Lars Malmkvist

Lars Ragnar Malmkvist (born September 24, 1955 in Lidköping ) is a former Swedish wrestler . He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman style in featherweight at the World Championships in 1978 and 1979 .

Career

Lars Malmkvist started wrestling as a teenager in 1967. At that time he was a member of the wrestling club Kulladals BK Malmö . The 1.62 m tall athlete later moved to Lidköpings AS and was trained there by Börje Stath. He focused on the Greco-Roman style, in which handles are only allowed from the waist up.

Lars Malmkvist was already very successful as a junior and won the Swedish bantamweight championship in this age group in 1974 and 1975. In 1974 he was also at the junior European championships in Haparanda and won the silver medal in the bantamweight division behind the Soviet athlete Yuri Korchagin. He also won a medal at the Junior World Championships in Haskowo in 1975 . There he took 3rd place in the bantamweight category behind Juri Korchagin and the Bulgarian Assen Milew , but ahead of Josef Krysta from Czechoslovakia and the Italian Panelli.

In 1975 he started in Ludwigshafen am Rhein at the European Bantamweight Championship for seniors. After three victories, he was defeated by the Yugoslavs Ivan Frgić and Bernd Drechsel from the GDR and just barely missed a medal with 4th place.

In the following years, Lars Malmkvist then regularly represented the Swedish colors at the international championships. After a 7th place at the 1976 European Championships in Leningrad in bantamweight, here he lost a. a. the German champion Hans-Jürgen Veil , he started in the same year at the Olympic Games in Montreal , where he had already moved up to the featherweight division. In Montreal he won only his fight against the French Lionel Lacaze and finished 11th after defeats against Stylianos Migiakis from Greece and Ion Păun from Romania .

In 1977 he reached a good 5th place in featherweight at both the European Championships in Bursa and the World Championships in Gothenburg . He get thereby u. a. Victories over Stylianos Migiakis and Ilpo Seppälä from Finland . He suffered defeats from Nelson Dawidjan from the USSR , Ryszard Swierad from Poland , László Réczi from Hungary and Ion Păun, who were among his toughest rivals in the next few years.

In 1978 he won his first medal at the World Featherweight Championships in Mexico City . With three victories, he won the bronze medal there. Only Ivan Stajkow from Bulgaria and Kazimierz Lipień from Poland proved to be stronger than him . After a 5th place at the European Championships in Bucharest in 1979 , here he won a. a. over the strong Bulgarian Panayot Kirov , Lars Malmkvist won a bronze medal again at the 1979 Featherweight Championships in San Diego .

In 1980 Lars Malmkvist wasn't quite as successful anymore. He only won against Jean-Pierre Mercader from France at the European Championships this year in Prievidza and had to be content with 8th place after defeats against Stylianos Migiakis and Ivan Frgić. At the Olympic Games this year in Moscow he defeated Ion Păun, against whom he had always lost in international championships, but was then defeated in his next two fights against Kazimierz Lipień and again against Stylianos Migiakis and only reached 9th place.

After a disappointing 11th place at the European Championships in Gothenburg in 1981, where he lost his two fights against István Tóth from Hungary and Ryszard Swierad, he achieved a good 6 each at the European Championships in Varna and at the World Championships in Katowice in 1982 . Featherweight place.

In 1983 he was replaced in Sweden by Kent-Olle Johansson and was no longer used in any international championships. Meanwhile he became a businessman in the sporting goods industry.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Ba = Bantamweight, Fe = featherweight, back then up to 57 kg or 62 kg body weight)

