Konstantin Schneider

Konstantin Schneider (born February 17, 1975 in Frunze, Kyrgyz SSR , Soviet Union , today Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan ) is a German wrestler in the Greco-Roman style.

Career

Konstantin Schneider grew up in what was then the Soviet Union and started wrestling there as a teenager . After moving to the Federal Republic of Germany , he joined KSV St. Ingbert , where he was supported by his father, Dr. Heinrich Schneider was trained. In 1992 he was German youth champion in the weight class up to 63 kg body weight in the Greco-Roman style. He concentrated on this style throughout his wrestling career. He was also German youth champion in 1993, but in the weight class up to 68 kg body weight. In 1995 he became German junior welterweight champion and in 1996 he was the first German champion in the senior welterweight division ahead of Murat Cebi from KSV Aalen and Mario Lauer from KSV Haslach iK From KSV St.Ingbert he moved to VfK Schifferstadt and a few years later to KSV Köllerbach . His father was followed by Markus Scherer , Frank Hartmann, and Günter Reichelt and Maik Bullmann in the national team . Konstantin Schneider works as a croupier .

In 1993 Konstantin Schneider took part in an international championship for the first time. However, he lost his first fight against the Bulgarian Milew at the European Junior Championships in the Austrian Götzis in the lightweight and remained unplaced. Two years later, in 1995, he achieved his first major international success at the Junior World Championships in Tehran . He was there in welterweight behind Tamas Berzicza from Hungary and before Nazmi Avluca from Turkey junior vice world champion .

Despite his German championship title in 1996, he did not appear in the international championship in the next few years. That was because he did not win another German championship title in the following years. He either always placed behind Erik Hahn from RSV Frankfurt (Oder) or, as in 2000 and 2001, could not take part in the German championships. An exception was the year 1999, where he was used at the World Cup in Athens . In welterweight he came there to a victory over Nazim Akhmedov from Azerbaijan , but lost his second fight against Marko Yli-Hannuksela from Finland and therefore remained unplaced according to the then somewhat strange regulations. He also took part in an Olympic qualification tournament in Faenza in 2000 , where he only finished 20th. Erik Hahn started at the other Olympic qualification tournaments in the welterweight division. However, the German welterweights did not succeed in fighting for a starting place at the Olympic Games in Sydney .

In 2002 Konstantin Schneider finally fought for a German welterweight championship title in front of Adam Juretzko from VfK Schifferstadt, who was the main competitor for the leading position in Germany in welterweight over the next few years. From 2002 onwards Konstantin Schneider's international wrestling career really began. It was used at the World Championships in Moscow that year and came in 7th place after victories over Xueming Dei, China and Park Jin-sung, South Korea and a loss against Volodymyr Schazkych , Ukraine. At a start of a West European selection against Cuba in St. Ingbert , he won over Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera in 2002 .

He also won 7th place at the 2003 European Championships in Belgrade . He won there over Reto Bucher from Switzerland and Vugar Aslanow from Azerbaijan and lost to Aljaksandr Kikinjou from Belarus . At the world championship of the same year in Créteil he achieved the greatest success in his wrestling career. He won the welterweight division there over Mark Overgaard Madsen from Denmark , Thomas Dantzler from the United States, Yakow Menscherow from Israel and Kim Jin-soo from South Korea . In the fight for the world title, however, he was defeated by Alexei Gluschkow and became vice- world champion .

In 2004 Konstantin Schneider was able to start at the Olympic Games in Athens with his placement at the 2003 World Championships . He also showed excellent fights in Athens and defeated the world-class athletes Mohamed Babulfath from Sweden and Volodymyr Schazkych , but lost in his third fight against Warteres Samurgaschew from Russia , who later became Olympic champion . He finished 7th.

In 2005 Konstantin Schneider won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Budapest . He won over Daniar Kobonow from Kyrgyzstan , Mowses Karapetjan from Armenia and Aleksandr Doxturishvili from Uzbekistan , lost to Warteres Samurgaschew and won the decisive battle for the bronze medal against Mohamed Babulfath . He fought for a good 5th place at the 2006 World Cup in Guangzhou . There he won over Zdorikow from Uzbekistan, Alexei Michailowitsch from Belarus and Davood Abedinzadeh Chadorchi from Iran . Against Wolodymyr Schazkych and Mark Overgaard Madsen , however, he lost in this championship.

