Jan Karlsson (wrestler)

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Jan Egon Karlsson (born November 15, 1945 in Trollhättan ) is a former Swedish wrestler . He was a two-time medalist at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and European champion in 1975 in the free style and in the Greco-Roman style welterweight.

Career

January Karlsson grew up in Trollhättan and began at the local "Atletklubb" with the rings . In this club he became an excellent wrestler in both styles, free style u. Greco-Roman Style, educated. In 1965 Jan became the Swedish Free Style Master for the first time. In total, Jan won no fewer than 28 Swedish championship titles in his career.

Jan, who was a firefighter in Trollhättan, began his international wrestling career in 1965. At this year's World Championships in free style in Manchester , he finished 10th in the lightweight. But Jan showed his great disposition as early as the next year when he narrowly missed a medal at the European Championships in Karlsruhe in the free style in the lightweight with a 4th place. He was only defeated in this tournament by the outstanding Soviet champion Zarbeg Beriaschwili .

Jan then won his first medal at an international championship at the European championship in 1967 in Istanbul in free style in the lightweight. He accomplished the feat there and a. also defeat the experienced Bulgarian world champion Enju Valtschew-Dimow and after a defeat against Zarbeg Beriaschwili to occupy the 2nd place.

Also in 1968 Jan won a medal at the European Championships in Skoplje . He won three fights there and was defeated by Yuri Gusow from the USSR and against Klaus Rost from the Federal Republic of Germany . The Olympic Games in Mexico City were very disappointing , because he lost on points in his first two fights against Enju Valschew-Dimow and Wayne Wells from the USA and only ended up in 17th place.

In 1969 and 1970 Jan won two medals at the European Championships. For the first time he succeeded in 1969 in Modena a medal in Greco-Roman. To win style in welterweight, while he won the medal in 1970 in free style and won over the German champion Adolf Seger .

Jan Karlsson did very well at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . He first won the silver medal in the free style welterweight division . He won again over Adolf Seger, who never got along with Jan Karlsson's upright ring style, but lost on the other hand u. a. against Wolfgang Nitschke from the GDR . He also lost to the Bulgarian Jantscho Pavlov and therefore did not come to a final fight against the American Wayne Wells, who won the gold medal. Although Jan Karsson had to contest six tough fights in the freestyle tournament, he also started in the Greco-Roman. Tournament, scored four wins and after losing to Iwan Kolew from Bulgaria in the fifth fight , he was eliminated by winning the bronze medal .

In 1973 Jan confirmed the success of 1972, because he again won medals in both styles at the World Cup in Tehran . In Greco-Roman Style he became vice world champion with four wins, one draw and one loss to Iwan Kolew and in free style it was enough for him to win the bronze medal.

1974 was less successful for Jan Karlsson. He could not win any medals at the World or European Championships. All the more sensational was his win at the European championship in 1975 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein in the Greco-Roman style in welterweight. He remained successful in seven fights and defeated world-class athletes with Iwan Kolew, Vítězslav Mácha from the ČSSR and Klaus-Peter Göpfert from the GDR.

After this terrific success, Jan wrestled in several other international championships, including the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , but he could not achieve such great successes and placed between ranks 7 and 10.

Interesting are the results of the fights scored by Jan Karlsson against German opponents at these championships. Against Adolf Seger he wrestled three times and won all three fights, against Wolfgang Nitschke from Leipzig he lost both fights that he fought against him and it was the same against Fred Hempel . Against Klaus-Peter Göpfert from Zella-Mehlis Jan won two fights and lost one. Against Klaus Rost from Witten he fought a fight that he lost.

Since the end of his international wrestling career after the Olympic Games in 1976, Jan Karlsson has been working as a wrestling trainer. At the moment he is training the wrestling club "BK Snar" Boden .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, GR = Greco-Roman style, Le = lightweight, We = welterweight, back then up to 70 kg or 74 kg body weight)

