Josef Tertelj

Jožef Tertei, 1984

Josef Tertelj (born May 5, 1960 ) is a former Yugoslav wrestler . He was a bronze medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics , Vice World Champion 1983 and European Champion 1986 in the Greco-Roman heavyweight division.

Career

Josef Tertelj (József Törtei), who belongs to the Hungarian minority, grew up in Senta in the Yugoslav province of Vojvodina , from which a large part of the top Yugoslav wrestlers came after the Second World War. Even as a junior he was one of the best Yugoslav wrestlers in the Greco-Roman style, the style to which he devoted himself exclusively.

He celebrated his first success on the international wrestling mat as a 19-year-old at the Balkan Championships in Yambol in 1979 , where he took 3rd place in the light heavyweight division behind the established wrestlers Ilie Matei from Romania and Atanas Komtschew from Bulgaria . He took the same place at the Balkan Championships in 1980 in Istanbul in the heavyweight division. In 1980 he came in 6th place at the Junior World Championships in Bursa in the light heavyweight division.

After Refik Memišević , the best Yugoslav wrestler in the heavyweight class, switched to the super heavyweight division in 1981, Josef Tertelj was regularly used at the international championships from this year on. In 1981, however, he still had to learn the hard way at both the European Championships in Gothenburg and the World Championships in Oslo . At both events he managed only one victory, a point victory over Hans-Günter Klein from the FRG .

He achieved significantly better results in 1982. He won his first medal that year with a third place at the European Championships in Varna behind Andrei Dimitrov from Bulgaria and Nikolai Inkov from the Soviet Union . The 5th place at the World Championships in Katowice was an excellent result.

In 1983 he initially disappointed his supporters with a 6th place at the European Championships in Budapest , but in return he finished 2nd at the World Championships of the same year in Kiev, behind Andrei Dimitrov and ahead of the Soviet representative Viktor Avdyshev .

In 1984 he only started at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , which Yugoslavia, unlike most of the other socialist states at the time, had not boycotted. The reward was winning the Olympic bronze medal behind Vasile Andrei from Romania and Greg Gibson from the USA.

After a 5th place at the 1985 World Cup in Kolbotn / Norway , he won his first international title in 1986 in Athens . He was European heavyweight champion ahead of Thomas Horschel from the GDR and Istvan Illes from Hungary . In the final battle he defeated Thomas Horschel with 6: 2 points. He was not at the start at the 1986 World Cup.

In 1987 he missed the medal ranks with a 4th place at the European Championships in Tampere and a 5th place at the World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand . In Tampere he lost the decisive fight for a medal against Jörg Kotte from the GDR with 3: 4 points.

1988 was Josef Tertelj's last year on the international wrestling mats. At the European Championships in Kolbotn he celebrated another great success with a 2nd place behind Anatoly Fedorenko from the USSR. At the Olympic Games in Seoul this year , with a good 5th place, it was no longer quite enough to win a medal. There the new stars Andrzej Wroński and Gerhard Himmel dominated .

After these games, Josef Tertelj ended his international wrestling career. He went to Germany and for many years wrestled with various clubs in southwest Germany in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight, back then up to 90 kg or 100 kg body weight)