• 1974, 2nd place , European Junior Championships in Haparanda , GR, Ba, behind Juri Korchagin, USSR, in front of Dimitar Penew, Bulgaria , Jean-Pierre Mercader, France a. Istvan Csillag, Hungary;
• 1975, 2nd place , Klippan tournament, GR, Ba, behind Bechtmirzow, USSR a. off Aslund, Sweden;
• 1975, 3rd place , Junior World Championships in Chaskowo , GR, Ba, behind Juri Korchagin u. Assen Milew , Bulgaria, before Josef Krysta, CSSR a. Panelli, Italy;
• 1975, 4th place , EM in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , GR, Ba, with victories over Theodorus Lammers, Netherlands , Amado Sanchez, Spain a . Josef Krysta u. Defeats against Ivan Frgić , Yugoslavia a . Bernd Drechsel, GDR;
• 1976, 3rd place , Klippan tournament, GR, Fe, behind Nelson Dawidjan , USSR a. Krassimir Stefanow, Bulgaria;
• 1976, 7th place , EM in Leningrad, GR, Fe, with victories over Risto Björlin , Finland a. Jozsef Doencsesz , Hungary a. Defeats against Josef Krysta u. Hans-Jürgen Veil, FRG ;
• 1976, 11th place , OS in Montreal, GR, Fe, with a victory over Lionel Lacaze, France a. Losses to Stylianos Migiakis, Greece and Ion Păun, Romania;
• 1977, 3rd place , Klippan tournament, GR, Fe, behind Vladimir Podgudin , USSR a. Pertti Ukkola , Finland;
• 1977, 5th place , EM in Bursa , GR, Fe, with victories over Johnny Bjerke, Norway , Stylianos Migiakis u. Ilpo Seppälä , Finland a. Defeats against Nelson Dawidjan u. Ryszard Swierad, Poland;
• 1977, 5th place , World Cup in Gothenburg, GR, Fe, with victories over Michio Nishiyiro, Japan , Leonid Putischin, Israel and others. Ilpo Seppälä u. Defeats against László Réczi , Hungary a. Ion Păun;
• 1978, 4th place , Klippan tournament, GR, Fe, behind Boris Kramarenko , USSR, Ilpo Seppälä u. Per Lindholm , Sweden;
• 1978, 3rd place , World Cup in Mexico City, GR, Fe, with victories over Carlos Martins, Brazil , Hilario Escobar, Cuba and others. Domenico Giuffrida, Italy a . Defeats against Ivan Stajkow, Bulgaria a. Kazimierz Lipień, Poland;
• 1979, 4th place , Klippan tournament, GR, Fe, behind Boris Kramarenko, Ryszard Swierad u. Panayot Kirov, Bulgaria;
• 1979, 5th place , EM in Bucharest, GR, Fe, with victories over Jouko Kuossari, Finland a. Panayot Kirow et al. Defeats to Kazimierz Lipień and István Tóth , Hungary;
• 1979, 3rd place , World Cup in San Diego , GR, Fe, with victories over Said Sekerne, Morocco , Domenico Giuffrida u. Panayot Kirow et al. Losses against Abdurrahim Kuzu , USA , Stylianos Migiakis a. István Tóth;
• 1980, 1st place , Klippan Tournament, GR, Fe;
• 1980, 8th place , EM in Prievidza , GR, Fe, with a victory over Jean-Pierre Mercader u. Defeats to Stylianos Migiakis u. Ivan Frgić;
• 1980, 9th place , OS in Moscow , GR, Fe, with a victory over Ion Păun u. Defeats against Kazimierz Lipień u. Stylianos Migiakis (both disqualified);
• 1981, 3rd place , Klippan tournament, GR, Fe, behind Chernachovsky, USSR a. Panayot Kirov;
• 1981, 11th place , EM in Gothenburg, GR, Fe, after defeats against István Tóth a. Ryszard Swierad;
• 1982, 6th place , EM in Varna, GR, Fe, behind Rafail Nasibulow, USSR, Panayot Kirow, István Tóth, Gilles Jalabert, France a. Ryszard Swierad;
• 1982, 6th place , World Championships in Katowice, GR, Fe, behind Ryszard Swierad, Rafail Nasibulow, Ranayot Kirow, Hannu Övermark , Finland a. István Tóth

swell

• Trade journal Athletics , numbers: 7/1974, 2/1975, 8/1975 u. 2/1976,
• Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 3/1977, 6/7/1977, 11/1977, 2/1978, 9/1978, 3/1979, 5/1979, 9/1979, 2/1980, 5/1980, 8 / 1980, 3/1981, 5/1981, 5/6/1982 and 9/1982,
• Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of FILA , 1976, pages E-103, E-113 u. O-99

Web links

• Profile of Lars Malmkvist at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Lars Malmkvist in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Lars Malmkvist at the SOK