Karl-Heinz Haag

This article is about the weightlifter Karl-Heinz Haag. For the philosopher see Karl Heinz Haag .

Karl-Heinz Haag (born February 20, 1929 in Meerbeck near Moers , † August 28, 1959 ) was a German weightlifter .

Career

Haag was a gymnast and track and field athlete even as a teenager . In 1947 he started lifting weights. Initially, he also did wrestling and artistic strength sports. While he soon gave up wrestling, he remained loyal to weight training alongside weightlifting. He was also very successful in this and won the German championship in the 2-Perche group several times as Untermann with various partners.

In weightlifting, Haag began to have its first successes on a regional level from 1947 and soon also on a German level. Things rose steeply when Otto Uhlenbruch took over his training in 1954. He won his first of a total of three German championships in 1955. At the world championships in which he participated, he finished well in the middle. Karl-Heinz Haag was an independent master craftsman and often had to sacrifice his training for his job. Nevertheless, he reached almost 400 kg in the Olympic three-way fight. In 1958 he fell seriously ill and died in 1959.

International success

(WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Ls = light heavyweight, Ms = middle heavyweight)

• 1955, 10th place , WM + EM in Munich , Ls, with 362.5 kg, EM valuation: 6th place , winner: Thomas Kono , USA , 435 (142.5, 127.5, 165.0) kg, ahead of Vasily Stepanow , USSR , 427.5 (135.0, 130.0, 160.0) kg; and James George , USA, 402.5 (117.5, 120.0, 165.0)
• 1957, 8th place , World Championships in Tehran , Ls, with 377.5 kg, winner: Trofim Lomakin , USSR, 450 (142.5, 132.5, 175.0) kg, ahead of James George , USA , 422.5 (130.0, 132.5, 160.0 ) kg;

International battles

• 1954 against Sweden , Wed, 330 kg - Ingemar Franzen, 355 kg;
• 1956 against France , Ls, 367.5 kg - Georges Marchal, 360 kg;
• 1956 against Finland , Ls, 357.5 kg - Tounonen, 370 kg;
• 1957 against France, Ms, 390 kg - Jean Debuf , 400 kg

German championships

• 1949, 4th place , Wed, with 312.5 kg, behind Adolf Wagner (weightlifter) , 335 kg, Hans Schiweck, Berlin , 320 kg and Erich Lemke, TSV 1860 Munich , 312.5 kg;
• 1950, 8th place , Wed (VK), with 352.5 kg, winner: Schiweck, 395 kg, ahead of Rudolf Ismayr , Freising , 390 kg;
• 1951, 5th place , Wed, with 310 kg, winner. Wagner, 332.5 kg before Danowski, Westerholt, 317.5 kg;
• 1954, 2nd place , Wed, with 332.5 kg, behind Anton Leuthe , Fellbach , 350 kg and in front of Fritz Schwemmer, Sandow Nürnberg, 320 kg;
• 1955, 1st place , Ls, with 362.5 kg, ahead of Heinz Kilian , Kassel , 355 kg and Alfred Hintz, Hanover, 355 kg;
• 1956, 1st place , Ls, with 370 kg, before Horst Wessel, Hamburg , 357.5 kg and Helmut Kienert , Berlin , 355 kg;
• 1957, 1st place , Ls, with 387.5 kg, ahead of Kilian, 365 kg and Kienert, 365 kg

German records

when pressing with both arms:

• 118.25 kg, 1955, Ls,
• 120 kg, 1955, Ls,
• 123.5 kg, 1955, Ls,
• 130 kg, 1957, Ls,
• 138 kg, 1957, Ls,
• 132.5 kg, 1958, Ms

in the Olympic three-way battle:

• 390 kg, 1957, Ls,
• 392.5 kg, 1957, Ls,
• 395 kg, 1957, Ls

literature

• Professional journal Athletics 1949 to 1958.