• 1979, 3rd place , Balkan Championship in Jambol , GR, Hs, behind Ilie Matei , Romania a . Atanas Komtschew , Bulgaria a . in front of Seyfullah Shiringos, Turkey a . Dimitrios Hatzigeorgios, Greece ;
• 1980, 3rd place , Balkan Championship in Istanbul , GR, S, behind Georgios Pikilidis , Greece a. Ion Hanou, Romania a. in front of Kenan Cinar, Turkey a. Ivan Petrov, Bulgaria;
• 1980, 6th place , Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Bursa , GR, Hs, behind Christer Gulldén , Sweden , Nikolai Sibnitew, USSR, Lajos Herczeg , Hungary , Zbigniew Lobeyko, Poland a. Ilie Matei;
• 1981, 6th place , EM in Gothenburg , GR, S, with a victory over Hans-Günter Klein , BRD a . Losses against Vladiyslav Bojko, Czechoslovakia, Vasile Andrei , Romania etc. Roman Wroclawski , Poland ;
• 1981, 9th place , World Championships in Oslo , GR, S, after defeats against Michail Saladze , USSR a. Greg Gibson , USA ;
• 1982, 5th place , Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Freiburg im Breisgau , GR, S, behind Michail Saladse, Thomas Horschel , GDR , Andrej Dimitrow , Bulgaria a. Jeff Simons, USA a. before Georgios Pikilidis;
• 1982, 3rd place , EM in Varna , GR, S, behind Andrej Dimitrow a. Nikolai Inkow , USSR a. before Vasile Andrei, Tamás Gáspár , Hungary a. Vladyslav Bojko;
• 1982, 5th place , World Championships in Katowice , GR, S, behind Roman Wroclawski , Poland, Vasile Andrei, Andrej Dimitrow u. Nikolai Inkow u. before Vladyslav Bojko;
• 1983, 6th place , EM in Budapest , GR, S, behind Andrei Dimitrov, Tamas Gaspar, Wiktor Avdychew , USSR, Vasile Andrei u. Georgios Pikilidis;
• 1983, 2nd place , World Championships in Kiev , GR, S, behind Andrej Dimitrov a. before Wiktor Avdyschew, Georgios Pikilidis, Vasile Andrei a. Greg Gibson;
• 1984, bronze medal , OS in Los Angeles , GR, S, with victories over Fritz Gerdsmeier , FRG, Yoshihiro Fujita, Japan a . Georgios Pikilidis et al. a loss to Greg Gibson;
• 1985, 5th place , World Championships in Kolbotn / Norway , GR, S, behind Andrei Dimitrov, Tamas Gaspar, Anatoli Fedorenko , USSR and others. Vasile Andrei et al. before Roman Bierla , Poland;
• 1986, 1st place , EM in Athens , GR, S, ahead of Thomas Horschel, Istvan Illes , Hungary, Dusan Masar , Czechoslovakia, Anatoli Fedorenko and others. Roman Bierla;
• 1987, 4th place , EM in Tampere , GR, S, behind Ilja Wassiljew , Bulgaria, Vasile Andrei u. Jörg Kotte , GDR a. before Igor Kanygin , USSR a. Keijo Manni , Finland ;
• 1987, 3rd place , Grand Prix tournament, GR, S, behind Vasile Andrei u. Héctor Milián , Cuba a . before Gerhard Himmel , FRG a. Ilya Vasiliev;
• 1987, 5th place , World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand , GR, S, behind Guram Guduschauri , USSR, Dennis Koslowski , USA, Vasile Andrei u. Jörg Kotte u. before Ilya Vasiliev;
• 1987, 4th place , FILA-Grand-Prix-Gala in Budapest, GR, S, behind Vasile Andrei, Ilja Wassiljew u. Dennis Koslowski u. before Hector Milian u. Jörg Kotte;
• 1988, 2nd place , EM in Kolbotn / Norway, GR, S, behind Anatoli Fedorenko u. in front of Gerhard Himmel, Andrej Dimitrow, Vasile Andrei u. Istvan Illes;
• 1988, 5th place , OS in Seoul , GR, S, behind Andrzej Wroński , Poland, Gerhard Himmel, Dennis Koslowski, Ilja Georgiew, Bulgaria a. in front of Yoo Young-Tai , South Korea

swell

• Specialist magazine Der Ringer , numbers 4/1981, page 8, 9/1981, page 6, 5/6/1982, page 6, 9/1982, page 10, 9/1983, page 9, 10/1983, page 6, 9 / 1984, page 11, 9/1985, page 6, 5/1986, page 9, 6/1987, page 9, 9/1987, page 10, 7/1988, pages 5/6, 10/1988, page 12.
• Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig ,
• Website "www.sports123.com"

Web links

• Profile of Josef Tertelj at the Institute for Applied Training Science