Jürgen Kleer

Jürgen Kleer (born October 25, 1956 in Köllerbach ) is a former German wrestler .

Career

Jürgen Kleer began wrestling as a teenager in Spiesen and worked for SC Spiesen until 1973 . In 1974 he moved to KSV Köllerbach . As a youth he wrestled in both Greco-Roman and free styles. As an adult, from 1975 onwards he only wrestled in the Greco-Roman style.

In 1973 he took 4th place in the German youth championship in the age group up to the age of 18 in free style in the weight class up to 44 kg body weight. In 1974 he reached with the German Youth Championship in two styles in the weight category to 48 kg body weight, respectively the third place and came in the same year at the German Junior Championship in the age group to age 20 in the paper weight behind Hans Huber from Bad Reichenhall on the 2 . Space.

In 1974 Jürgen Kleer started at an international championship, the Junior European Championship in Haparanda . In the paper weight he took 7th place in the Greco-Roman style.

In 1975 he became the first German senior paper weight champion. He won in paper weight ahead of Fritz Schmidt from ASV Schorndorf . He was also German champion in 1977 in paper weight and 1980 and 1981 in flyweight.

At the international championships, Jürgen Kleer mostly achieved placings between 5th and 9th place. An exception was the Junior European Championship in 1976, where he took 3rd place in paper weight behind Elnur Aliew from the Soviet Union and Umid Bekirow from Bulgaria and thus won a bronze medal. Also worth mentioning is the 5th place at the 1977 World Cup in Gothenburg in the paper weight category, where he won over James Howard from the United States and Jozsef Santha from Hungary .

After finishing his career as an active wrestler, Jürgen Kleer worked as a trainer in the Saarland region. In 2009 he coached the wrestlers of RSV Spiesen-Elversberg .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1974	7th	Junior European Championship in Haparanda	paper	after defeats against Panayot Kirov (Bulgaria) and Antonin Jelinek, ( ČSSR )
1975	5.	Junior World Championships in Haskovo	paper	behind Kamil Fatkulin (USSR), Hideo Fujimoto ( Japan ), Umid Bekirow (Bulgaria) and Stig Age Lundell ( Sweden )
1976	3.	Junior European Championship in Poznan	paper	behind Elnur Aliew (USSR) and Umid Bekirow
1976	3.	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	paper	behind Constantin Alexandru ( Romania ) and Wladimir Subkow (USSR), in front of Aleksander Zajączkowski ( Poland ) and Heinz Schmieden (FRG)
1977	4th	Klippan tournament	paper	behind Anatoli Bosin (USSR), Sidge, ( Norway ) and Pawel Christow (Bulgaria)
1977	4th	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	paper	behind Constantin Alexandru, Saksylik Uschkempirow (USSR) and Wieslaw Kucinski (Poland)
1977	5.	World Cup in Gothenburg	paper	with victories over James Howard ( USA ) and Jozsef Santha (Hungary) and defeats against Todor Jordanow (Bulgaria) and Salih Bora ( Turkey )
1978	5.	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	paper	behind Constantin Alexandru, Wladimir Schatumow (USSR), Roman Kierpacz (Poland) and Dimitri Dudew (Bulgaria)
1978	11.	EM in Oslo	paper	after losing to Vaclav Janota (ČSSR) and Jozsef Santha
1978	3.	EC championship in Arnhem	To fly	behind Jean-Pierre Chambellan ( France ) and G. Caltabiano ( Italy )
1980	2.	EC championship in Sonderborg	To fly	behind Reijo Haaparanta ( Finland ), in front of Patrik Panniset (France) and Kjell Y. Karlsen (Norway)
1981	6th	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	To fly	behind Ziwomir Zekow (Bulgaria), Leszek Majkowski (Poland), Jozsef Santha, Mark Fuller (USA) and Jean-Pierre Chambellan
1981	9.	EM in Gothenburg	To fly	after defeats against Lajos Rácz (Hungary) and Ljubomir Zekow (Bulgaria)
1981	6th	World Cup in Oslo	To fly	with a victory over Asghar Mohammadian ( Iran ) and defeats against Jean-Pierre Chambellan, Taisto Halonen (Finland) and Ljubomir Zekow
1983	9.	World Cup in Kiev	To fly	Wins: Benur Paschajan (USSR) ahead of Erol Kemah (Turkey) and Ljubomir Zekow (Bulgaria)
1984	7th	EM in Jönköping	To fly	behind Minsaid Tazetdinow (USSR) in front of Mihai Cişmaş (Romania) and Welin Dogandjinski (Bulgaria)

German championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
1975	1.	paper	before Fritz Schmidt, ASV Schorndorf and Edwin Commercon, Elversberg
1977	1.	paper	before Ulrich Karsten, ASV Dettingen and Hans Eglseer, AC Bad Reichenhall
1978	2.	paper	behind Hans Eglseer, in front of Freddy Scherer , Ludwigshafen am Rhein
1979	2.	paper	behind Freddy Scherer, KSV Wiesental , in front of Walter Wölfelschneider, Obernburg
1980	1.	To fly	before Hans Eglseer and Heinz Schmieden, AC Goldbach
1981	1.	To fly	by Hans Eglseer and Carmine Cantalupe, AC Hörde 04
1984	2.	To fly	behind Markus Scherer , VfK Schifferstadt and Peter Behl , Mömbris -Königshofen

Note: all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, paper weight, then up to 48 kg, flyweight, then up to 52 kg body weight

swell

• Deutscher Ringer-Bund (Ed.): One hundred years of wrestling in Germany . Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg 1991.
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig.
• Trade magazines Athletik and Der Ringer .

Web links

• Profile of Jürgen Kleer at the Institute for Applied Training Science