Jens Gündling

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Jens Gündling (born June 7, 1976 in Alzenau ) is a former German freestyle wrestler .

Career

At the age of five, Gündling began wrestling at AV Alzenau. In addition to heavy defeats and numerous German youth and junior championship titles and a third place at the European Junior Championships in 1993, he won the German lightweight men's championship title twice in a row and was a member of the DRB national team from 1997 to 2001 .

Due to his weight, with a height of 1.75 m and a normal weight of 77 kilograms, he built himself up to welterweight in 2001. After seven years at RWG Mömbris-Königshofen , he moved to KSV Germania Aalen after two German vice-team championship titles in 1991 and 1994.

In three years under the coaches Ahmet Cakici and Thomas Zander , the freestyle technician was able to win more than 80% of his league fights. His highlight during this time was the individual victory in the final of the German team championship in Schifferstadt in 2001, when he lost more than 10 kilograms in a short time and surprisingly competed and won in the weight class up to 66 kilograms.

With KSV Germania Aalen he was German team champion in 2001, and German vice team champion in 2002 and 2003.

In the 2004/2005 season Gündling went back to his home country - at SC Siegfried Kleinostheim in the 2nd Bundesliga, with which he won the championship title in the same year.

Jens Gündling has been a coach since 2004 and trains the students of AC Bavaria Goldbach , whom he actively supported in the 2nd Bundesliga a year later under coach Jürgen Barleben. He ended his active career in December 2005.

In January 2006, at the age of 29, he became the head coach of the Hesse wrestling association .

From January 2009 Jens Gündling will act as the new trainer of the RSC Laudenbach. Gündling came to Laudenbach through good personal contacts. Since January 2010 he has been a trainer at KSC Hösbach.

International success

  • 3rd place at the European Junior Championships in 1993
  • 8th place at the World Cadet Championships in 1992
  • 6th place at the Senior World Cup in 1999
  • 2nd place at the Baltic Sea Games for Seniors in 1997
  • 8th place at the European Senior Championships in 1998

National successes

  • German senior champion in 1999 and 2000
  • multiple German youth and junior champion

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personal data
SURNAME Gündling, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German freestyle wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH June 7th 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Alzenau