Jarmo Övermark

Jarmo Övermark (born May 26, 1955 in Lappajärvi ) is a former Finnish wrestler .

Career

Jarmo Övermark began with his brothers Kari Hannu Matti and as a teenager when Ringer Club Lappajärven Veikot with the rings . He worked in both styles, Greco-Roman. and free style, with the Greco-Roman at international championships for which he qualified from 1976. Style preferred. Of the four Övermark brothers, Jarmo, who was a member of the army, became the most successful over the years. From 1977 to 1990 he won the Finnish championship no less than sixteen times.

In 1976, Jarmo Övermark's international wrestling career began with a start at the Olympic Games in Montreal . In the free style he took a remarkable 7th place in the welterweight division. The next start at an international championship was at the European championship in 1978 in Oslo . He started there in Greco-Roman. Style and reached the middleweight division with a victory over the Austrian Franz Pitschmann the 9th place.

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , where he was again Greco-Roman. Style was at the start in the middleweight division, he didn't win. Because of the relatively weak participation in this tournament, he came in 8th place anyway. Jarmo Övermark's victory at the European Union light heavyweight championships in front of such good wrestlers as Christer Gulldén from Sweden and Uwe Sachs from Freiburg im Breisgau was also remarkable . From 1982 Jarmo Övermark achieved steadily better placings at the international championships. So he finished in 1982 both at the European Championships in Varna and at the World Championships in Katowice, 6th place in the middleweight division.

At the world championship in 1983 in Kiev he even managed to jump onto the podium in the middleweight division , defeating Ion Draica from Romania in the battle for the bronze medal . Also at the European Championships in 1984 in Jönköping Jarmo Övermark won the bronze medal in the middleweight division and at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles he just missed a medal with fifth place in the middleweight division.

In 1985 and 1986 he achieved good placements at the World and European Championships, but he did not win a medal.

Jarmo Övermark competed in the Finnish championships until 1990. He was still strong enough to become the Finnish heavyweight champion in 1990, which he had grown into by now.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight, at that time up to 74 kg, 82 kg, 90 kg and 100 kg body weight)

• 1975, 4th place , Junior World Championships in Haskovo (Espoirs = up to the age of 20), GR, We, behind Taimuraz Abchazawa , USSR , Dumanow, Bulgaria and Sandjakli, Turkey and ahead of Leif Andersson , Sweden ;

• 1976, 7th place , OS in Montreal , F, We, with victories over Keith Haward, Great Britain and Ivan David, CSSR and defeats against Marin Pârcălabu , Romania and Mansour Barzegar , Iran ;

• 1977, 2nd place , tournament in Helsinki , GR, Wed, behind Markku Latvala, Finland and in front of Lars-Erik Nilsson, Sweden ;

• 1978, 9th place , EM in Oslo , GR, Wed, with a victory over Franz Pitschmann , Austria and defeats against Leif Andersson and Ömer Suzan , Turkey;

• 1978, 12th place , World Cup in Mexico City , GR, Wed, after defeats against Momir Petkovic , Yugoslavia and Christo Sawa, Bulgaria;

• 1980, 1st place , tournament in Klippan / Sweden, GR, Wed;

• 1980, 7th place , EM in Prievidza , GR, Wed, with a victory over Klaus Mysen , Norway and defeats against Mihály Toma , Hungary and Pawel Pawlow , Bulgaria;

• 1980, 1st place , EU championship in Sönderborg / Denmark , GR, Hs, ahead of Pal Berger, Norway , Christer Gulldén , Sweden and Uwe Sachs , FRG ;

• 1980, 8th place , OS in Moscow , GR, Wed, after defeats against Frank Andersson , Sweden and Jan Dolgowicz , Poland ;

• 1981, 1st place , tournament of the sports organization TUL in Helsinki , GR, Wed, ahead of Vyacheslav Mkrtyshev , Soviet Union, Mihály Toma, Mikko Huhtala , Finland and Aleksej Bychkow, Soviet Union;

• 1982, 6th place , EM in Varna , GR, Wed, behind Janimow, USSR, Andrzej Malina , Poland, Ion Draica , Romania , Momir Petkivic and Kurt Spaniol , FRG;

• 1982, 6th place , World Championships in Katowice , GR, Wed, behind Taimuraz Abchazawa, Ion Draica, Jan Dolgowics, Momir Petkovic and Adrian Berg von Linde, Sweden;

