Horst Bergmann (wrestler)
Horst Bergmann (born November 24, 1937 in Neusalz ; † September 10, 2016 ) was a German wrestler .
He grew up in Lichtenfels , joined the AC Lichtenfels and learned wrestling from Valentin Kohmann . At the age of 20 he had already reached the top German class when he took second place at the German championships in freestyle, lightweight, behind Karl Scherm , Neuaubing in 1957 . In 1960 he was the first German champion in lightweight, freestyle, ahead of Gottlieb Neumair , Neuaubing and Klaus Rost , Witten. He won his second German championship title in 1965, again in the lightweight, freestyle, ahead of Peter Zeiher, Brötzingen and Edmund Seger from Freiburg im Breisgau. Bergmann was also German runner-up four times.
He achieved his greatest sporting success in 1960 when he prevailed against Klaus Rost and Adolf Franke , Leipzig, in the qualification for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome in the lightweight, freestyle . In the Olympic tournament he lost to Nizzola, Italy and Enju Waltschew Dimow , Bulgaria and remained unplaced.
Horst Bergmann remained active in team fights for his club until the mid-1970s, after which he was a successful coach in the youth field for many years. In his private life, he built up a beverage trade.
swell
- Athletics magazine from 1957 to 1968,
- 1972 yearbook of the German Wrestling Federation, Athletik-Verlag Karlsruhe, 1972
Web links
- Horst Bergmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Horst Bergmann in the chronicle of the Bavarian Wrestling Association, sections 10 and 11
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SURNAME | Bergmann, Horst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Neusalz , Bavaria |
DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 2016 |