Kurt Leucht

Kurt Leucht

Kurt Leucht (born March 13, 1903 in Nuremberg ; † November 2, 1974 ibid) was a German wrestler in the Greco-Roman style.

Life

Leucht was a member of the SC 1904 “Maxvorstadt” Nürnberg. The small, stocky and kitty wrestler quickly grew into the German and international top class and qualified for the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam by defeating Vice European Champion Paul Reiber , Musberg.

After he could not prevail in the Olympic elimination in 1932 against the new star in the wrestling heaven Jakob Brendel , Nuremberg , who later also became Olympic champion, and after the forced union with the AABD, new strong wrestlers like Justin Gehring , Friesenheim, pushed onto the mat, he finished his international wrestling career, but remained loyal to wrestling as a referee.

In his hometown of Nuremberg, the Kurt-Leucht-Weg, a street in the Dutzendteich district near the Nuremberg Arena and the Frankenstadion, was named after him.

International success

• 1927 victory in the international match between Germany and Denmark over the Danish champion Hermann Andersson;
• 1928 Olympic champion in Amsterdam in the Greco-Roman style, bantamweight , with victories over Ganzerra, Poland, Bose, Argentina, Svend Martinsen , Norway and Jindřich Maudr , Czechoslovakia and despite a defeat against Eduard Pütsep from Estonia ;
• 1931 Vice European Champion in Prague , Greco-Roman style, bantamweight , with victories over Wondra, Austria , Szekfü, Hungary and Pontson, Estonia and one defeat against European Champion Herman Tuvesson , Sweden ;
• 1932 victories in Antwerp over the 1928 bantamweight Olympic runners-up in Spapen, Belgium and the two-time European champion (1929 and 1930) Mollin, Belgium. It is noteworthy that these victories took place in a free style, which Leucht actually did not cultivate.

National successes

• 1925 3rd winner of the German flyweight championships behind Georg Gerstacker , Nuremberg and Hermann Schatz, Korb;
• 1926 German bantamweight champion (Greco-Roman style) before Paul Reiber , Musberg;
• In 1926 he helped his club win the German team championship against ASV Kreuznach.

Web links

• Picture of Kurt Leucht in the BRV chronicle
• Profile of Kurt Leucht at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Kurt Leucht in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )