Joachim Kunz

Joachim Kunz
Joachim Kunz (1980)
Personal information
Surname:	Joachim Kunz
Nationality:	German Democratic Republic
Society:	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Date of birth:	February 9, 1959
Place of birth:	Stollberg
Medal table

Joachim Kunz (born February 9, 1959 in Stollberg ) is a former German weightlifter. He was the only Olympic champion in weightlifting in the GDR ( 1988 ).

Career

Kunz, who in Saxony Lugau grew up, began in Lichtenstein with the gymnastics , which he at the children's and youth sports school in Karl-Marx-Stadt continued. There he switched to weightlifting after recognizing his favorable conditions for it. Kunz made great progress and started successfully in 1978 for the first time in a Junior World Championship. After finishing school, Kunz continued his sporting career at SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and in the eighties belonged to the world elite in the light and middleweight division. The 1988 Olympic victory in Seoul crowned the career of the trained toolmaker . For this victory he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold.

Towards the end of the 1980s, Kunz began studying sports at the DHfK in Leipzig , which he broke off during the political change in 1990. After a professional reorientation, Kunz founded Mico GmbH in Oederan in 1998 . His company produces soup dishes and owns the suppina and Tempolinsen food brands .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Le = lightweight, Wed = middleweight)

• 1978, 5th place , Junior World Championships in Athens , ( 4th place in the European Championship) Le, with 290 kg
• 1978, 7th place , World Championships in Gettysburg / USA, Le, with 295 kg
• 1979, 2nd place , EM in Varna , Le, with 315 kg, behind Janko Russew , Bulgaria , 322.5 kg, 2nd place in snatching with 140 kg, 3rd place in pushing, with 175 kg
• 1979, 1st place , Junior World Championships in Debrecen , Le, with 310 kg, 1st place in snatch with 135 kg and 1st place in pushing with 175 kg
• 1979, 2nd place , World Championship in Saloniki , Le, with 325 kg, behind Rusew, 332.5 kg, 3rd place in snatching with 145 kg and 2nd place in pushing with 180 kg
• 1980, silver medal , OS in Moscow , Le, with 335 kg, behind Russew, 342.5 kg, World Cup ranking: 3rd place in snatch with 145 kg and 2nd place in pushing 190 kg
• 1981, 1st place , WM + EM in Lille , Le, with 340 kg, 2nd place in snatching with 150 kg and 1st place in pushing with 190 kg
• 1983, 1st place , WM + EM in Moscow , Le, with 340 kg, ahead of Rusew, 337.5 kg, 2nd place in snatching with 145 kg and 1st place in pushing with 195 kg
• 1985, 2nd place , EM in Katowice , Wed, with 350 kg, 2nd place in snatching with 155 kg and 2nd place in pushing with 195 kg
• 1985, 4th place , World Championships in Södertälje , Wed, with 347.5 kg
• 1986, 3rd place , EM in Karl-Marx-Stadt , Le, with 330 kg
• 1986, 6th place , World Championship in Sofia , with 310 kg
• 1987, 3rd place , EM in Reims , Le, with 332.5 kg, 2nd place in snatching with 147.5 kg and 3rd place in pushing with 185 kg
• 1987, 4th place , World Championships in Ostrava , Le, with 327.5 kg
• 1988, 2nd place , EM In Cardiff , Le, with 320 kg, 2nd place in snatching with 142.5 kg and 2nd place in pushing with 177.5 kg
• 1988, gold medal , OS in Seoul , Le, with 340 kg, ahead of Israel Militosjan , USSR, 337.5 kg and Li Jinhe, China , 325 kg
• 1989, 6th place , World Cup in Athens ( 4th place in the European Championship), Le, with 320 kg

Successes at GDR championships

Joachim Kunz was GDR lightweight champion in 1979, 1980 and 1981 and middleweight in 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1989. In addition, he won the title of German team champion in 1990 with the Bavarian TSV Regen .

World records

1. 150.5 kg in two-armed tear, Le, erected in 1981 in Karl-Marx-Stadt
2. 152.5 kg in two-armed tear, Le, erected in 1982 in Karl-Marx-Stadt
3. 182.5 kg in two-armed pushing, Le, erected in 1979 in Debrecen
4. 187.5 kg in two-armed pushing, Le, erected in Moscow in 1980
5. 196.0 kg in two-armed pushing, Le, erected in 1981 in Karl-Marx-Stadt
6. 197.5 kg in two-armed pushing, Le, set up in Schwedt in 1984
7. 198.0 kg in two-armed pushing, Le, set up in Schwedt in 1984

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , 12./13. November 1988, p. 4
2. ↑ Olympic champion speeds up with peas , Sächsische Zeitung . January 14, 2004. Retrieved December 16, 2008. 

literature

• Short biography for:  Kunz, Joachim . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Commons : Joachim Kunz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Joachim Kunz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Joachim Kunz, Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century