Hans-Jürgen Veil

Hans-Jürgen Veil medal table
Wrestler
Germany
Olympic games
silver	1972 Munich	Bantam

Hans-Jürgen Veil (born December 2, 1946 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German wrestler .

Life and Achievements

Veil comes from a family of wrestlers. His brother Siegfried was also a wrestler. Veil fought mostly in the Greco-Roman style, but he also celebrated numerous successes in freestyle wrestling. He started for clubs in Friesenheim and Schifferstadt .

As a junior he initially fought in the weight class up to 63 kg; when Veil was able to reduce his fighting weight to 57 kg, the time of his great success began. Because of his stature (1.60 m tall, dark hair / mustache ), Veil was often mistaken for a Turkish wrestler.

Veil was several times German bantamweight champion. He was also fourth at the World Wrestling Championship (Greco-Roman, up to 57 kg) in 1974 in Katowice . In addition, Veil achieved many very good placements in international wrestling tournaments.

Hans-Jürgen Veil was also silver medalist (Greco-Roman bantamweight) at the Olympic Games in 1972 in Munich . This made him the most successful West German wrestler at this tournament. For his Olympic success, Veil was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on September 11, 1972 .

After his wrestling career, Hans-Jürgen Veil worked as a property manager at a Ludwigshafen housing company. Today he lives as a pensioner with his wife in Ludwigshafen.

Successes at German championships

year	placement	Weight class	Style	Age group
1966	4th	63 kg	Freestyle	Juniors
1966	4th	63 kg	Greco-Roman	Men
1967	2.	63 kg	Freestyle	Juniors
1967	2.	63 kg	Greco-Roman	Juniors
1968	3.	57 kg	Freestyle	Men
1969	2.	57 kg	Greco-Roman	Men
1969	3.	57 kg	Freestyle	Men
1970	2.	57 kg	Greco-Roman	Men
1971	1.	57 kg	Greco-Roman	Men
1972	3.	57 kg	Greco-Roman	Men
1973	1.	57 kg	Greco-Roman	Men
1974	2.	57 kg	Greco-Roman	Men
1975	1.	57 kg	Greco-Roman	Men
1976	3.	62 kg	Greco-Roman	Men