• 1983, 3rd place , World Championships in Kiev , GR, Wed, behind Taimuraz Abchazawa and Leonard Lundell , Sweden and in front of Ion Draica, Andrzej Malina and Siegfried Seibold , FRG;

• 1984, 3rd place , EM in Jönköping , GR, Wed, with victories over Kaj Jägersgaard, Denmark, Klaus Mysen, Sören Claesson , Sweden and Andrzej Malina and one defeat against Taimuraz Abchazawa;

• 1984, 5th place , OS in Los Angeles , GR, Wed, with victories over Ernesto Razzino , Italy , Dimitrios Thanopoulos , Greece and Ashram, Egypt and one defeat against Momir Petkovic;

• 1984, 2nd place , World Cup in Seinäjoki / Finland, GR, Wed, behind Abdul Batalow , Soviet Union and in front of Aabika, Japan , Timo Lehto, Finland and Soudi, Egypt;

• 1985, 5th place , tournament in Västerås , GR, Wed, behind Taimuraz Abchazawa, Örjan Jansson, Ari Markola, Kimmo Rajala, all Swedes and in front of Adrian Berg von Linde, Sweden;

• 1985, 6th place , EM in Leipzig , GR, Wed, behind Abdul Batalow, Tibor Komáromi , Hungary, Sorin Herțea , Romania, Bogdan Daras , Poland and Djamow, Bulgaria;

• 1985, 5th place , World Cup in Kolbotn / Norway, GR, Wed, behind Bogdan Daras, Abdul Batalow, Klaus Mysen and Sören Claesson and in front of Chris Catalfo, USA ;

• 1986, 7th place , EM in Athens , GR, Hs, behind Atanas Komtschew , Bulgaria, Franz Pitschmann, Ilie Matei , Romania, Khavas-Bauton Mulajew, Soviet Union, Georgios Pikilidis , Greece and Lajos Szegervari , Hungary

Finnish championships

• 1975, 2nd place, F, We, behind Juhani Hakola and in front of Harri Salimäki,
• 1976, 2nd place, F, We, behind Juhani Hakola and in front of Markku Kuitunen,
• 1977, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Markku Latvala and Erkki Haapala,
• 1977, 1st place, F, Wed, ahead of Antti Leppänen and Juhani Hakola,
• 1978, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Markku Latvala and Markku Keskinen,
• 1978, 1st place, F, Wed, ahead of Jouko Knuutila and Markku Latvala,
• 1979, 1st place, F, Hs, ahead of Timo Räihä and Jorma Salimäki,
• 1980, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Jari Salomäki and in front of Markku Latvala,
• 1980, 1st place, F, Hs, ahead of Erkki Haapala and Jussi Luoma,
• 1981, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Jari Salomäki and Mikko Huhtala ,
• 1981, 1st place, F, Hs, in front of Toni Hannula and Timo Niemi ,
• 1982, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Mikko Huhtala and Jari Salomäki,
• 1983, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Jari Salomäki and in front of Timo Lehto,
• 1983, 1st place, F, Hs, ahead of Jouko Knuutila and Timo Lehto,
• 1984, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Jari Salomäki and in front of Aki Tarino,
• 1984, 1st place, F, Hs, ahead of Ari Lahtinen and Kari Lehtinen,
• 1985, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Timo Lehto and Jari Salomäki,
• 1985, 1st place, F, Hs, ahead of Risto Remsu and Ari Lahtinen,
• 1986, 1st place, GR, Hs, ahead of Kari Lehtonen and Toni Hannula,
• 1986, 2nd place, F, Hs, behind Jouni Ilomäki and in front of Ari Lahtinen,
• 1987, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Harri Koskela and in front of Toni Hannula,
• 1989, 1st place, F, S, ahead of Jouko Knuutila and Ari Lehtonen,
• 1990, 1st place, F, S, ahead of Jouni Mörsky and Pertti Kaisalmi

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer, numbers: 5/1978, page 7, 9/1978, page 6, 5/1980, page 8, 8/1980, pages 6/7, 5/6/1982, pages 6/6, 9/1982 , Pages 9/10, 10/1983, pages 5/6, 5/1984, pages 8/9, 9/1984, pages 10/11, 5/1985, page 5, 9/1985, page 6
• Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Website of the sports organization TUL [1] with the results of the Finnish championships