youth championship in 1953 in Friesenheim in the class up to 70 kg in free style was his best result of that time. He made a big leap forward in 1956 when he was a German junior middleweight champion, Greco-Roman. Style before Theo Harth from Frankfurt-Griesheim and Willi Lohneiß from Untertürkheim. He won his first DM title in 1959 in both styles. In the 1960 Olympic year, he tried to qualify in both styles for the Olympic Games in Rome , although he had to undergo severe meniscus surgery in January of that year. Given the state of medicine at the time, this meant a training loss of 3 months. In the Greco-Roman style, he still came in second behind Lothar Metz from Rostock , third in the World Cup in 1958 , but still in second place in front of the vice world champion in 1958 Horst Hess from Dortmund . In the free style it went even better for him, because he won the Olympic qualification in the middleweight division before the 1956 Olympic champion Johann Sterr from Neuaubing and the World Cup third from 1959 Lothar Lippa from Halle . At the Olympic Games he came in 8th place.

At the world championships in 1962 in Toledo / USA he competed in both styles. In the Greco-Roman style he took a good 5th place and 8th place in the free style.

In the course of his career, he won international matches or tournaments over strong opponents such as the Soviet athlete Valeri Iwankin, the French René Schiermeyer , Mansour Hasrati from Iran , Per-Arne Ytterström from Sweden and Tevfik Kış from Turkey .

Georg Utz ended his wrestling career in 1963. He worked as a trainer in his home club ASV Kornwestheim, which he never left. Later he was also chairman of this association for over 20 years.

Georg Utz was a trained machine fitter and switched to the insurance industry in the 1970s. In his home town of Kornwestheim he ran a flourishing general agency for the industry leader until his retirement.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, We = welterweight, then up to 78 kg body weight, Mi = middle weight, then up to 79 kg body weight, note: 1961 was the division of weight changed)

• 1958, 2nd place , tournament in Udine , GR, Wed, behind Branislav Simić , Yugoslavia and in front of Molon, Italy ;
• 1959, 3rd place , tournament in Split , GR, Wed, behind Dimitar Dobrew , Bulgaria and Lamy, France and in front of Ribarits, Austria and Tevfik Kış, Turkey;
• 1960, 8th place , Olympic Games in Rome , F, Wed, with victories over Viljo Punkari , Finland and Henri Mottier, Switzerland and defeats against Edward De Witt, USA and Giorgi Schirtladse , USSR ;
• 1961, 1st place , tournament in Salzburg , GR, Wed, ahead of Mansour Hasrati, Iran and Vatai, Hungary ;
• 1962, 2nd place , tournament in Linz , GR, We, behind Hasrati and in front of Bolesław Dubicki , Poland ;
• 1962, 8th place , World Cup in Toledo / USA, F, We, with victory over Jacob Reitz, South Africa , a draw against Hans Antonsson , Sweden and a defeat against Petko Dermedschew, Bulgaria;
• 1962, 5th place , World Championship in Toledo / USA, GR, We, with victory over Bjarne Ansboll, Denmark and defeat against Anatoli Kolessow , USSR and Yavuz Selekman, Turkey;
• 1963, 1st place , tournament in Selestadt , GR, We, ahead of René Schiermeyer , France and Arrighi, France

Most important international battles

• 1959, FRG against Sweden, GR, Wed, shoulder winner over Per-Arne Ytterström,
• 1960, USSR against FRG, GR, Wed, point defeat against Anatoly Kolessow,
• 1960, USSR against FRG, GR, Wed, point defeat against Nikolai Tschutschalow,
• 1960, USSR against FRG, GR, Wed, points victory over Valeri Ivankin,
• 1961, FRG against USSR, GR, We, point defeat against Anatoli Kolessow,
• 1961, FRG against USSR, GR, We, point defeat against Jan Roots ,
• 1962, FRG against France, GR, We, victory over René Schiermeyer,
• 1963, FRG against Bulgaria, F, We, point defeat against Aliev

German championships

• 1956, 3rd place, GR, Wed, behind Otto Schnarrenberger , Schorndorf and August Deuschle, Münster,
• 1957, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Horst Heß , Dortmund and in front of Otto Schnarrenberger,
• 1958, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Horst Heß and in front of Josef Büttner, Aschaffenburg ,
• 1958, 2nd place, F, Wed, behind Emil Vogler, Feudenheim and in front of Johann Sterr , Neuaubing,
• 1959, 1st place, GR, Wed, in front of Josef Büttner and Ernst Mürle, Brötzingen ,
• 1959, 1st place, F, Wed, ahead of Helmut Rechel, Kleinostheim and Reinhold Herrmann, Köngen ,
• 1960, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Horst Heß and Josef Büttner,
• 1960, 1st place, F, Wed, before Armin Lippold, Cologne and Klaus Lohrey, Schonungen ,
• 1961, 1st place, GR, Wed, in front of Werner Hoppe , Köllerbach and Walter Kuhn, Schifferstadt ,
• 1962, 1st place, GR, We, ahead of Werner Hoppe and Peter Nettekoven , Duisdorf ,
• 1962, 3rd place, F, We, behind Peter Nettekoven and Werner Bodamer , Kirchheim

Web links

• Profile of Georg Utz at the Institute for Applied Training Science