Karl Schwitalle
Karl Schwitalle (born April 12, 1906 in Breslau (Upper Silesia), † February 7, 1945 in Stettin ) was a German weightlifter . At the World Championships in Vienna in 1938 he won a bronze medal in the lightweight Olympic three-way battle .
Career
Karl Schwitalle grew up in what was then the German city of Breslau, where he began lifting weights as a teenager at the strength sports club Cyklop 03 Breslau . Later he moved to the Reichsbahn-Turn- und Sport-Gemeinschaft Breslau . Nothing is known about his early years as a weightlifter. It was not until 1934, at the age of 28, that he was able to place himself in the front of the field at a German championship. This year he came in the so-called German Fighting Games in Nuremberg in the lightweight pentathlon (one-armed tearing, one-armed pushing, two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing) with 432.5 kg in 5th place.
In 1935 he was in the lightweight with a performance of 302.5 kg in the Olympic three-way fight (OD) behind Karl Jansen , Essen, already German runner-up. In 1936 he repeated this success and increased his three-way performance to 317.5 kg (95-100-122.5). Together with Karl Jansen, who was his long-term German competitor throughout Karl Schwitalle's career, he was then used at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In Berlin he achieved an OD 322.5 kg (95-100-127.5) and achieved 4th place with this performance.
In 1937, 1939, 1940 and 1941 Karl Schwitalle was again German runner-up in the lightweight division, beaten by Karl Jansen. In 1938 he took 3rd place in the German lightweight championship with 315 kg, but was still used at the world championship in Vienna. He achieved a performance of 332.5 kg (97.5-105-130) in the OD and thus won a World Championship bronze medal behind Anthony Terlazzo, United States, 350 kg and Attiah Mohamed, Egypt, 342.5 kg , because he was a little lighter than Karl Jansen, who had also achieved 332.5 kg in the OD.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 1936 | 4th | OS in Berlin | Light | with 322.5 kg (95-100-127.5, behind Mohammed Ahmed Mesbah , Egypt, 342.5 kg (92.5-105-145), Robert Fein , Austria, 342.5 kg (105-100-137 , 5) and Karl Jansen, Germany, 327.5 kg (95-100-132.5) |
| 1937 | 4th | World Cup in Paris | Light | with 325 kg (97.5-100-127.5), behind Anthony Terlazzo, USA, 357.5 kg (105-110-142.5), Robert Fein, 355 kg (197.5-107.5-140 ) and Karl Jansen, 330 kg (97.5-102.5-130) |
| 1938 | 3. | World Cup in Vienna | Light | with 332.5 kg (97.5-105-130), behind Anthony Terlazzo, 350 kg and Attiah Mohamed, Egypt, 342.5 kg, in front of Karl Jansen, 332.5 kg |
| 1939 | 2. | Intern. Weightlifting tournament in Munich | Light | with 330 kg (97.5-102.5-130), behind Karl Jansen, 335 kg (100-100-130) and in front of Schubert, Germany, 300 kg (85-97.5-117.5) |
German championships
| year | space | Weight class | Results |
| 1934 | 5. | Light | with 432.5 kg in the pentathlon, winner: Adolf Wagner , VKSA Essen 88, 450 kg |
| 1935 | 2. | Light | with 302.5 kg, behind Karl Jansen , VKSA Essen 88, 310 kg, in front of Hans Wölpert , TSV 1860 Munich, 302.5 kg |
| 1936 | 2. | Light | with 317.5 kg (95-100-122.5), behind Karl Jansen, 322.5 kg (95-97.5-130), in front of Franz Thiersch, VfL Erfurt, 317.5 kg (87.5-100 -130) |
| 1937 | 2. | Light | with 315 kg, behind Karl Jansen, 325 kg, in front of Kurt Erdmann, Suhl, 305 kg |
| 1938 | 3. | Light | with 315 kg, behind Karl Jansen, 332.5 kg and Kurt Erdmann, 317.5 kg |
| 1939 | 2. | Light | with 325 kg, behind Karl Jansen, 340 kg, in front of Ernst Hermann, PolSpVgg Vienna, 320 kg |
| 1940 | 2. | Light | with 320 kg, behind Karl Jansen, 330 kg, in front of Ernst Hermann, 310 kg |
| 1941 | 2. | Light | with 335 kg, behind Karl Jansen, 337.5 kg, in front of Ernst Hermann, 332.5 kg |
| 1942 | 1. | Light | with 322.5 kg, ahead of Ernst Hermann, 315 kg and Franz Rettenbacher, Margarethen SV Vienna, 295 kg |
- Explanations
- all competitions in the Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, snatching and pushing; Exception: German championship 1934: pentathlon, consisting of one-armed tearing and pushing and two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
- Lightweight, weight class up to 67.5 kg body weight
literature
- Athletics magazine
Web links
- Karl Schwitalle in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Karl Schwitalle in Top Lifters of the 20th Century
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwitalle, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwitalle, Karl Wilhelm Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breslau , Upper Silesia, German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1945 |
| Place of death | Szczecin , German Empire |