Larry Kristoff

Lawrence Dean "Larry" Kristoff (born November 11, 1942 in Carbondale ) is a former American wrestler .

Career

Larry Kristoff grew up in Mayor Daley , Illinois , and attended high school there. It was there that he began wrestling. After moving to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1962, he continued this sport and was soon very successful. He won various university championships and was used by the US Wrestling Association, which repeatedly relied on the wrestlers from the universities, from 1964 onwards at the World Championships and the Olympic Games. He won five medals, but could not win a title. In his first Olympic participation in Tokyo in 1964 , he won a victory over the 1960 Olympic champion Wilfried Dietrich from Germany . At the Freestyle World Championships in 1965, 1966 and 1967 he was undefeated and had to be content with places behind Ivanitsky, Akhmedov, Duraliev and Medved every time because he had a less favorable point ratio than these. Starting for the Mayor Daley Youth Fondation, he won the USA championship three times between 1969 and 1971.

After completing his sports degree, Larry Kristoff was first assistant coach and in 1979 head coach and professor at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville , where he also lives. Two of his sons also wrestled without getting as far as their father.

successes

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = Freestyle, S = Heavyweight, up to 1969 over 97 kg body weight, from 1970 up to 100 kg body weight)

• 1964, 7th place , OS in Tokyo , F, S, with victory over Wilfried Dietrich , FRG , a draw against Hamit Kaplan , Turkey and a defeat against Alexander Iwanizki , USSR ;

• 1965, 7th place , World Championships in Tampere , GR, S, after defeats against Radoslaw Kasabow, Bulgaria and Ragnar Svensson , Sweden ;

• 1965, 3rd place , World Cup in Manchester , F, S, after victories over Dennis Mc Namarra, Great Britain , János Reznak, Hungary and Giyasettin Yilmaz, Turkey, and a draw against Lyutwi Dschiber Akhmedov , Bulgaria and Alexander Ivanitski;

• 1966, 2nd place , World Championship in Toledo / USA , F, S, with victories over Yilmaz, Svensson, Valko Kostow, Bulgaria, Abulfazil Anvari, Iran and a draw against Ivanitski;

• 1967, 3rd place , World Cup in New Delhi , F, S, with victories over Oliyisaihany Erdeneochir, Mongolia , Anvari and a draw against Osman Duraliew , Bulgaria and Alexander Medwed , USSR;

• 1967, 1st place , Panamerican Games in Winnipeg , F, S, ahead of Robert Chamberot, Canada and Javier Campos, Cuba ;

• 1968, 5th place , OS in Mexico City , F, S, with victory over László Nyers, Hungary, Anvari, Arne Robertsson, Sweden and one defeat against Medwed;

• 1969, 2nd place , World Cup in Mar del Plata , F, S, with victories over Moslem Eskandar Filabi, Iran and Vasil Todorow, Bulgaria, a draw against Hollogin Baianmunkh, Mongolia and a defeat against Shota Lomidze, USSR;

• 1970, 2nd place , World Championships in Edmonton , F, S, with victories over Ernie Fulton, Canada , Henry Hubber, New Zealand , Baianmunkh and Todorow, a draw against Anvari and a loss against Vladimir Gulutkin , USSR;

• 1971, 10th place , World Cup in Sofia , F, S, with a draw against Ryszard Dlugosz, Poland and defeats against Yilmaz and Todorow

National successes

(NCAA = American University Sports Association)

• 1963, 2nd place, NCAA Division I Collegiate Championships, F, S;
• 1963, 1st place, NCAA Division II Collegiate Championships, F, S;
• 1964, 1st place, NCAA Division II Collegiate Championships, F, S;
• 1969, 1st place, USA Championship, F, S;
• 1970, 1st place, USA Championship, F, S;
• 1971, 1st place, USA Championship, F, S

Web links

• Profile of Larry Kristoff at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Larry Kristoff in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )