Gian-Matteo Ranzi

Gian-Matteo Ranzi (born January 31, 1948 in Faenza , Ravenna ) is a former Italian wrestler . He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in Greco-Roman. Lightweight style.

Career

Gian-Matteo Ranzi began wrestling as a teenager and became a member of CA Faenza , one of the leading Italian wrestling clubs. He wrestled in both styles, Greco-Roman and free style. He was a member of the Italian armed forces.

For the first time he started at an international championship when he was 18 years old. That was in 1966 at the European Championship in Greco-Roman. Style in food . In featherweight he suffered two defeats there and ended up in 16th place. In 1968 he represented his country in an international match against the Federal Republic of Germany in Baienfurt . He wrestled in the lightweight, Greco-Roman. Style, drawn against Franz Schmitt from Mainz .

In 1971 he started at the Mediterranean Games in the free style in welterweight and finished second behind the Turk Uzun. His next start in a major international championship took place in 1972. He started at the Olympic Games in Munich in Greco-Roman. Lightweight style and surprisingly won the bronze medal . He won five fights in Munich and lost only to the Olympic champion Shamil Chisamutdinow from the Soviet Union .

In 1974 Gian-Matteo Ranzi won the EC free style welterweight championship in Glasgow ahead of Karl-Heinz Heckert from Germany and also won the EC championship in 1975. In Fredrikshavn / Denmark he landed in Greco-Roman before Madsen from Denmark and Karl-Heinz Helbing from the FRG. Welterweight style in 1st place. In 1975 he also won the Welterweight Championship at the Mediterranean Games in Algiers in Greco-Roman style.

Things didn't go so well for him at the 1976 European Championships in Leningrad , where, after two defeats in Greco-Roman. Style in welterweight only finished 12th and at the Olympic Games that year in Montreal , where he was in Greco-Roman. Lightweight style finished 10th with a win. He lost in Montreal against Manfred Schöndorfer from the FRG and against Heinz-Helmut Wehling from the GDR .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, GR = Greco-Roman style, Fe = featherweight, Le = lightweight, We = welterweight, back then up to 63 kg, 68 kg and 74 kg Body weight)

• 1966, 16th place , EM in Essen , GR, Fe, after defeats against Jozsef Kalai, Hungary a . Karl Reyer, Austria ;

• 1969, 1st place , "Alsia" Cup in Sonderburg / Denmark , GR, We, ahead of Roland Franzen, Sweden a . John Olsen, Denmark;

• 1971, 2nd place , Mediterranean Games in Izmir, F, We, behind Mehmet Uzun, Turkey a . before Dobre Marinkov, Yugoslavia ;

• 1972, bronze medal , OS in Munich , GR, Le, with victories over Robert Buzzard, USA , Heinz Rhyn, Switzerland , Josef Brötzner, Austria, Tanoue Takashi, Japan a . Seyit Hisirli, Turkey a. a loss to Shamil Chisamutdinov , USSR ;

• 1974, 1st place , EC championship in Glasgow , F, We, ahead of Karl-Heinz Heckert, FRG a. Ray, France ;

• 1974, 3rd place , CISM military world championships in Rome , GR, We, behind Mikko Huhtala , Finland a . Tanniehill, USA;

• 1974, 2nd place , CISM military world championship in Rome, F, Le, behind Taheri, Iran a. before Gerhard Weisenberger , FRG;

• 1975, 1st place , Mediterranean Games in Algiers , GR, We, before Tuklu, Turkey a. Vojislav Tabacki , Yugoslavia;

• 1975, 1st place , EC championship in Frederikshavn / Denmark, GR, We, ahead of Madsen, Denmark a. Karl-Heinz Helbing , FRG;

• 1976, 12th place , EM in Leningrad , GR, We, after defeats against Iosif Berishvili , USSR a. Mikko Huhtala;

• 1976, 10th place , OS in Montreal , GR, Le, with a victory over Patrick Marcy, USA a. Defeats against Manfred Schöndorfer , BRD a. Heinz-Helmut Wehling , GDR

Italian championships

Gian-Matteo Ranzi was Italian champion nine times in both styles.

swell

• The professional magazine Athletik from 1966 to 1975 and the professional magazine Der Ringer from 1976,
• Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of the FILA , 1976, pages E-48, O-95, E-115 u. O 100,
• International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web link

• Gian-Matteo Ranzi in the Olympics database
• Gian-Matteo Ranzi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )