Jörg Helmdach

Jörg Helmdach (born November 28, 1964 in Dortmund ) is a former German wrestler .

Career

Jörg Helmdach started wrestling at KSV Witten in 1971. This association was known for its good youth work in those years. It is therefore not surprising that Jörg Helmdach, under the guidance of trainers Fritz Schrader , Klaus Rost and Detlef Schmengler, first advanced into the national and then also into the international top of freestyle wrestlers. At the age of 16 and 17, respectively, he was part of the KSV Witten team in 1980 and 1981, which won the German team championship in those years. In 1981 he took 2nd place in the free style in the weight class up to 52 kg body weight behind Rolf Monschau from Bonn - Duisdorf and in 1982 he won this title in the class at the German A-Youth championship (internal designation: "Juniors") up to 60 kg body weight.

In 1982 he also celebrated his first major success at an international championship. At the Junior World Championship (Juniors) in Colorado Springs, he was runner-up in the featherweight world champion behind the American Joe Ghezzi but ahead of the Soviet starter Rustam Gadschiew . At the Junior World Championships (Espoirs = age group up to the age of 20) in 1983 in Los Angeles , he was not quite as successful, but was able to assert himself in 6th place in a strong competition.

In 1986 Jörg Helmdach won his first title at the German senior featherweight championship. In 1987 he was in the final of the German championship again with his club mate and training partner Ralf Lyding . Since both wrestlers knew each other very well, no actions took place, with the result that both wrestlers were disqualified and placed in 2nd place. The title of German featherweight champion was not awarded that year. Ralf Helmdach was then used at the European Championships in Veliko Tarnovo , Bulgaria . But he had to pay a lot of money there and was not placed after two defeats.

In 1988 Jörg Helmdach won the German championship ahead of Ralf Lyding and was therefore used both at the European championships in Manchester and at the Olympic Games in Seoul . At both events he was able to fully convince and assert himself with a 5th place among the complete world elite. In Manchester he won the fight for 5th place over the Turk Ali M. Qatar and in Seoul he achieved a 5-4 point victory over the world class athlete Awirmediin Enchee from Mongolia .

In 1989 Jörg Helmdach was used at the World Championships in Martigny / Switzerland . He lost his two fights there against Agim Ejupi from Yugoslavia (2: 5 points) and against Karsten Polky from Luckenwalde (1: 2 points) and could not place himself.

After that he did not start at any other international championships. Jörg Helmdach studied sport and then worked as a trainer for the German Wrestling Federation (DRB). Since 2006 he has been the head coach of the freestyle wrestlers in the DRB, but was replaced by Alexander Leipold in 2009 .

International success

(all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, featherweight, back then up to 62 kg body weight)

1982	2.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Colorado Springs	up to 60 kg body weight	behind Joe Ghezzi, USA and in front of Rustam Gadschiew , USSR , Paul Bellarin, Canada and Roger Saell, Sweden
1983	6th	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Los Angeles	feather	behind Chang Sa-Young, South Korea , Maricel Popa, Romania , Boris Sava, USSR, Greg Randall, USA and Filip Mollow, Bulgaria
1986	6th	Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Freiburg im Breisgau	feather	behind Marian Skubacz , Poland , Tolmachev, USSR, Lutz Remus , GDR , Culak, CSSR and Günter Laier , FRG
1987	unpl.	EM in Veliko Tarnovo / Bulgaria	feather	after losing to Antonio La Bruna , Italy and Agim Ejupi, Yugoslavia
1988	4th	CSSR Grand Prix in Prague	feather	behind Ali Daud, Afghanistan , Kazimagomed Aigumow, USSR and Mika Letho, Finland
1988	4th	Tournament in Palermo	feather	behind John Fisher, USA, Antonio La Bruna and Giovanni Schillaci , Italy
1988	5.	EM in Manchester	feather	behind Stepan Sarkisjan , USSR, Karsten Polky , GDR, Simeon Schterew , Bulgaria and Giovanni Schillaci and in front of Ali M. Qatar, Turkey
1988	5.	OS in Seoul	feather	behind John Smith , USA, Stepan Sarkisjan, Simeon Schterew and Ali Akbar Fallah , Iran and in front of Awirmediin Enchee , Mongolia
1989	unpl.	World Cup in Martigny / Switzerland	feather	after losing to Agim Ejupi and Karsten Polky

German championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
1986	1.	feather	before Markus Buck, AV Freiburg-St. Georgen and Jürgen Koch, Neckargartach
1987	2.	feather	together with Ralf Lyding , KSV Witten and before Paul Suss, KSC Graben-Neudorf
1988	1.	feather	before Ralf Lyding and Günter Laier , AV Reilingen
1989	2.	feather	behind Marian Skubacz , RWG Mömbris - Königshofen and in front of Torsten Gut, ASV Urloffen
1990	1.	feather	in front of Jürgen Scheibe , AC Goldbach and Jürgen Koch, ASV Germania Aalen
1991	3.	feather	behind Karsten Polky , 1. Luckenwalder SC and Ralf Lyding
1992	3.	feather	behind Karsten Polky and Ralf Lyding
1993	2.	feather	behind Ralf Lyding and in front of Christian Graupeter, KSV Witten

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 6/1987, page 4, 5/1988, page 5, 10/1988, page 10 and 9/1989, pages 9/10
• One hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 181 and 226

Web links

• Profile of Jörg Helmdach at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• German championships (freestyle - men - featherweight) on Sport-komplett.de