Gerhard Himmel
| Gerhard Himmel medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Germany | ||
| Olympic games | ||
| silver | 1988 Seoul | Heavy |
| World Championship | ||
| gold | 1989 Martigny | Heavy |
| European Championship | ||
| bronze | 1989 Kolbotn | Heavy |
| Junior World Championship | ||
| silver | 1983 Oak Lawn | up to 87 kg |
Gerhard Himmel (born May 12, 1965 in Hanau ) is a former German wrestler .
Career
Gerhard Himmel grew up in Großkrotzenburg and started wrestling as a teenager at SRV Großkrotzenburg. In 1983 he was German youth champion and in 1983, 1984 also German junior champion in the Greco-Roman style. At the Junior World Championships in 1983 he took an excellent 2nd place in the class up to 87 kg body weight and was on his way to becoming a world class wrestler when he was seriously injured in a car accident in 1985 and had to interrupt his wrestling career. After his recovery he was only able to intervene in wrestling events again in 1986. In the meantime he fought for Einigkeit Aschaffenburg-Damm and then for AC Bavaria Goldbach . He made the leap to the top of the world in 1988. He won an Olympic silver medal in the heavyweight division and was even world champion in 1989. In 1990 Gerhard Himmel ended his international wrestling career at the age of 25 because of his studies. For winning the silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf.
His studies in business administration led him a. a. also to Switzerland (University of St. Gallen) and the USA (University of Iowa). He successfully completed this, received his doctorate (Dr.oec.) And started his professional career at a German chemical company. At the beginning of 2004 he founded his own company with the business areas China consulting (www.china-competence.biz) and company health promotion (www.coheso.de).
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
| 1983 | 2. | Junior World Championships in Oak Lawn / USA | up to 87 kg | behind Zauri Ivanoshvili, USSR and in front of Greg Zwilling, USA |
| 1986 | 12. | EM in Athens | Heavy | after defeats against Dusan Masar , CSSR and Vasile Andrei , Romania |
| 1986 | 5. | World Cup in Budapest | Heavy | with victories over Hector Milian, Cuba , Dennis Koslowski , USA , Tsutomi Kondo, Japan and Panajotis Pikilidis, Greece and defeats against Ilja Vassiliew, Bulgaria and Tamás Gáspár , Hungary |
| 1987 | 7th | EM in Tampere | Heavy | with victories over Istvan Illes, Hungary and Franz Marx, Austria and defeats against Igor Kanygin , USSR and Jörg Kotte, GDR |
| 1987 | 4th | FILA Grand Prix tournament | Heavy | behind Vasile Andrei , Hector Milian, Josef Tertelj , Yugoslavia and in front of Ilya Vassiliew and Istvan Illes |
| 1987 | 9. | World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand | Heavy | with victories over Belmer, France and Hannula, Finland and defeats against Ilja Vassiliew and Dennis Koslowski |
| 1988 | 3. | Grand Prix of the FRG in Neuss | Heavy | behind Guram Guduschauri , USSR and Vasile Andrei and in front of Andrzej Wroński , Poland, Tibor Kovács , Hungary and Dusan Masar |
| 1988 | 3. | EM in Kolbotn / Norway | Heavy | with victories over Kotte, Möller, Sweden , Andrei Dimitrov , Bulgaria and one defeat against Anatoli Fedorenko , USSR |
| 1988 | silver | OS in Seoul | Heavy | with victories over Sören Claesson , Sweden, Ambroise Sarr, Senegal , Gaspar, Young Tai-Yu, Korea , Ilya Georgiev, Bulgaria and one defeat against Wronsky |
| 1989 | 1. | “Werner Seelenbinder Tournament” in Leipzig | Heavy | before Dusan Masar, CSSR, Zbigniew Kuznicki, Poland and Ferenc Takacs, Hungary |
| 1989 | 4th | EM in Oulu / Finland | Heavy | with victories over Alexander Enew, Bulgaria and Keji Manni , Finland and defeats against Ion Ieremiciuc, Romania and Vyacheslav Klimenko , USSR |
| 1989 | 1. | World Cup in Martigny / Switzerland | Heavy | with victories over Oesch, Switzerland, Johnsson, USA, Federenko, USSR, Ferenc Takacs , Hungary and Ilja Vassiliew, Bulgaria |
| 1989 | 1. | World Cup in Budapest | Heavy | with victories over Ferenc Takacs , Hungary a. Ilya Vassiliev |
Explanations
- All competitions in Greco-Roman style
- Heavy weight = at that time weight class up to 100 kg body weight
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships
German championships
| year | space | style | Weight class | |
| 1986 | 3. | GR | Heavy | behind Fritz Gerdmeier, Aschaffenburg and Günter Schmid |
| 1988 | 1. | GR | Heavy | before Raymund Edfelder, Bad Reichenhall and Oliver Pfaff, Mömbris-Königshofen |
| 1989 | 1. | GR | Heavy | before Edfelder and Karl-Heinz Heinze |
| 1990 | 1. | GR | Heavy | before Leo Sawadsky and Peter Walz |
literature
- Trade journal "Der Ringer" from 1983 to 1990,
- "Hundred Years of Wrestling in Germany", Verlag "Der Ringer", Niedernberg, 1991,
Web links
- Profile of Gerhard Himmel at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Gerhard Himmel in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heaven, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanau |