Josef Straßberger (weightlifter)

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Josef Straßberger
medal table

Weightlifter

Germany
Olympic games
gold 1928 Amsterdam Heavy
bronze 1932 Los Angeles Heavy
World Championship
gold 1920 Vienna Semi-difficult
European Championship
gold 1921 Offenbach Heavy
gold 1929 Vienna Heavy
bronze 1930 Munich Heavy
bronze 1931 Luxembourg Heavy
bronze 1933 Essen Heavy
bronze 1934 Genoa Heavy

Josef Straßberger (born August 20, 1894 in Kolbermoor ; † October 10, 1950 there ) was a German weightlifter and Olympic heavyweight champion in 1928.

Career

Josef Straßberger grew up in Kolbermoor . But he came to Munich at a young age . At the age of 20 he was drafted into the military, where he first came into contact with "physical exercises". That's why he tried weightlifting after his discharge from military service at TSV 1860 Munich . The first successes were quickly achieved there.

The strength of Josef Straßberger was the two-arm pressure. In this exercise, the freely transferred weight must be pushed upwards from the chest without gaining momentum or lying in the back. In an accident, Josef Straßberger had lost the foremost link of the index and middle finger of his right hand and therefore had difficulty gripping the barbell with the heavy weights that are lifted when pushing with both arms. For this reason, his performance in two-armed thrusting was always slightly lower than that of his toughest competitors. Due to the fantastic achievements in pushing with both arms for the time, Josef Straßberger was mostly able to compensate for this disadvantage.

As early as 1919, Josef Straßberger took 3rd place at the German weightlifting championship in Munich in the heavyweight pentathlon with 502.5 kg. That was the first time that he appeared in the list of winners at a German championship. At that time he weighed about 85 kg. For the first time he became German pentathlon champion in Stuttgart in 1920 with 467.5 kg. He had trained to the light heavyweight, then up to 82.5 kg body weight. In the same year he was also world champion in Vienna in the light heavyweight with 415 kg in the pentathlon. From 1921 to 1933 Josef Straßberger was then a total of twelve times German heavyweight champion. But he never weighed more than about 100 kg. In the period from 1921 to 1933 he was only beaten in a German championship in 1926 by Rudolf Schilberg from Vienna. In 1922, 1926, 1930 and 1934 Austrian athletes were allowed to compete in the German championships, which took place in those years as part of the so-called German fighting games.

With his club, TSV 1860 Munich, Josef Straßberger won the German team championship ten times between 1922 and 1934.

Josef Straßberger celebrated his first success on the international lifting platform at the European Championships in Offenbach am Main in 1921 . He won there in the heavyweight division before the Germans Fritz Wenninger and Adam König. This European championship, in which only a few nations took part, was intended as a replacement for the German weightlifters who were excluded from participating in the Olympic Games in 1920 and 1924 .

Josef Straßberger's next start at an international championship took place at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam , as no international weightlifting championships were held between 1924 and 1928. In Amsterdam, Josef Straßberger won the Olympic three-way battle with 372.5 kg (two-armed pushing 122.5 kg, two-armed pulling 107.5 kg and two-armed pushing 142.5 kg) by a large margin over Arnold Luhaäär from Estonia and Jaroslav Skobla from Czechoslovakia in Heavyweight the gold medal.

In 1929, after many years , the European weightlifting championships were held again in Vienna . Josef Straßberger triumphed in the heavyweight division there too and won with 372.5 kg in front of Rudolf Schilberg and Jaroslav Skobla. At the European Championships in Munich in 1930 and in Luxembourg in 1931, Josef Straßberger took third place in the heavyweight division, although he was second best European on both occasions because the Egyptian Sayed Nosseir won the heavyweight division in those years . The Egyptians were allowed to take part in these European championships at the invitation of the European Weightlifting Association.

Although already 38 years old, Josef Straßberger got himself into very good shape for the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . He achieved an excellent result in the Olympic three-way fight with 377.5 kg. This performance was "only" enough for 3rd place behind the two Czechoslovaks Jaroslav Skobla , who scored 380 kg and Václav Pšenička , who like Straßberger achieved 377.5 kg, but was lighter than Straßberger. After the first two exercises (pushing and tearing), Josef Straßberger was still in the lead. However, he had to allow himself to be overtaken or overtaken by Scobla and Psenika in the push because of his handicap as described above, without being able to counter.

