Klaus Pohl (wrestler)
Klaus-Jürgen Pohl (born August 1, 1941 in Demmin ) is a former German wrestler .
Life
Klaus Pohl from Demmin in Mecklenburg began wrestling as a teenager. After initial successes, the wrestler, highly rated by the talent scouts of the GDR wrestling association, was delegated to SG Dynamo Luckenwalde , where he developed into a class wrestler in the Greco-Roman style with coach Rolf Wilkowski. One of his first major successes was the 2nd place in the lightweight, Greco-Roman style at the "Werner Seelenbinder Tournament" in Leipzig in 1962 behind Eckhard Schulz from Rostock and ahead of Stas Penew, Bulgaria . The future world champion Dawid Gwandseladzefrom the USSR was only 6th winner in this weight class. He first became GDR lightweight champion in 1964 when he defeated the favorite Eckhard Schulz. Klaus Pohl's greatest success was winning the European Championship in Essen in 1966 . When studying his opponents in international competitions in the following years, it is noticeable that he always had an extremely difficult lot. So he defeated z. For example, at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , Vitezlav Macha and Gennadi Sapunow, two world champions, only to fail in the next round against two other world champions, Petros Galaktopoulos and Stevan Horvat .
After the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , Klaus Pohl ended his wrestling career and was a successful coach at Dynamo Luckenwalde for many years.
International success
(all competitions in Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, lightweight, up to 68 or 70 kg, welter weight, up to 74 or 78 kg body weight)
year | space | competition | Weight class | |
1963 | 1. | "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig | Welter | in front of Eckhard Schulz u. Gods, bde. GDR |
1964 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Gelenau | Welter | in front of bracket u. Cousin, bde. GDR |
1965 | 6th | World Cup in Tampere | Light | with victories over Petros Galaktopoulos , Greece , James Burke, USA and defeats against Guro Gurow , Bulgaria and Munaji Munemura, Japan |
1966 | 1. | EM in Essen | Light | with victories over Josef Brötzner, Austria , Antonio Margaca Galantinho, Portugal , Eero Tapio , Finland , Branislav Martinović , Yugoslavia , Antal Steer, Hungary and Ion Gabor , Romania and despite a defeat by Aage Barlie, Norway |
1967 | 3. | EM in Minsk | Light | with victories over Kazimierz Macioch, Poland , Marin Bolocan, Romania, Boris Butrakow , Bulgaria, one draw against Tapio and one defeat against Gennady Sapunow , USSR |
1967 | 11. | World Cup in Bucharest | Light | after losing to Antal Steer and Mohammad Farhangdoust, Iran |
1968 | 4th | EM in Västerås | Light | with victories over Franz Schmitt (wrestler) , Federal Republic of Germany , Ion Enache , Romania, Wladimir Novochatko, USSR and a draw against Boris Butrakow |
1968 | 10. | OS in Mexico City | Light | with victories over Vitezlav Macha , CSSR and Gennadi Sapunow, USSR and defeats against Petros Galaktopoulos, Greece and Stevan Horvat , Yugoslavia |
1970 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Berlin (East) | Welter | before Konytschew, USSR a. Ivan Kolew , Bulgaria |
1970 | 7th | EM in Berlin (East), | Welter | with victories over Macha, Harald Barlie, Norway and defeats against Momir Kecman, Yugoslavia and Wiktor Igumenow , USSR |
1971 | 7th | World Cup in Sofia | Welter | with victories over Tapio and Macha and defeats against Igumenow and Butrakow |
1972 | 7th | OS in Munich | Welter | with wins over Robert Blaser, Switzerland and Tapio and defeats against Macha and Daniel Robin , France |
GDR championships
year | space | style | Weight class | |
1964 | 1. | GR | Light | in front of Eckhard Schulz , Rostock and Heinz Henkel, Zella-Mehlis |
1965 | 1. | GR | Light | before Adolf Franke , Leipzig and Schulz |
1966 | 1. | GR | Light | in front of Henkel and Frey, Rostock |
1967 | 2. | GR | Light | behind Schulz and in front of Klaus-Peter Göpfert , Zella-Mehlis |
1968 | 1. | GR | Light | before Jürgen Hähnel , Leipzig and Göpfert |
1969 | 1. | GR | Welter | before Göpfert and Ensign, Zella-Mehlis |
1970 | 1. | GR | Welter | before Bernd Müller, Luckenwalde and Gotter, Leipzig |
1971 | 1. | GR | Welter | in front of Müller and Helbing, Leipzig |
1972 | 1. | GR | Welter | before Detlef Klett, Luckenwalde and Rößler, Leipzig |
swell
Hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 193 u. 235
Web links
- Profile of Klaus Pohl at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Klaus Pohl in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pohl, Klaus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pohl, Klaus-Jürgen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Demmin |