Johannes Kessel (wrestler)
Johannes Kessel (born October 28, 1989 ) is a German wrestler . He was German champion in 2012 and CISM military world champion in 2014 in free style in heavyweight .
Career
Johannes Kessel started wrestling at KSC Graben-Neudorf as a teenager in 1998 . He soon concentrated on the free style. The now 1.86 meter tall and approx. 100 kg heavy athlete wrestles as an adult in the light heavyweight or heavyweight division . He was or is trained by Bernd Bobrich , Frank Heinzelbecker and Alexander Leipold . After KSC Graben-Neudorf, he fought for KSV Wiesental and KSV Berghausen and has been playing for Bundesliga club SV Germania Weingarten since 2010 . He is a soldier in a sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr .
Since 2006, Johannes Kessel has achieved good placements at German championships in the junior and senior class. In 2006, he took 3rd place in the German A-Youth Championship in the weight class up to 85 kg. In 2008 he took the same place in the light heavyweight division at the German junior championship and a little later also in the men's light heavyweight division. In 2009 he won his first German championship title in the junior light heavyweight division ahead of Kevin Schwäb from ASV Dieburg . In the men's category, he took second place in the same year. In the final he was beaten by Stefan Kehrer from KSV Ketsch . In 2010 and 2011 he did not take part in any German championships. In 2012, starting in the heavyweight division, he won his first German senior title. He referred Nico Graf from KFC Leipzig , Franz Süß from AV Germania Markneukirchen and Toni Bernhardt from KSC Motor Jena to their places. In 2013 he was German runner-up behind Nick Matuhin and came third in the German championship in 2014 behind Nick Matuhin and Robin Ferdinand.
Johannes Kessel started at international championships for the first time in 2009. He finished 7th at the Junior European Championship in Tbilisi and 12th place at the Junior World Championship in Ankara , both starting in the light heavyweight division. In 2010 he came at the European Heavyweight Championships in Baku in 12th place and at the World Light Heavyweight Championships in Moscow on 20th place. In 2013 he competed at the World Championships in Budapest. There he lost his first fight against Aiaal Lazarew from Kyrgyzstan. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 23rd place.
Johannes Kessel achieved a remarkable success at the 2014 Military World Championship in Fort Dix / USA. He won the title of military world heavyweight champion there. On the way to this success he defeated u. a. the Chinese world class wrestler Zhiwei Deng and in the final Dmitri Popow from Kazakhstan.
International success
year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
2008 | 1. | FILA junior tournament in Wolfurt / Austria | Semi-difficult | in front of Florian Lederer, Germany |
2009 | 2. | Intern. Junior tournament in Bratislava | Semi-difficult | behind Dániel Ligeti , Hungary , ahead of Bogdan Krzyzanski, Poland and Jozef Jaloviar, Slovakia |
2009 | 1. | Intern. Junior tournament in Martigny / Switzerland | Semi-difficult | after victories over Chikeva, Great Britain and Mallaret, France |
2009 | 7th | Junior European Championship in Tbilisi | Semi-difficult | after defeating Radoslaw Baran , Poland and losing to Mustafa Özdemir, Turkey |
2009 | 12. | Junior World Championships in Ankara | Semi-difficult | after defeating Mausam Khatri, India and losing to Vladislav Baizayev , Russia |
2010 | 12. | EM in Baku | Heavy | after a defeat against Dániel Ligeti (1: 2 rounds, 1: 7 points) |
2010 | 3. | Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund | Semi-difficult | behind Imants Lagodskis, Latvia and Chetag Pliew, Canada , together with Radoslaw Dublinowski, Poland |
2010 | 20th | World Cup in Moscow | Semi-difficult | after a loss to Valery Andriitsew , Ukraine (1: 2 rounds, 2: 8 points) |
2010 | 5. | Military World Cup in Lahti | Semi-difficult | behind Abasar Eslami, Iran , Iwan Jankowski , Belarus , Radoslaw Baran and Shamil Dibirow, Ukraine |
2011 | 3. | Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid | Semi-difficult | behind William Harth and Kevin Schwänke , both Germany |
2012 | 2. | German Grand Prix in Dortmund | Heavy | behind Arjan Bhullar , Canada, in front of Oleksandr Chozjaniwskyj , Ukraine and Toni Bernhardt, Germany |
2013 | 5. | German Grand Prix in Dortmund | Heavy | behind Daulet Shabanay, Kazakhstan, Richard Csercsics, Hungary, Dmitri Popow, Kazakhstan and Aschkat Kussepow, Kazakhstan |
2013 | 3. | Ion Corneanu Memorial in Targoviste / Romania | Heavy | behind Rares Daniel Chintojan and Zaharia Radu Alexandru, both Romania |
2013 | 9. | Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial in Spała | Heavy | Winner: Jamaladdin Magomedow , Azerbaijan ahead of Alexei Nikolajew, Belarus |
2013 | 23. | World Cup in Budapest | Heavy | after losing to Aiaal Lazarew, Kyrgyzstan |
2014 | 9. | Alexander Medved Prize in Minsk | Heavy | Winner: Oleksandr Chozjaniwskyj in front of Magomedgadschi Nurasulow , Russia |
2014 | 3. | German Grand Prix in Dortmund | Heavy | behind Alexei Schemarow , Belarus and Soslan Gaglojew, Slovakia, together with Nick Matuhin, Germany |
2014 | 1. | CISM military world championship in Fort Dix / USA | Heavy | before Dmitri Popow, Zhiwei Deng, China and Radoslaw Baran, Poland |
German championships
(only senior area)
year | space | Weight class | Results |
2007 | 10. | Semi-difficult | Winner: Stefan Kehrer , KSV Ketsch ahead of Markus Eichin, TuS Adelhausen |
2008 | 3. | Semi-difficult | behind Stefan Kehrer, KSV Ketsch and William Harth , KSV Gersweiler |
2009 | 2. | Semi-difficult | behind Stefan Kehrer, KSV Aalen , in front of Christian Pribil, TV Traunstein and Sven Kiefer, RG Hausen-Zell |
2012 | 1. | Heavy | in front of Nico Graf, KFC Leipzig , Franz Süß, AV Germania Markneukirchen and Toni Bernhardt, KSC Motor Jena |
2013 | 2. | Heavy | behind Nick Matuhin , 1st Luckenwalder SC , in front of Toni Bernhardt and Tunahan Cedimoglu, TSV Aichach |
2014 | 3. | Heavy | behind Nick Matuhin and Robin Ferdinand, TSV Boden |
- Explanations
- all free style competitions
- WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
- Light heavyweight, weight class up to 96 kg, heavyweight, up to 120 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013); Since January 1, 2014, a new weight classification has been in effect by the World Wrestling Association UWW, formerly FILA
literature
- Trade journal Der Ringer
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kessel, Johannes |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1989 |