In 1933 the European Championships took place in Essen . After a long time a pentathlon was announced again. Straßberger came in 3rd place with 525 kg behind the Czech Václav Bečvář , who, because he was enormously strong in the one-armed exercises and two-armed pushing, won with 552.5 kg in front of Arnold Luhaäär , who lifted 537.5 kg .

In 1934, at the age of 40, Josef Straßberger took part in an international championship for the last time. He represented the German colors in the heavyweight division at the European Championships in Genoa with the 21-year-old Josef Manger from Bamberg . Josef Straßberger increased his performance again and was third again with 382.5 kg in the Olympic three-way fight. It was won by Vaclav Psenicka with 385 kg in front of Josef Manger, who achieved the same performance as Straßberger with 382.5 kg, but was slightly lighter than this. Incidentally, this was Manger's last championship in which he did not take 1st place. He became European champion in 1935, Olympic champion in 1936 and world champion in 1937 and 1938 .

Josef Straßberger resigned from the international lifting platform in 1935. However, this did not prevent him from setting two world records this year in two-arm pushing with 135.5 kg and 136.5 kg respectively. In total, he set nine world records in his career.

Josef Straßberger, professional restaurateur and hotelier at the Münchner Hof in Dachauer Strasse in Munich, was a welcome guest at many national and international championships after his active days. In the Olympic village in Munich , a street was named after him. In Kolbermoor there is a memorial stone for him on the sports field of the local club.

International success

year space competition Competition type Weight class Result
1920 1. City battle between Vienna and Munich DK Semi-difficult with 313 kg (73-100-140), before Oswald, 292.5 kg (72.5-90-130)
1920 1. World Cup in Vienna VK Semi-difficult with 415 kg, before Franz Zuba, 400 kg a. Leopold Hennermüller , 395 kg, bde. Austria
1921 1. EM in Offenbach am Main VK Heavy with 420 kg (65 kg one arm. tearing, 75 kg one arm. pushing, 135 kg both arms. pushing and 145 kg both arm. pushing) before Fritz Wenninger and Adam König, bde. Germany
1922 1. German fighting games in Berlin FK Heavy with 510 kg, ahead of Franz Aigner , Austria, 490 kg and Anton Köhle, Germany, 432.5 kg
1926 1. International match between Germany and France in Mannheim VK Heavy with 422.5 kg (80-100-107.5-135), before Dannoux, 385.5 kg (80.5-95-85-125)
1926 1. Intern. Tournament in Paris OD Heavy with 340 kg (105-100-135), before Dannoux, France, 307.5 
1926 2. German fighting games in Cologne FK Heavy with 525 kg (75-100-105-110-135), behind Rudolf Schilberg, Austria, 535 kg (75-100-105-117.5-137.5), in front of Österlin, Germany, 490 kg
1926 2. Intern. Tournament in Munich FK Heavy with 520 kg (75-92.5-102.5-110-140), behind Rudolf Schilberg, 532.5 kg (75-100-102.5-120-135)
1928 gold OS in Amsterdam OD Heavy with 372.5 kg (122.5-107.5-142.5 kg) in front of Arnold Luhaäär , Estonia , 360 kg a. Jaroslav Skobla , Czechoslovakia , 357.5 kg
1929 1. EM in Vienna OD Heavy with 372.5 kg (125-105-142.5 kg) in front of Rudolf Schilberg , Austria , 360 kg a. Jaroslav Skobla, 350 kg
1930 1. German fighting games in Breslau OD Heavy with 370 kg (125-105-140), before Rudolf Schilberg, 360 kg and Krebs, both Austria, 345 kh
1930 3. EM in Munich OD Heavy with 370 kg (122.5-105-142.5 kg) behind Sayed Nosseir , Egypt , 375 kg a. Rudolf Schilberg, 370 kg
1931 3. EM in Luxembourg OD Heavy with 365 kg (120-105-140 kg) behind Sayed Nosseir, 395 kg u. Nikolaus Ries, Germany, 367.5 kg
1932 bronze OS in Los Angeles OD Heavy with 377.5 kg (125-107.5-145 kg) behind Jaroslav Skobla, 380 kg u. Vaclav Psenicka , Czechoslovakia, 377.5 kg
1933 3. EM in Essen FK Heavy with 525 kg, behind Vaclav Becvar , Czechoslovakia, 552.5 kg and Arnold Luhaäär, 537.5 kg
1934 3. EM in Genoa OD Heavy with 382.5 kg (130-112.5-140), behind Vaclav Psenicka, 385 kg (120-120-145) and Josef Manger, Germany, 382.5 kg (120-115-147.5)

