Jakob Vogt

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Jakob Vogt
medal table

Weightlifter

Germany
European Championship
gold 1924 Neunkirchen (Saar) medium
gold 1929 Vienna Semi-difficult
bronze 1930 Munich Semi-difficult
silver 1933 Essen Semi-difficult

Jakob Vogt (born September 4, 1902 in Ochtendung , † 1985 ) was a German weightlifter .

Career

Jakob Vogt grew up in Ochtendung near Koblenz and only started lifting weights at the age of 20. But he developed very quickly and soon performed well. While he was able to step onto the winners' podium for the first time at the German championships in 1927, he surprised at the international level as early as 1924 in Neunkirchen (Saar) by winning the European Middleweight Championship, which was to be followed by a second light heavyweight division in 1929. Unfortunately, from 1925 to 1927 no international championships were held at which Jakob Vogt could have shown his skills. In 1926 and 1927 there were two legendary international battles between Germany and France. Jakob Vogt started both times for Germany in the light heavyweight division against André Rolet. In 1926 in Mannheim Vogt won a four-way battle with 410 against 380.5 kg, which Rolet managed. In 1927 Rolet won in Paris over Vogt with 337.5 kg: 335 kg in the Olympic three-way battle. Both performances were world records. These two international competitions were a milestone in the development of weightlifting, as disc dumbbells were first used with weights on ball bearings. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , he took the ungrateful fourth place in the light heavyweight division. In 1932 he was in excellent shape, but at the Olympic elimination of all places he was defeated by Karl Bierwirth from Essen , who with 347.5 kg lifted 2.5 kg more than Jakob Vogt. Ultimately, for reasons of cost, neither of the two contractors was sent to Los Angeles . A decision that was of course wrong, because Jakob Vogt achieved the same performance at the German championships with 360 kg as the silver medalist in Los Angeles Svend Olsen, Denmark .

Jakob Vogt had to end his career in 1935 due to injury. He then made a name for himself as a trainer for his club AC Siegfried Ochtendung and the Rhineland-Palatinate weightlifting association.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, snatching and pushing, FK = pentathlon, consisting of the OD + one-armed pulling and one-armed pushing, Mi = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight)

German championships

  • 1927, 1st place, OD, Hs, with 330 kg, in front of Bierwirth, 315 kg and Neukirchen, Essen, 312.5 kg;
  • 1928, 1st place, OD, Hs, with 335 kg, in front of Bierwirth, 320 kg and Fritz Wagner, Würzburg , 300 kg;
  • 1929, 1st place, FK, Hs, with 507.5 kg, in front of Bierwirth, 500 kg and Karl Fahrnbach, Oggersheim , 482.5 kg;
  • 1930, 1st place, OD, Hs, with 340 kg, in front of Bierwirth, 332.5 kg and Karl Hirn, Vienna , 330 kg;
  • 1932, 1st place, OD, Hs, with 360 kg, in front of Bierwirth, 340 kg and Fahrnbach, 327.5 kg

World records

(all in light heavyweight, that is up to 82.5 kg body weight, achieved)

when pressing with both arms:

  • 103 kg, 1926 in Trier ,
  • 105 kg, 1926 in Koblenz ,
  • 107 kg, 1927 in Koblenz,
  • 107.5 kg, 1927 in Koblenz,
  • 112.5 kg, 1932 in Munich

in two-armed tearing:

  • 110.5 kg, 1927 in Munich

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 325 kg, 1926 in Mannheim ,
  • 330 kg, 1927 in Nuremberg ,
  • 335 kg, 1927 in Paris,
  • 337.5 kg, 1928 in Koblenz,
  • 365 kg, 1929 in Koblenz

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personal data
SURNAME Vogt, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Attention
DATE OF DEATH 1985