Hans-Jürgen Veil
Hans-Jürgen Veil medal table |
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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.
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 |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Veil, Hans-Jürgen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |