Hannu Övermark

Hannu Övermark (born January 16, 1957 in Lappajärvi ) is a former Finnish wrestler .

Career

Hannu Övermark comes from a wrestling family. He was one of four brothers who indulged in this sport, of which his older brother Jarmo Övermark was the most successful. Hannu Övermark began wrestling in 1964 and has been a member of the Lappajärven Veikot wrestling club throughout his career . In 1970 he was the Finnish youth champion in his age group in the class up to 36 kg body weight. By 1975 he won four more Finnish championship titles in the youth and juniors.

From 1976 to 1985 Hannu Övermark competed regularly in the Finnish Senior Championships in both styles. He won a total of 13 medals. He was Finnish champion in 1980 in featherweight, 1981 in lightweight and 1985 in featherweight, each in the Greco-Roman style. Several times there were "brother encounters" with Kari Övermark.

On the international wrestling mat he reached the 4th place at the European Junior Championships in 1976 in Poznan and the 1977 Junior World Championships in Las Vegas in Greco-Roman style in featherweight.

In the seniors the 4th place at the 1982 World Cup in Katowice in Greco-Roman. Featherweight style behind Ryszard Swierad from Poland , Rafail Nasibulow from the Soviet Union and Panayot Kirow from Bulgaria , but his biggest success ahead of István Tóth from Hungary and Lars Malmkvist from Sweden .

Hannu Övermark works in the leisure industry in his Finnish homeland and is one of the best Finnish golf players .

International success

(WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style, Fe = featherweight, Le = lightweight, at that time up to 62 kg or 68 kg body weight)

• 1976, 4th place , European Junior Championships in Posen , GR, Fe, behind Raidi Abramschwili, Soviet Union , Stanislaw Barej, Poland a . Günter Reichelt , GDR ;

• 1977, 4th place , Junior World Championships in Katowice , GR, Fe, behind Anatoli Kravchenko, Soviet Union, Panyot Kirow , Bulgaria a . Aslund, Sweden ;

• 1980, 10th place , EM in Prievidza , GR, Fe, after defeats against Nelson Dawidjan , Soviet Union a. Panayot Kirov;

• 1980, 12th place , EM in Prievidza , F, We, after defeats against Martin Knosp , FRG a. Dan Karabín , Czechoslovakia ;

(Note: It seems questionable whether Hannu Övermark started in Prievidza both in the Greco-Roman style and in the free style, especially since he started in the Greco-Roman style in featherweight, class up to 62 kg body weight, and in the free style, class up to 74 kg body weight, but Hannu Övermark is also mentioned in the trade journal Der Ringer as a participant in these two competitions (No. 5/80, pages 7/10 and 11) at the starter in free style in welterweight but around Kari Övermark )

• 1980, 2nd place , EU championship in Sönderborg, GR, Fe, behind Gerry Svensson , Sweden a. before Berthold Brucker, FRG ;

• 1981, 6th place , EM in Gothenburg , GR, Fe, with victories over Günter Reichelt , Michel Vejsada, Czechoslovakia a . Thomas Passarelli , FRG a. Defeats against Nandor Sabo , Yugoslavia , Panayot Kirow u. István Tóth , Hungary ;

• 1982, 4th place , World Cup in Katowice , GR, Fe, behind Ryszard Swierad , Poland, Rafail Nasibulow, Soviet Union a. Panayot Kirow, before István Tóth u. Lars Malmkvist , Sweden;

• 1983, 4th place , TUL-Rurnier in Oulu , GR, Fe, behind Miroslav Starek, Czechoslovakia , Einari Suutari, Finland a . Wladimir Markowski, Soviet Union, before Mika Lehto, Finland;

• 1985, 4th place , tournament in Västerås , GR, Fe, behind Jenő Bódi , Hungary, Michael Manukjan, Soviet Union a. Alexander Litwinow , Soviet Union, before Morten Brekke, Norway a . Adam Kierpacz , Poland

Finnish championships

• 1976, 3rd place, F, Fe, behind Pekka Alanen u. Raimo Läppänen,
• 1977, 2nd place, GR, Fe, behind Ilpo Seppälä u. before Einari Suutari,
• 1977, 3rd place, F, Le, behind Kari Övermark u. Ilpo Seppälä,
• 1979, 3rd place, GR, Fe, behind Jouko Kuossari u. Ilpo Seppälä,
• 1979, 2nd place, F, Le, behind Kari Övernark u. before Harri Kusimäki,
• 1980, 1st place, GR, Fe, before Ilpo Seppälä u. Jukka Romppanen,
• 1981, 1st place, GR, Le, before Mikka Viskari u. Kari Övermark,
• 1981, 2nd place, F, Le, behind Jukka Rauhala u. Kai Lehtonen,
• 1982, 3rd place, GR, Le, behind Tapio Sipilä u. Heikki Liimatainen,
• 1982, 2nd place, F, Le, behind Jukka Rauhala u. in front of Kari Pehkonen,
• 1983, 2nd place, GR, Le, behind Tapio Sipilä u. before Jaakko Talvitie,
• 1984, 3rd place, GR, Le, behind Mika Viskari u. Heikki Liimatainen,
• 1985, 1st place, GR, Fe, ahead of Pehka Vehvelänen a. Antti Hirvonen

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 7/76, 8/77, 5/80, 6/80, 9/82, 2/85
• Website of the Finnish Wrestling Association TUL
• http://www.painiliitto.fi

Web links

• Profile of Hannu Övermark at the Institute for Applied Training Science