Explanations

  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
  • Lightweight, then weight class up to 82.5 kg, heavyweight over 82.5 kg body weight
  • DK = three-way fight, consisting of one-armed tearing, two-armed pushing and two-armed poking
  • OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing
  • VK = four-way fight, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed pushing, two-armed pushing and two-armed pushing
  • FK = pentathlon, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed pushing, two-armed pushing, two-armed snatching and two-armed pushing, in another variant consisting of one-armed snatch on the right, one-armed snatch on the left, two-armed pushing, two-armed snatching and two-armed pushing

German championships

  • 1919, 3rd place, FK, S, with 502.5 kg, behind Karl Mörke , Cologne , 540 kg and Hermann Görner , Leipzig , 510 kg;
  • 1920, 1st place, FK, Hs, with 467.5 kg, ahead of Ernst Quantelbaum, Witten , 442.5 kg and Peter Weise, Hamborn , 422.5 kg;
  • 1921, 1st place, FK, S, with 515 kg, in front of Fritz Wenninger , Zuffenhausen , 460 kg and Edmund Number, Hamburg , 435 kg;
  • 1922, 1st place, FK, S, with 510 kg, ahead of Franz Aigner , Vienna , 490 kg and Alois Köhle, Stuttgart , 432.5 kg;
  • 1923, 1st place, FK, S, with 480 kg in front of H. Güttke, Beuthen , 462.5 kg and Kurt Kaufmann, Berlin , 432.5 kg;
  • 1924, 1st place, FK, S, with 530 kg in front of Paul Trappen , Trier , 527.5 kg and Reinhold Hapke, Berlin, 465 kg;
  • 1925, 1st place, FK, S, with 505 kg, ahead of Hermann Volz, Cannstatt and Paul Huber, Stuttgart;
  • 1926, 2nd place, FK, S, with 525 kg, behind Rudolf Schilberg , Vienna, 530 kg and in front of Otto Österlin, Karlsruhe , 490 kg;
  • 1927, 1st place, OD, S, with 357.5 kg, ahead of Richard Putzmann, Berlin, 335 kg and Hermann Volz, 327.5 kg;
  • 1928, 1st place, OD, S, with 370 kg, in front of Richard Putzmann, 345 kg and Hermann Volz, 345 kg;
  • 1929, 1st place, FK, S, with 537.5 kg, ahead of Hermann Volz, 525 kg and Nikolaus Ries, Bonn , 517.5 kg;
  • 1930, 1st place, OD, S, with 370 kg, in front of Rudolf Schilberg, 360 kg and Eugen Krebs, Vienna, 345 kg;
  • 1931, 1st place, OD, S, with 360 kg, in front of Neubauer, Würzburg , 342.5 kg and Paul Wahl , Düsseldorf , 330 kg;
  • 1932, 1st place, OD, S, with 367.5 kg, ahead of Paul Wahl, 347.5 kg and Hermann Velten, Hörde, 307.5 kg;
  • 1933, 1st place, FK, S, with 530 kg, in front of Paul Wahl, 507.5 kg and Karl Meusel, Leipzig , 500 kg;
  • 1934, 2nd place, FK, S, with 540 kg, behind Paul Wahl, 545 kg and in front of Karl Bierwirth , Essen , 537.5 kg;
  • 1935, 2nd place, OD, S, with 380 kg, behind Josef Manger , Freising , 385 kg and in front of Paul Wahl, 372.5 kg

World records

  • 1919, Munich, S, two-armed tearing, 105 kg,
  • 1919, Munich, S, pushing with both arms, 110 kg,
  • 1919, Munich, S, Olympic three-way fight, 340 kg,
  • 1920, Stuttgart, Hs, two-armed tearing, 95 kg,
  • 1920, Stuttgart, Hs, Olympic three-way fight, 302.5 kg,
  • 1928, Amsterdam, S, pushing with both arms, 122.5 kg,
  • 1928, Munich, S, pushing with both arms, 125 kg,
  • 1935, Munich, S, pushing 135.5 kg with both arms,
  • 1935, Nuremberg, S, pressing both arms, 136.5 kg

swell

  • Professional journal Athletics , numbers 49/1930, 42/1931, 31/1932, 41/1933, 46/1934, 45/1935, 9/1967,
  • Trials of strength, strong men then and now , Sport-Verlag, Berlin, 1985, page 242,
  • Website www.sport-komplett.de

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ registry office Kolbermoor death certificate no. 88/1950.
personal data
SURNAME Straßberger, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolbermoor
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1950
Place of death Kolbermoor