Hans Böse

Hans Böse (born November 4, 1929 in Bremen , † 1978 in Canada ) was a German wrestler in the welterweight division .

Life

Under the guidance of Walter Bauer, he and his twin brother Kurt, who later emigrated to Canada and made it up to the Olympic wrestler, learned to wrestle in Bremen. In 1951 he joined the Untertürkheim KVU , whereupon the first successes quickly set in on the regional and Württemberg level. In addition to wrestling, he and his wife built a successful butcher shop in Stuttgart .

At the German Championships he achieved the following successes (gr = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, W = welterweight):

• 1952 2nd place in the W behind Anton Mackowiak , Dortmund ;
• 1953 2nd place in the W behind Erich Schmidt (wrestler) , Fürstenhausen;
• 1954 2nd place in the W behind Mackowiak;
• 1954 3rd place F in the W behind Heribert Hofmann , Lichtenfels and Siegmund Bayer, Neuaubing;
• 1955 1st place in the W in front of Lothar Martus , Eckenheim and Jakob Kern , Dieburg ;
• 1955 2nd place F in the W behind Mansour Hasrati , Eckenheim and in front of Hofmann;
• 1958 3rd place F in the W behind Hofmann and Lohneis, Bamberg .

The qualification for participation in the Olympic Games or World Championships was denied to Hans Böse. But he won in international matches against Arsic, Yugoslavia (1955 World Cup third in W), Rantanen, Finland and Michiels, Belgium .

Hans Böse died, only 49 years old, of heart failure while visiting his brother Kurt in Canada.

literature

• Trade journal [[ Athletik | Athletik]] from 1952 to 1959
• Hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 173, 215, 216 u. 226