Horst Hess
| Horst Hess medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Germany | ||
| World Championship | ||
| bronze | 1955 Karlsruhe | medium |
| silver | 1958 Budapest | medium |
| World cup | ||
| bronze | 1956 Istanbul | medium |
Horst Heß (born April 15, 1932 ; † 2007 ) was a German wrestler .
Athletic career
Horst Heß was a member of the ASV Heros Dortmund and was led into the world elite by old master Willi Liebern as the first German wrestler of the post-war generation . He often won the German championship, competed successfully at world championships, but never managed to qualify for the Olympic Games. He wrestled mainly in the Greco-Roman style in the middle and light heavyweight class.
National successes
Horst Heß won his first German championship in the Greco-Roman style in 1954 , which was to be followed by seven more in 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964. In freestyle he won the German championship in 1954 and 1955. His toughest German competitors were Johann Sterr , Neuaubing, Fritz Dirscherl , Kelheim, Otto Schnarrenberger , Göppingen, Georg Utz , Kornwestheim and Ernst Ganssert , Frankfurt. With his club he won the German team championship four times.
International success
- 1955 3rd place in the middleweight world championship in Karlsruhe with victories over Kleisinger, Austria, Splitek, Czechoslovakia, Hasrati, Iran and Dimitar Dobrew , Bulgaria, a later Olympic champion. Against György Gurics , Hungary and the world champion Giwi Kartosia , Soviet Union, he lost;
- 1956 3rd place in the Middleweight World Cup in Istanbul with victories over Marin Belușica , Romania, Romanoce, Lebanon and defeats on points to the Olympic champions Branislav Simić , Yugoslavia, and Giwi Kartosia ;
- 1958 2nd place world championship in Budapest in the middleweight division with victories over Hans Antonsson , Sweden, René Schiermeyer , France, Lothar Metz , Rostock / GDR and Witner, Netherlands and one defeat against Giwi Kartosia, USSR ;
- 1963 8th place , world championship in Helsingborg in the middleweight division with victory over Schummer, Luxemburg, draw against Baugham, USA and point defeat against Gurics, Hungary.
In his frequent appearances in the German national team, he won a. a. Victories over Branislav Simić, Yugoslavia, Sarijärvi, Finland, Lazăr Bujor and Gheorghe Popovici , Romania, Molon, Italy, Jaquel, France and wrestled against Olympic champions Szilvassy, Hungary, Niglas, Soviet Union and Stig Persson , Sweden, in a draw.
swell
- International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig
- 1972 yearbook of the German Wrestling Federation , Athletik-Verlag Karlsruhe , 1972
- Website www.sport-komplett.de
- Athletics magazine from 1949 to 1965
- Hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 217, 219, 229 u. 230
Web links
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hess, Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1932 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2007 |