Johann Sterr

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Johann "Hans" Sterr (born June 8, 1933 in Munich ; † before June 13, 2011 in Brandenburg ) was a German wrestler .

Career

Johann Sterr started wrestling as a boy in Neuaubing. In 1951 he was second in the German youth championship in Lampertheim in the free style in the class up to 70 kg body weight. As a 20-year-old newcomer at the German championships in 1953, he caused a sensation among the active players when he became German middleweight champion, freestyle, when he first took part in a DM. This championship was followed by a few more in his long career, which lasted until 1964. Even at international championships, he always looked good, even if he never made it into the medal ranks. Sterr caused a stir among ring sports fans with his victories in the fights for the German team championship (DMM) with his ESV Sportfreunde Neuaubing . As a middleweight he always wrestled in the heavyweight division and won almost all of his fights there. He was also able to defeat the German heavyweight champion Willi Liebern , Dortmund . In 1958, 1961, 1962 and 1965 he and his team won the DMM.

In 1956 Sterr represented the all-German team at the Olympic Games in Melbourne , where he performed outstandingly with a 4th and a 5th place. In 1960 he was no longer able to qualify for the Olympics. He came in second behind Georg Utz from Kornwestheim and in front of Lothar Lippa from Halle - Leuna .

After finishing his active career, Johann Sterr worked as a trainer in South Africa for several years . After returning to Munich, he ran an inn in his hometown and overcame a serious illness.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, middleweight, then up to 79 kg body weight, light heavyweight, then up to 87 kg body weight)

year space event style Weight class
1953 5. World Cup in Naples GR medium with victories over Bonfil, Israel , Kleisinger, Austria and defeats against İsmet Atlı , Turkey and Kalervo Rauhala , Finland
1956 4th OS in Melbourne GR medium with victory over İsmet Atlı and defeats against Rune Jansson , Sweden and James Peckham , USA
1956 5. OS in Melbourne F. medium with victories over Bengt Lindblad , Sweden, Arcales, Philippines and defeats against Giorgi Schirtladse , Soviet Union and Nikola Stantschew , Bulgaria
1957 7th World Cup in Istanbul F. medium with a draw against Takashi Nagai, Japan and defeats against Nikola Stantschew and Hasan Güngör , Turkey

Success at German championships

year space place style Weight class
1953 1. Feuerbach F. medium before Horst Heß , Dortmund and Kurt Hoffmann (wrestler) , Greiz
1954 2. Hornberg GR medium behind Hess and in front of Mansour Hasrati, Eckenheim
1954 1. Neuaubing F. medium before Otto Schnarrenberger , Süßen and Ernst Lenz, Munich
1955 1. Neuaubing GR medium before Walter Kuhn, Schifferstadt and Schnarrenberger
1956 2. Stuttgart GR Semi-difficult behind Günther Krehl , Sportvg Feuerbach , in front of Walter Herbstritt, Freiburg
1957 1. Munich F. medium in front of Moallebi, Cologne and Theo Härth, Pirmasens
1958 3. Ludwigshafen am Rhein F. medium behind Emil Vogler, Feudenheim and Georg Utz , Kornwestheim
1959 2. Hornberg F. Semi-difficult behind Heinz Eichelbaum , Oberhausen and in front of Erich Wörner, Langendiebach
1964 2. Freiburg in Breisgau GR medium behind Hess, in front of Dieter Umbach, Untertürkheim
1964 1. Oftersheim F. medium before Georg Hamann, Berlin and HD Markert, Witten

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary - Johann Sterr is dead Bavarian Wrestling Association
personal data
SURNAME Sterr, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sterr, Hans (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH before June 13, 2011
Place of death Brandenburg