Josef Schuster (weightlifter)

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Josef Schuster (born December 13, 1906 in Oberölkofen, Grafing near Munich , † 1996 ) was a German weightlifter .

Career

Josef Schuster grew up near Munich and began lifting weights in Grafing in 1924 . In 1926 he joined the Münchner SV and in 1930 the TSV 1860 Munich . It was very light and initially started in flyweight (up to 52 kg body weight) and from 1932 in bantam weight (up to 56 kg body weight). He remained in this class until the end of his active career, which lasted almost 30 years. Since the bantamweight was not advertised internationally at international championships until 1947, international successes were long denied him. Only shortly before the end of his career did he become vice European champion in Vienna in 1954 at the age of 47. Josef Schuster, who also set several world records, was after Max Walter's move to featherweight in the second half of the 1930s, together with Alois Schöbinger , Vienna, Erich Kielmann, Essen and the Americans Levan and Mungioli, the best bantamweight in the world.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Fl = flyweight, Ba = bantamweight, OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing, VK = four-way fighting, consisting of OD + one-armed tearing, FK = pentathlon, consisting of OD + one-armed tearing and one-armed pushing)

  • 1952, 14th place , OS in Helsinki , OD, Ba, with 265 kg, winner Iwan Udodow , USSR , 315 kg, ahead of Mahmoud Namdjou , Iran , 307.5 kg;
  • 1954, 10th place , WM + EM in Vienna , OD, Ba, with 272.5 kg, winner Bakir Farchutdinow , USSR, 315 kg, ahead of Namdjou, 307.5 kg, EM valuation: 2nd place , behind Farchutdinow and in front of Arne Vehkonen, Finland , 270 kg;

German championships

  • 1928, 3rd place, OD, Fl, with 235 kg, behind Adolf Rein, Göppingen , 235 kg and Fritz Buri, Pirmasens , 235 kg;
  • 1929, 3rd place, FK, Fl, with 347.5 kg, behind Buri, 382.5 kg, and August Verley, Essen, 360 kg;
  • 1930, 1st place, OD, Fl, with 242.5 kg, ahead of Karl Lukascyk, Hindenburg , 237.5 kg, and Franz Antonie, Hörde, 225 kg;
  • 1932, 2nd place, OD, Ba, with 260 kg, behind Max Walter , Saarbrücken , 260 kg, and in front of Verley, 242.5 kg;
  • 1934, 1st place, FK, Ba, with 392.5 kg, ahead of Walter Dörrbecker, Dortmund , 392.5 kg, and Jakob Renfer, Ludwigshafen am Rhein , 377.5 kg;
  • 1935, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 265 kg, ahead of Karl Koch, Dortmund, 252.5 kg, and Antonie, 247.5 kg;
  • 1936, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 265 kg, ahead of Georg Bumberger, Freising , 262.5 kg, and Schmaleit, Berlin , 252.5 kg;
  • 1937, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 270 kg, in front of Bumberger, 260 kg, and Dörrbecker, 257.5 kg;
  • 1938, 2nd place, OD, Ba, with 270 kg, behind Walter, 270 kg, and in front of Bumberger, 255 kg;
  • 1939, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 280 kg, ahead of Alois Schöbinger , Vienna , 275 kg, and Erich Kielmann, Essen, 272.5 kg;
  • 1940, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 280 kg, in front of Schöbinger, 265 kg, and Bumberger, 255 kg;
  • 1941, 2nd place, OD, Ba, with 280 kg, behind Schöbinger, 285 kg, and in front of Karl Janisch, Vienna, 255 kg;
  • 1942, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 262.5 kg, ahead of Franz Malecek, Vienna, 247.5 kg, and Antonie, 245 kg;
  • 1948, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 265 kg, ahead of Rudolf Mahin, Rosenheim , 250 kg, and Udo Broer, Altenessen , 245 kg;
  • 1950, 2nd place, VK, Ba, with 310 kg, behind Ewald Breßlein , Essen, 330 kg, and in front of Willi Dorawa, Hamborn , 302.5 kg;
  • 1951, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 270 kg, in front of Dorawa, 267.5 kg, and Franz Frank, Sellin, 247.5 kg;
  • 1952, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 270 kg, ahead of Alois Jablonski, Hanover , 245 kg, and Frank, 242.5 kg;
  • 1953, 2nd place, OD, Ba, with 260 kg, behind Waldemar Ertl , Regensburg , 262.5 kg, and in front of Dorawa, 252.5 kg;
  • 1954, 1st place, OD, Ba, with 272.5 kg, ahead of Ertl, 267.5 kg, and Martin Eberle , Memmingen , 252.5 kg

World records

(all set up in bantam weight)

when pressing with both arms:

  • 90 kg, 1936 in Stuttgart ,
  • 91 kg, 1938 in Munich ,
  • 92.5 kg, 1939 in Munich,
  • 95 kg, 1940 in Munich

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 270 kg, 1937 in Munich,
  • 280 kg, 1939 in Nuremberg ,
  • 287.5 kg, 1940 in Munich

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personal data
SURNAME Schuster, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberölkofen, Grafing near Munich
DATE OF DEATH 1996