In the following years, too, Konstantin Schneider competed in at least one international championship every year and was always among the top ten until 2010. In 2007 he finished 8th at the World Welterweight Championship in Baku and defeated there a. a. Manuchar K Wirkwelia from Georgia, who was to become Olympic champion in 2008 . In 2008 he came in 9th place at the European Championships in Tampere and took 9th place again at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing after defeating Messaoud Zeghdane, Algeria and defeats against Manuchar K Wirkwelia and Christophe Guénot from France . In 2009 Konstantin Schneider achieved a very good placement at the World Championships in Herning / Denmark with 5th place. There he beat Jung Tae-kyun from South Korea, Joachim Aardalen from Norway and Ewgeni Popow from Russia. Also at the 2010 World Cup, which now took part again at the age of 35, he defeated Hassan Shahsavan from Australia and was defeated by the Russian Emil Sharafetdinow , placing him 15th.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1993	unpl.	Junior European Championship in Götzis	Light	after losing to Milew, Bulgaria
1994	1.	Intern. Tournament in Larisa	Welter	with victories over Tollipidis a. Tousinidis, Greece, Tonschew, Bulgaria u. Calixte, France
1995	1.	Intern. Tournament in Linz	Welter	before Janos Takacs, Hungary a. Anton Marchl, Austria
1995	6th	World cup	Welter	behind Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera , Cuba , Matt Lindland , USA , Andrei Sajenko , Russia , Rouslan Jumabekov , Kazakhstan and Erik Hahn , Germany
1995	2.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Tehran	Welter	behind Tamas Berzicza , Hungary , in front of Nazmi Avluca , Turkey
1998	2.	FILA test tournament in Faenza	Welter	behind Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera and in front of Attila Bátky , Slovakia
1999	22nd	World Cup in Athens	Welter	after defeating Nazim Akhmedov , Azerbaijan and losing to Marko Yli-Hannuksela , Finland
2000	20th	Olympic qualification tournament in Faenza	Welter	Winner: Vyacheslav Makarenko, Belarus, ahead of Chwitscha Bichinashvili, Georgia
2002	6th	EM in Seinäjoki	Welter	with wins over Daniel Schnyder, Switzerland and Georgias Panagiotou , Greece and one loss against Warteres Samurgaschew , Russia
2002	1.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Welter	before Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera u. Juha Lappalainen, Finland
2002	7th	World Cup in Moscow	Welter	with victories over Xueming Dai , People's Republic of China and Jin-Sung Park , South Korea and one defeat against Wolodymyr Schazkych , Ukraine
2003	7th	EM in Belgrade	Welter	with victories over Reto Bucher , Switzerland and Vüqar Aslanov , Azerbaijan and one defeat against Aljaksandr Kikinjou , Belarus
2003	2.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Welter	behind Rustam Adschi, Ukraine, in front of Igor Balau, France a. Daryl Christian, USA
2003	2.	World Cup in Créteil	Welter	with victories over Thomas Dantzler , USA, Mark Overgaard Madsen , Denmark , Yakov Manasherov , Israel and Jin-Soo Kim , South Korea and one defeat against Alexei Gluschkow , Russia
2004	5.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	medium	behind Alexei Mischin , Russia, Marko Yli-Hannuksela u. Shingo Matsumoto, Japan
2004	7th	OS in Athens	Welter	with victories over Mohammad Reza Babulfath , Sweden and Wolodymyr Schazkych and one defeat against Warteres Samurgaschew
2005	2.	Ivan Poddubny Memorial in Tver / Russia	Welter	after victories over Primak, Belarus, Stepan Krikuratsch, Russia, Kim-Jussi Nurmela, Finland a. Schachow, Russia a. a defeat geen Aljaksandr Kikinjou, Belarus
2005	3.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Welter	behind Adam Juretzko , Germany a. Andras Horvath, Hungary
2005	3.	World Cup in Budapest	Welter	with victories over Dania Kobonow , Kyrgyzstan , Mowses Karapetjan , Armenia , Aleksandr Doxturishvili , Uzbekistan and Mohammad Reza Babulfath and a defeat against Warteres Samurgaschew
2006	2.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	Welter	behind Mark Overgaard Madsen , Denmark, in front of Stepan Krikuratsch u. Alain Hassli, France
2006	5.	World Cup in Guangzhou	Welter	with victories over Denis Zdorikow , Uzbekistan, Oleg Michalowitsch , Belarus and Chadorchi Davod Abedinzadeh , Iran and defeats against Wolodymyr Schazkych and Mark Overgaard Madsen
2007	1.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Welter	after victories over Christophe Guénot , France, Oleg Michailowitsch a. Wassyl Ratschyba , Ukraine
2007	8th.	World Cup in Baku	Welter	with victories over Reto Bucher, Manuchar Kffektwelia , Georgia and Ilgar Abdulow , Azerbaijan and defeats against Mark Overgaard Madsen , Denmark and Christophe Guénot , France
2008	9.	EM in Tampere	Welter	after a victory over Joachim Aardalen , Norway and defeats against Seref Tüfenk , Turkey and Ilgar Abdulow
2008	1.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Welter	before Adam Juretzko u. Oleg Mikhailovich
2008	2.	Pytlasinski tournament in Warsaw	Welter	with a victory over Péter Bácsi , Hungary a. a loss to Oleg Mikhailovich
2008	9.	OS in Beijing	Welter	after a win over Massaoud Zeghdane , Algeria and defeats against Manuchar Kffektwelia and Christophe Guénot
2009	1.	Intern. Tournament in Sassari	Welter	after victories over Sircotta, Italy, Ruiz, Spain, Christophe Guénot u. Farid Mansurov , Azerbaijan
2009	3.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Welter	behind Adam Juretzko u. Aleksandr Kazakevič , Lithuania , before Alexander Michailowitsch, Belarus a. Ionel Pușcașu , Romania
2009	5.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Welter	after victories over Jung Tae-kyun, South Korea, Joachim Aardalen, Norway a. Ewgeni Popow , Russia a. Losses against Selçuk Çebi , Turkey and Aljaksandr Kikinjou, Belarus
2010	15th	World Cup in Moscow	Welter	after a victory over Hassan Shahsavan, Australia a . a loss to Emil Sharafetdinov , Russia

