Karl Freiberger
Karl Freiberger (born February 6, 1901 ; † unknown) was an Austrian weightlifter . He became middleweight world champion in 1923 and was an Olympian in 1924 and 1928.
Career
Karl Freiberger began weightlifting in Vienna after the First World War . His first club was the athletes' club "Vollkraft" Vienna . He later moved to the "Währinger" athletes club in Vienna and ended his career with the Kraftsport-Verein (KSV) Vienna . His first notable success was the victory at the Austrian Junior Championships in 1920, where he won the championship title at the lightweight in a three-way fight, which consisted of one-armed snatch, one-armed thrusting and two-armed thrusting, weighing 262.5 kg.
In the following years he achieved a very successful career, which culminated in winning the world middleweight title at the 1923 World Cup in Vienna. He won in Vienna in a four-way battle with 387.5 kg in front of his compatriot Leopold Friedrich (weightlifter) and the Latvian Vice World Champion from 1922 Alberts Ozoliņš . A year earlier he came in the German Fighting Games in Berlin in the pentathlon with 435 kg behind Heinrich Lang from KV 95 Stuttgart on the 2nd place.
In 1924 Karl Freiberger qualified to take part in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris . In Paris he reached 487.5 kg in the pentathlon and landed on the thankless 4th place behind Charles Rigoulot , France , 502.5 kg, Fritz Hünenberger , Switzerland , 490 kg and Leopold Friedrich, 490 kg in front of him.
Then came a short period in which Karl Freiberger started for the Bundesbahner SV Wien , an association that belonged to the Austrian Workers 'Athletes' Association. For this association he was in Vienna in 1926 at the 2nd Int. Workers 'gymnastics and sports festival (Workers' Olympics) at the start and won the light heavyweight division in a three-way fight that consisted of one-armed snatch, one-armed pushing and two-armed pushing, weighing 307.5 kg.
Before 1928 he was part of the general Austrian Heavy Athletics Association has returned. He qualified again for participation in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam , where he finished 6th in the light heavyweight division with 322.5 kg.
After that, he continued to lift for many years and took very good places at Austrian championships, now starting in the heavyweight division , but did not take part in any international championships. In 1936 he tried to qualify again in the heavyweight division for participation in the Olympic Games in Berlin . He achieved 355 kg in the Olympic three-way battle in Vienna, with which he took 3rd place behind Rudolf Schilberg and Karl Schmidt. However, this result was no longer sufficient for participation in Berlin.
Then he ended his career.
International success
| year | space | competition | Competition type | Weight class | Results |
| 1922 | 2. | German fighting games in Berlin | FK | medium | with 435 kg, behind Heinrich Lang (weightlifter) , KV 95 Stuttgart, 457.5 kg and in front of Alois Richetzky , Vienna, 427.5 kg |
| 1923 | 1. | Gothenburg fighting games | DK | medium | with 272.5 kg (72.5-85-115), before Albert Ozolins, Latvia, 260 kg (67.5-77.5-115) |
| 1923 | 1. | World Cup in Vienna | VK | medium | with 387.5 kg (77.5-95-95-90-125), ahead of Leopold Friedrich, Austria, 375 kg (75-95-85-12 = and Albert Ozolins, 355 kg (70-85-82.5 -117.5) |
| 1924 | 4th | OS in Paris | FK | Semi-difficult | with 487.5 kg, behind Charles Rigoulot , France, 502.5 kg (87.5-92.5-95-102.5-140), Fritz Hünenberger, 490 kg and Leopold Friedrich, 490 kg (75-95- 95-95-130) |
| 1926 | 1. | 2. Intern. Workers 'gymnastics and sports festival (Workers' Olympics) in Vienna | DK | Semi-difficult | with 307.5 kg (82.5-90-135), ahead of Kozian, Austria, 282.5 kg and Habermehl, Germany, 260 kg |
| 1928 | 6th | OS in Amsterdam | OD | Semi-difficult | with 322.5 kg (95-95-132.5); Winner: Sayed Nosseir , Egypt , 355 kg (100-112.5-142.5) ahead of Louis Hostin , France, 352.5 kg (100-110-142.5) |
National competitions
| year | space | competition | Competition type | Weight class | Results |
| 1920 | 1. | Austrian Junior Championship | DK | Light | with 262.5 kg (65-77.5-120) |
| 1920 | 5. | Austrian championship | VK | medium | Winner: Karl Skritezky, 375 kg |
| 1921 | 3. | Viennese championship | FK | medium | with 435 kg (72.5-80-80-80-110), behind Erhard Mehrl, 452.5 kg and Alois Richetzky, 450.5 kg |
| 1921 | 3. | Austrian championship | VK | medium | with 353.5 kg (70-85-80-110), behind Alois Richetzky, 368.5 kg and Josef Kammerer, 363.75 kg |
| 1922 | 1. | Qualif. fd German fighting games in Vienna | FK | medium | with 435 kg (70-85-82.5-85-112.5), in front of R. Ax, Vienna, 432.5 kg and Alois Richetzky, 422.5 kg |
| 1924 | 1. | Viennese championship | FK | Semi-difficult | with 505 kg (75-90-92.5-90-135), in front of Leopold Friedrich, Vienna, 499.5 kg (75-95-90-95-135) |
| 1924 | 1. | Olympic qualification in Vienna | FK | Semi-difficult | with 487.5 kg (77.5-95-92.5-92.5-130), in front of Leopold Friedrich, 475 kg (75-95-85-95-125) |
| 1924 | 1. | Austrian championship | VK | Semi-difficult | with 422.5 kg (80-95-95-130), in front of R. Ax, 396.4 kg |
| 1926 | 1. | Austrian AAB championship | FK | Heavy | with 525 kg (82.5-95-97.5-97.5-130) |
| 1928 | 1. | Olympic qualification in Vienna | OD | Semi-difficult | with 315 kg (87.5-95-132.5), in front of Josef Zeman (weightlifter) , Vienna, 305 kg |
| 1931 | 2. | Austrian championship | OD | Heavy | with 330 kg, behind Rudolf Schilberg , Vienna, 380 kg |
| 1935 | 2. | Austrian championship | OD | Heavy | with 345 kg, behind Josef Zeman, 365 kg |
| 1936 | 3. | Olympic qualification in Vienna | OD | Heavy | with 355 kg, behind Rudolf Schilberg, 362.5 kg and Karl Schmidt, AC "Gaswerk" Vienna, 355 kg |
- Explanations
- Lightweight, weight class up to 67.5 kg, medium weight, up to 75 kg, light heavyweight, up to 82.5 kg and heavyweight, over 82.5 kg body weight
- DK = three-way fight, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed pushing and two-armed pushing; OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, snatching and pushing, VK = four-way fight, consisting of one-armed pulling, one-armed pushing, two-armed pushing and two-armed pushing, FK = pentathlon, consisting of one-armed pulling, one-armed pushing, two-armed pushing, snapping and pushing
- Until 1927, free and unfree repositioning was permitted in Austria; Athletes who turned freely received a "supplement" of 10% of the lifted weight
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
literature
- Athletics magazine
- Austrian Sport-Tageblatt (digitized edition)
Web links
- Karl Freiberger in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Karl Freiberger in Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century
- Karl Freiberger 1923
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freiberger, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1901 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1936 |