Klaus Rost
Klaus Rost (born March 2, 1940 in Witten ) is a former German wrestler .
Career
Klaus Rost started wrestling at KSV Witten 07 at the age of 12 . In 1958 he was German youth champion (Greco-Roman style, up to 62 kg body weight). As early as the next year he was the first German champion in the senior class. From then on, a successful wrestling career began, which lasted until 1973.
Already in 1963 he won a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman style at the world championship in Helsingborg in the lightweight, after moving to local rivals Sport-UNION Annen. His greatest success was without a doubt winning the Olympic silver medal at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo in a lightweight, free style.
For this achievement he received the silver laurel leaf from the hand of the Federal President on December 11, 1964.
Four years later he narrowly missed a medal at the Olympic Games in Mexico City with a 4th place in the Greco-Roman style. Another good 4th place was achieved by Klaus Rost at the 1969 World Cup in Mar del Plata .
Klaus Rost won a total of 16 German championship titles. He was one of the few wrestlers who was successful in both styles, the Greco-Roman and the free style. His toughest competitors at these German championships were Franz Schmitt from Aschaffenburg , Manfred Schöndorfer from Bad Reichenhall and Horst Bergmann from Lichtenfels .
After his active time he was a youth coach in Witten.
Greatest international success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, lightweight, then up to 68 kg body weight)
| year | space | competition | style | Weight class | |
| 1963 | 3. | World Cup in Helsingborg | GR | Light | with victories over Eckhard Schulz , GDR , Naggar, Syria , Jurgiel, Poland , Daniel Robin , France and defeats against Dawid Gwandseladse , USSR and Stevan Horvat , Yugoslavia |
| 1964 | silver | OS in Tokyo | F. | Light | with victories over Greig, New Zealand , Doner, Canada , Djan, Afghanistan and defeats against Enju Valtschew-Dimow , Bulgaria and Chung Dong-Goo, North Korea |
| 1967 | 5. | EM in Istanbul | F. | Light | with victories over Traszi, Hungary , Spagnoli, Italy and defeats against Valtchew and Seyit Ahmet Ağralı , Turkey |
| 1968 | 4th | O S in Mexico City | GR | Light | with victories over El Sheriban, Egypt , Enache, Romania , Eero Tapio , Finland , Holzer, USA, undecided against Kazim Ayvaz , Turkey and defeat against Horvath |
| 1969 | 4th | World Cup in Mar del Plata | GR | Light | with victories over Buzzard, USA, Gholami, Iran and a draw against the later first and second placed Simion Popescu , Romania and Sreten Damjanović , Yugoslavia |
Success at German championships
| year | space | Age group | style | Weight class | Result |
| 1958 | 1. | Youth A | F. | up to 62 kg body weight | before Dieter Schudlich, Witten a . Helmut Zewe, Hüttigweiler |
| 1959 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Werner Ziesmer, Essen a . Gerhard Füglein, Nuremberg |
| 1960 | 3. | Seniors | F. | Light | behind Horst Bergmann , Lichtenfels u. Gottlieb Neumair , Neuaubing |
| 1961 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Fritz Ostermann, Malstatt a . Gerhard Füglein |
| 1963 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Edmund Seger , Freiburg a . Ernst Knoll , Eppelheim |
| 1963 | 1. | Seniors | GR | Light | in front of Gottlieb Neumair u. Franz Schmitt , Aschaffenburg |
| 1964 | 2. | Seniors | GR | Light | behind Franz Schmitt u. in front of Karl-Heinz Schlopsnies, Witten |
| 1964 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Horst Bergmann u. W. Krauthäuser, Mülheim |
| 1965 | 2. | Seniors | GR | Light | behind Franz Schmitt, in front of Edmund Seger |
| 1966 | 1. | Seniors | GR | Light | before Franz Schmitt u. Gottlieb Liebl, Munich |
| 1966 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Horst Bergmann u. Peter Zeiher, Brötzingen |
| 1967 | 1. | Seniors | GR | Light | before Franz Schmitt u. Jürgen Magin, Friesenheim |
| 1968 | 2. | Seniors | GR | Light | behind Franz Schmitt u. before Manfred Schöndorfer , Bad Reichenhall |
| 1968 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Helmut Hölker, Dortmund a . Franz Schmitt |
| 1969 | 1. | Seniors | GR | Light | before Manfred Schöndorfer u. Arnold Both, Heusweiler |
| 1969 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Helmut Hölker u. Peter Rammo, Spiesen |
| 1970 | 2. | Seniors | GR | Light | behind Manfred Schöndorfer u. before Erich Lorbach, Efferen |
| 1970 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Willi Betz, Baienfurt a . Erich Lorbach |
| 1971 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Hermann Lohr , Efferen a. Gerhard Hartmann, Köllerbach |
| 1972 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Hermann Lohr u. Erich Lorbach |
| 1973 | 1. | Seniors | F. | Light | before Werner Hettich , Freiburg a. Gerhard Weisenberger , Aschaffenburg |
Note: GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style
swell
- Athletics magazine from 1958 to 1970.
- A hundred years of wrestling in Germany. Der Ringer, Niedernberg, pp. 195, 214, 215, 226 and 227.
- 1972 yearbook of the German Wrestling Federation. Athletics, Karlsruhe 1972, p. 209.
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships. 1976.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information given by the Federal Government to the Bundestag on September 29, 1973 - printed matter 7/1040 - Annex 3, pages 54 ff., Here page 55
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rust, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Witten |