German championships

(only senior area)

year	space	Weight class	Result
1993	6th	Light	Winner: Jannis Zamanduridis , AC Goldbach ahead of Guido Dickmeis, TKSV Bonn -Duisdorf
1994	4th	Welter	behind Claudio Passarelli , VfK Schifferstadt , Murat Cebi, KSV Aalen u. Johen Jahn, Bonn-Duisdorf
1996	1.	Welter	before Murat Cebi u. Mario Lauer, KSV Haslach iK
1997	7th	Welter	Winner: Erik Hahn , RSV Frankfurt (Oder) ahead of Murat Cebi
1998	3.	Welter	behind Erik Hahn u. Murat Cebi
1999	2.	Welter	behind Erik Hahn , in front of Mario Lauer
2002	1.	Welter	before Adam Juretzko , VfK Schifferstadt u. Rene Zimmermann, 1st Luckenwalder SC
2003	1.	Welter	before Max Schwindt , Neuss a . Adam Juretzko
2005	5.	Welter	behind Adam Juretzko , Rene Zimmermann, Max Schwindt u. Andreas Schulze, Frankfurt (Oder)
2007	3.	Welter	behind Adam Juretzko u. Ramazan Aydin, Berlin
2008	1.	Welter	before Adam Juretzko u. Bogdan Eismont, Plieningen
2009	3.	Welter	behind Adam Juretzko u. Ilyas Özdemir, KSV Witten
2010	1.	Welter	in front of Philipp Heiss, TSV Westendorf u. Fabian Jänicke, Frankfurt (Oder)
2012	1.	Welter	in front of Timo Badusch and Pascal Eisele , ASV Mainz 88

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Welter weight, until 2001 up to 76 kg, since 2002 up to 74 kg body weight, middle weight, since 2002 up to 84 kg body weight

Web links

• Profile of Konstantin Schneider at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Konstantin Schneider in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait at KSV Köllerbach