Karl Döppel

Karl Döppel (born May 4, 1890 , † October 28, 1952 ) was a German wrestler in the Greco-Roman style.

Life

Döppel joined the SC 1904 Maxvorstadt Nürnberg in 1906 and became German wrestling champion for the first time in 1909. In 1920 he did his military service in Munich and trained as a gymnastics and sports teacher in 1911 and 1912. He found a job as a gymnastics teacher with the city of Nuremberg , but was only able to participate in sports to a limited extent from 1910 to 1912 due to his military service and training. From 1914 to 1918 he had to take part in the First World War , which he survived seriously wounded (three wounds: shot through the lung, two shots through the shoulder). Nevertheless, he took part in wrestling events again in 1919 and was able to continue his profession until his untimely death in 1952. In addition to his top performance in wrestling, Döppel also performed well in athletics and weightlifting. For example, he pushed 125 kg with both arms. In his club, the SC Maxvorstadt, as a wrestling coach, he contributed a lot to the fact that many young wrestlers reached the German and international top (Leucht, Sperling, Reitmeier, Lehner, Hornfischer, etc.).

successes

• 1909: German middleweight champion in Essen ahead of Buchholtz and Köhnen, both Essen,
• 1912: in Nuremberg shoulder winner over the German middleweight champion Julius Maier , Untertürkheim in four minutes,
• 1913: Fourth place at the world championships in Breslau in the light heavyweight division, with shoulder winner over Trestler, Austria, in two minutes. Döppel injured himself and had to give up. World champion was Ernst Nilsson , Sweden, ahead of Trestler,
• 1913: at various events in Nuremberg shoulder winner over the German heavyweight champion from 1913, Oehler, Frankfurt and over the German fourth of the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, Jakob Neser , Ludwigshafen,
• 1914: Winner of the first Olympic qualification for the Olympic Games, which were scheduled for 1916 in Berlin,
• 1919: German heavyweight champion in Munich ahead of Jakob Neser and Heinrich Bock , Cologne,
• 1919: in Nuremberg shoulder winner over the later German light heavyweight champion from 1922, Wilhelm Knöpfle , Untertürkheim,
• 1920: German champion in Stuttgart before Adolf Kurz , Stuttgart, and Bock,
• 1920: Participation in the heavyweight world championship in Vienna. Döppel had to retire due to an injury after a win in the first round. World champion was Heinrich Bock , Cologne, ahead of Franz Wagner , Austria, and Adolf Kurz, Stuttgart,
• 1920: Participation in wrestling tournaments in Sweden. In Malmö he was the winner ahead of Tetenin, Denmark, and in Landskrona he was second behind Sjögren, Sweden.
• 1921: German heavyweight champion in Plauen ahead of Karl Paulini, Gleiwitz, and Gustav Steinke, Wilhelmsburg,
• 1921: European heavyweight champion in Offenbach ahead of Adolf Kurz and August Köstner sen. , Bamberg,
• 1921: at various events shoulder winners over Kurz and Haag, both Stuttgart, Hauff, Frankfurt, Philipp Heß , Mannheim, Adamschack, Berlin, Bogner, Munich, Köstner and Karl Hertel , Hof (2nd heavyweight world champion in 1911 in Dresden),
• 1922: German heavyweight champion in Berlin ahead of Ewert, Berlin, and Mohr, Hof (seven shoulder wins in a total of 3.51 minutes),
• 1922: at various events victories over Wagner, Vienna, König, Mannheim, Pritzl, Munich, Rössing, Cologne and Frantisek Tazler , Czechoslovakia,
• 1923: In a fight against the Swedish master Gustav Lindquist in Nuremberg, Karl Döppel injured himself so badly that he could not wrestle for a long time. He broke his leg.
• 1924: Winner at various events over Béla Nagy, Hungary, Mileder, Hinterstoißer and Wiesberger, all Austria. He tied against Verheyen, Netherlands, and the German heavyweight champion from 1924, Adolf Rieger , Berlin,
• 1925: Second place in the German heavyweight championship in Stuttgart. Döppel shouldered in turn Bronnold, Stuttgart, Ferdinand Muß , Hörde, Willi Müller , Cologne and Georg Gehring , Ludwigshafen. Since this was Gehring's first defeat, Döppel had to wrestle with Gehring again, in accordance with the rules of the time, and broke his finger in the process. After Döppel gave up this fight, there was still a decisive battle which, as Döppel was no longer in the best of his strength, Gehring won again. Gehring was thus German champion ahead of Döppel and Müller.
• 1926: Karl Döppel and his team won the German team championship against ASV Bad Kreuznach.

power

Karl Döppel was undisputedly the best German heavyweight wrestler from 1919 to the German championship in 1925. He did not lose a fight against a German wrestler during this period. He was a fast, light, technically excellent heavyweight.

In the contemporary German press Döppel was often referred to as the best heavyweight wrestler in the world. Döppel could not take part in the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 and in Paris in 1924 and in the official World Championships in Helsinki in 1921 and in Stockholm in 1922. There were never any comparisons with the wrestlers with doubles placed in front. The 1913 light heavyweight world champion, Ernst Nilsson, Sweden, who had shouldered there like Döppel, Trestler, Austria, was also heavyweight world champion in Stockholm in 1923. A cross comparison between Döppel and Nilsson is of course not possible. The Czech Frantisek Tazler, whom Döppel shouldered several times in 1922, was described in the contemporary Nuremberg press as the third Olympic champion of 1920. But this is wrong. Tazler took part in the light heavyweight division in the Olympic Games in 1920 and 1924, but was eliminated every time after the second round and remained unplaced. The Swedish champion Gustav Lindquist, who had given Döppel an open fight until he broke his foot, took part in the light heavyweight world championships in Stockholm in 1922, won against Dömeny, Hungary, but lost to Kukk, Estonia and Nielsen, Denmark, and was fourth.

Despite the lack of comparisons with the Scandinavian wrestlers and the French Deglane (1924 Olympic heavyweight champion), it can be assumed that Karl Döppel would have had a chance against these wrestlers in his best form. The way in which Döppel ruled the German heavyweight scene in those years allows this to be concluded. Finally, from 1926 Georg Gehring and Kurt Hornfischer also won international titles against these wrestlers.

swell

• Athletics magazine .
• Documentation Hundred Years of Wrestling in Germany. Ed .: German Wrestling Association. Athletik-Verlag, Karlsruhe 1992, pp. 42-44, 176, 220f.
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships. 1976.

Web links

• Profile of Karl Döppel at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Illustrated Österreichisches Sporttagblatt (digitized edition) master wrestler Karl Döppel 1923