Hans Glaab

Hans Glaab (born December 5, 1936 in Schweinfurt , † September 30, 2015 in Perth ) was a German bodybuilder . At the first German bodybuilding championship, he was class winner among seniors up to 172 cm in height.

Life

Glaab completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker at SKF in Schweinfurt . During this time he started training in Harry Gelbfarb's bodybuilding studio , the first studio of its kind in Germany. On June 5 and 6, 1959, Glaab took part in Turin as a member of the first German national team in the first European championship in bodybuilding. The following year he was a member of the national team at the European Championships in Mulhouse .

At the first German championship in bodybuilding, which was held on October 16, 1960 in the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich , he was the winner in senior class I (older than 21 years, up to 172 cm height). At the second German championships on April 15, 1961, Glaab was second in senior class I and third in the overall standings.

During this time, Glaab set up his own studio in Frankfurt am Main before emigrating to Australia . There he worked, among other things, as a laborer and ship cook . His last bodybuilding victory was in 1965 when he was named Mr. New South Wales . Hans Glaab last lived as a pensioner in Perth .

literature

Hans Glaab was once Mr. Germany. Harry Gelbfarb also made a bodybuilder from Schweinfurt , who lives in Australia , in Schweinfurter Tagblatt of January 3, 2014, p. 23.

Web links

Photo of Hans Glaab posing , accessed January 3, 2014.
Hans Glaab on the DBFV roll of honor , accessed on January 3, 2014.

Individual evidence

↑ Obituary in the Schweinfurter Tagblatt from October 17, 2015
↑ http://harry-gelbfarb.de/erstes-nationalteam.html
↑ Mr. Germany 1960. First Federal Championships in Bodybuilding , in: Sport und Kraft, 27/1960, pp. 4-15.
↑ Rolf Putziger : Second Federal Championships in Bodybuilding. "Mr. Germany 1961" , in: Sport und Kraft 31/1961, pp. 5-17, 20-21.

personal data
SURNAME	Glaab, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German bodybuilder
DATE OF BIRTH	December 5, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schweinfurt
DATE OF DEATH	September 30, 2015
Place of death	Perth

[1] Obituary in the Schweinfurter Tagblatt from October 17, 2015

[2] ttp://harry-gelbfarb.de/erstes-nationalteam.html

[3] Mr. Germany 1960. First Federal Championships in Bodybuilding , in: Sport und Kraft, 27/1960, pp. 4-15.

[4] Rolf Putziger : Second Federal Championships in Bodybuilding. "Mr. Germany 1961" , in: Sport und Kraft 31/1961, pp. 5-17, 20-21.