Johann Eibel

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Johann Eibel (born February 26, 1883 in Vienna , † December 23, 1966 ) was an Austrian weightlifter . In 1908 and 1909 he became world champion in the weight class up to 85 kg body weight.

Career

Johann Eibel, a young Viennese journeyman baker, began heavy athletics in 1900. He also joined the 1st Siebenbrunn Athlete Club in Vienna . In the first years of his athletic career, he worked in both wrestling and weightlifting. With a height of 1.73 meters and a weight of approx. 82 kg, he had a very athletic figure. This enabled him to take part in the body-beauty competitions that had become fashionable at the time with great success. In a way he was one of the first "bodybuilders" of the modern age.

In wrestling, Johann Eibel achieved consistently good results at national level, but weightlifting soon became his real profession.

In his first major international competition, the World Championship in Vienna in 1908, he succeeded in a difficult six-way fight, which consisted of one-armed tearing on the left, one-armed tearing on the right, one-armed pushing in the final position, two-armed pushing, two-armed pushing and continuous pushing To win the world title in the light weight class (up to 85 kg body weight). Almost nothing came of it, because Johann Eibel only reached the competition venue when his competitors had already completed the first four exercises, because he still had to model a Viennese sculptor in his studio. However, the competition management allowed Johann Eibel to start the competition with the fifth exercise and to make up for the four missed exercises in the evening with the heavyweights.

In 1909 Johann Eibel became world champion again in Vienna, in 1910 he became vice world champion again in Vienna and in 1911 he took 4th place at the world championship in Berlin, starting in the heavyweight division.

In 1911 he was also Austrian champion in an eight fight and in 1913 in a six fight.

He did not get Olympic honors because in 1908 and 1912 weightlifting was not part of the Olympic program and in 1916 the Olympic Games were canceled because of the First World War.

After finishing his career, Eibel gave the name to a Viennese heavy athletics club, the athletes' club "Eibel" Vienna. A medal with this inscription was found by this association about 100 years later.

Johann Eibel died in 1966 and was buried in the Meidlinger Friedhof .

Success as a weightlifter

year space competition Competition type Weight class Results
1906 6th Homage to the Austrian Emperor in Vienna Four-way fight Heavy (over 85 kg)
1908 1. World Championships in Vienna Six fight Light (up to 85 kg) with 527 kg (70.5-70.5-56-105-130-95), ahead of Anton Nejedlik, Austria, 516 kg (60-65-51-115-130-95) and Johann Staudinger, Austria, 514, 5 kg (64-65-53-110-125-97)
1909 1. World Championships in Vienna Pentathlon Light (up to 85 kg) with 470.2 kg (75-80.2-90-100-125), ahead of Josef Hofböck, 458 kg (70-73-90-100-125) and Johann Lenz, Austria, 441 kg (61-65-90 -105-120)
1910 2. World Championships in Vienna Six fight Light (up to 85 kg) with 595.5 kg (80-74.5-85-100-131-125), behind Leopold Hennermüller , Austria,

603 kg (70-85-95-108-140-105) and before Franz Bartasek, Austria, 565 kg (70-85-90-105-115-105)

1911 4th World Championships in Berlin Four-way fight Heavy (over 85 kg) with 379 kg, behind Karl Swoboda , Austria, 464.5 kg, Berthold Tandler , Austria, 405 kg and Franz Buchholz, Germany , 381.25 kg
1911 1. Austrian championship Eight fight Light (up to 85 kg) with 786.3 kg, ahead of Anton Stubner, 1st Hietzinger AK Vienna, 769.95 kg and Franz Komarek , 1st Hernals AK "Austria" Vienna, 726.2 kg
1913 1. Austrian championship Pentathlon Semi-heavy (up to 90 kg) with 570 kg, ahead of Anton Stuber, 553 kg and B. Ruschka, "Leopoldstädter AK Wien, 550 kg
Explanations
  • Until 1912, most championships were held in one (heavyweight) or two weight classes (lightweight up to 85 kg) and heavyweight (over 85 kg) body weight. From 1910, however, some championships already lifted into five weight classes (feather, light, medium, light and heavyweight)
  • During the competitions, all-round competitions were held in the most varied of forms. The exercises to be mastered were e.g. B. one-armed tearing on the left, one-armed tearing on the right, one-armed thrusting on the left, one-armed thrusting on the right, one-armed pressing in the final position, two-armed tearing, two-armed pressing, two-armed thrusting, continuous pressing, one-armed screwing

literature

  • Allgemeine Sport Zeitung Wien 1880–1927, in particular year 1907, pp. 1113 and 1466 and year 1908, pp. 1483, 1532 and 1579 (digitized edition at www.anno.onb.ac.at).
  • Ernst August Kampfmann: From the history of German strength sports . 1950, p. 129.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vienna cemeteries, search for the dead
personal data
SURNAME Eibel, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1966