  • 1966, 4th place , EM in Karlsruhe , F, Le, with victories over Roland Vermeersch, Belgium , and Klaus Sachs, Austria , a draw against Petre Poalelungi and Stojan Bimbalow, Bulgaria , and a defeat against Zarbeg Beriaschwili;
  • 1967, 2nd place , EM in Istanbul , F, Le, with victories over Ibrahim Yonuzi, Turkey, Andre Chardonnes, Switzerland, Hirshfield, Great Britain, and Enju Valtschew-Dimow, Bulgaria, and one defeat against Zarbeg Beriaschwili;
  • 1967, 7th place , World Cup in New Delhi , F, Le, ö with victories over Guy Marchand, France a . Chang Ho-Sung, South Korea , and defeats to Enju Valchev-Dimov and Zarbeg Beriashvili;
  • 1968, 1st place , tournament in Zakopane , F, Le, ahead of Marinow, Bulgaria, and Dasal, Poland ;
  • 1968, 17th place , OS in Mexico City , F, Le, after defeats to Enju Valtschew-Dimow and Wayne Wells, USA;
  • 1970, 1st place , tournament in Genoa , F, We, ahead of Adolf Seger , FRG, and Robert Blaser, Switzerland;
  • 1970, 2nd place , EM in Berlin , F, We, with victories over George Carbasse, France, Adolf Seger and Pawel Gawrysiak, Poland, and defeats against Mehmet Uzun , Turkey, and Zarbeg Beriaschwili;
  • 1972, 1st place , tournament in Växjö , F, We, ahead of Adolf Seger and Josef Völc, Czechoslovakia;
  • 1972, silver medal , OS in Munich , F, We, with victories over Shakar Shakar Khan, Afghanistan , Muhamad Yoghoub, Pakistan , Miroslaw Musil, Czechoslovakia, and Adolf Seger, and defeats against Wolfgang Nitschke and Jantscho Pawlow , Bulgaria;
  • 1972, bronze medal , OS in Munich, GR, We, with victories over Marcel Vlad, Romania, Gary Neist, USA , Momir Kecman , Yugoslavia, and Stanisław Krzesiński , Poland, and one defeat against Iwan Kolew;
  • 1973, 1st place , Nordic Championship, GR, We, ahead of Määttää, Finland, and Nordie, Norway ;
  • 1973, 2nd place , World Cup in Teheran , GR, We, with wins over Carlos Curbelo, Spain, Abdul Rahim Ali Tannehill, USA, Klaus-Peter Göpfert , GDR, and Adrian Florin Popa, Romania, a draw against Heikki Juhmala, Finland , and a loss to Ivan Kolew;
  • 1973, 3rd place , World Cup in Tehran, F, We, with victories over Kolton, Israel , Anthony Shacklady, Great Britain, and Fahri Yenigün, Turkey, a draw against Jantscho Pavlov and defeats against Mansour Barzegar , Iran , and Ruslan Ashuraliev , USSR ;
  • 1974, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Bad Reichenhall , GR, We, behind Klaus-Peter Göpfert and in front of Werner Schröter and Andrzej Franas , Poland;
  • 1974, 1st place , Nordic Championship, GR, We, ahead of Veikko Lavonen, Finland, and B. Jensen, Norway;
  • 1974, 8th place , EM in Madrid , GR, We, with a win over Adrian Florin Popa, a draw against Mihály Toma , Hungary, and a defeat against Vojislav Tabacki;
  • 1974, 7th place , EM in Madrid, F, We, with victories over Enrique Burgals, Spain, Jozsef Rusznyak, Hungary, Emilian Christian, Romania, and Adolf Seger and one defeat against Jantscho Pawlow;
  • 1974, 5th place , World Championships in Katowice , GR, We, with victories over Iwan Kolew and Abdul Rahim Ali Tannehill and defeats against Iosif Berishvili , USSR, and Vitešlav Macha;
  • 1975, 1st place , tournament in Västerås , GR, We, ahead of Andrzej Franas and Anders Pettersson, Sweden;
  • 1975, 1st place , pre -Olympic tournament in Montreal , GR, We, ahead of Jacques Van Lancker, Belgium, and Ida Berto Reyna, Cuba ;
  • 1975, 1st place , EM in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , GR, We, with victories over Johann Kiss, Austria, Kurt Gansserich, Wladimir Zemkow, Vitezšlav Macha, Iwan Kolew, Mihály Toma, Hungary, and Klaus-Peter Göpfert;
  • 1975, 9th place , EM in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, F, We, after defeats against Pawel Pinigin , USSR, and Fred Hempel , GDR;
  • 1975, 7th place , World Championships in Minsk , GR, We, ö with a victory over Mohammad Dalirian, Iran, and defeats against Vitešlav Macha and Vojislav Tabacki;
  • 1975, unpl. , World Cup in Minsk, F, We, after a victory over Rogelio Leanos, Mexico , and a defeat against Jantscho Pavlov, retired due to injury;
  • 1976, 7th place , OS in Montreal, GR, We, with victories over Johann Kiss and Yasuo Nagatomo, Japan, and defeats against Gheorghe Ciobotaru , Romania, and Klaus-Peter Göpfert;
  • 1976, 10th place , OS in Montreal, F, We, with a win over Bruce Akers, Australia , and losses to Fred Hempel and Stanley Dziedzic , USA;
  • 1977, 1st place , tournament in Klippan, GR, We, ahead of Lennart Lundell , Sweden, and Wladimir Zemkow;

swell

  • 1) Div. Issues of the specialist magazines "Athletik" from 1965 to 1975 and "The Ringer" from 1976 to 1977
  • 2) Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of the FILA, 1976

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personal data
SURNAME Karlsson, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karlsson, Jan Egon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Trollhättan