Maik Bullmann

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Maik Bullmann, 2012
Maik Bullmann medal table

Wrestler

GDR / Germany
Olympic games
gold 1992 Barcelona Semi-difficult
bronze 1996 Atlanta Semi-difficult
World Championship
gold 1989 Martigny Semi-difficult
gold 1990 Rome Semi-difficult
gold 1991 Varna Semi-difficult
silver 1993 Stockholm Semi-difficult
bronze 1994 Tampere Semi-difficult
European Championship
silver 1989 Oulu Semi-difficult
silver 1990 Poznań Semi-difficult
gold 1992 Copenhagen Semi-difficult
silver 1995 Besançon Semi-difficult
silver 1996 Budapest Semi-difficult
World military games
gold 1995 Heavy
Junior World Championships
bronze 1987 Vancouver Medium espoirs
Junior European Championships
bronze 1986 Malmö Medium espoirs

Maik Bullmann (also Mike Bullmann ) (born April 25, 1967 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) is a former German wrestler and current coach. He was Olympic champion and three-time world and European champion in the Greco-Roman style in the light heavyweight division. He is the national coach of the national wrestling team in the Greco-Roman style of the German Wrestling Association .

Career

Maik Bullmann grew up in Frankfurt (Oder) during the GDR era. Early on, he started the "data processing center (DVZ)" Frankfurt (Oder) and coach Horst Vogelsang with the rings and, after initial successes because of his talent, which already at that time it became clear to ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt delegated. There he found in Günter Reichelt and Peter Mandelkow the coaches who looked after him very successfully for many years. At that time he also learned the trade of a machinist. But Fred Hoffmann and Werner Heppner also played a major role in his success. After he had achieved in 1986 and 1987, very good results at the Junior European Championships or Junior World Championships in Greco-Roman style, the style that he wrestled exclusively, he was also at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul at the start against, could but not yet placed in the front field.

In May 1989 Maik Bullmann showed the progress he had made. At the European Championships in Oulu , he became vice European champion. He only had to admit defeat to the Russian Vladimir Popov .

At the 1989 World Championships in Martigny / Switzerland - in the GDR the civil protests that brought the end of the GDR already started - Maik Bullmann achieved the first major success of his career. He became world light heavyweight champion. In the trade journal “Der Ringer” it says: “Maik Bullmann from Frankfurt (on the Oder) was the most superior champion of the World Championships in Martigny. In none of his fights did the GDR champion have to go the full fight time. "

At the European Championship in 1990 he started a weight class higher. In the heavyweight division, he won the silver medal. Only the Russian Anatol Fedarenka was better than him. After the reunification of the two German states, Bullmann seamlessly continued his career in Germany. He started now for the AC Bavaria Goldbach , later for the 1st Luckenwalder SC . At the World Championships in Rome , he successfully defended his world light heavyweight title. It took eight wins.

At the European Championships in 1991 in Aschaffenburg , he defeated the Turkish top wrestler and later world champion Hakkı Başar , but suffered a rib injury in the fight against Pawel Potapow from the USSR , which hindered him so much that he lost to him and Tibor Komáromi from Hungary . Recovered, he won his third world light heavyweight title in a row six months later at the World Championships in Varna . In the final he defeated Reynaldo Pena from Cuba , who had previously eliminated Potapov.

1992 was Maik Bullmann's most successful year. In April he was superior European champion in Copenhagen and achieved a points ratio of 33: 1 in his favor with his six victories. In Barcelona he was in just as superior style Olympic light heavyweight champion. In the final battle he beat Hakkı Başar safely with 5-0 points. His points ratio in 5 fights was 32: 1 this time.

For winning the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993.

Maik Bullmann was undefeated in the four major championships (WM 89, 90 and 91 and OS 92).

He suffered his first defeat at the 1993 World Championships in the final from the Russian Gogi Koguaschwili , who should develop into a real fear opponent in the further course of Maik Bullmann's career, on points. At the German Grand Prix in spring 1993, Bullmann had defeated Koguashvili.

In 1994 Maik Bullmann, badly prepared after a long injury break, lost at the European Championships in Athens in the 2nd round against the Norwegian Stig Kleven and only came in 8th place. At the World Championships in Tampere he was in better shape again and won a bronze medal. Koguashvili was his last stop again.

At the 1995 European Championships in Besançon , Maik was defeated again by Koguashvili after four superior victories and became vice European champion. At the 1995 World Cup in Prague , he could not compete due to an injury.

The last year of his career, in which Maik Bullmann should be very successful again, was 1996. He was again vice European champion in Budapest , where he failed again at Koguashvili and won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta .

Maik Bullmann also participated in the international championships from 1997 to 2000. But he did not succeed in winning a medal. For the Olympic Games 2000 he could no longer qualify.

The international wrestling federation FILA recognized the great achievements of Maik Bullmann and in September 2006 inducted him into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame .

During his active career, Maik Bullmann was a member of the Bundeswehr and a restaurateur in Frankfurt (Oder), completed his training as a trainer and is now national trainer at the German Wrestling Association, responsible for the men's area and then in the junior area in the Greco-Roman style. He celebrated his first major success as a national coach at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , when his protégé Mirko Englich won the silver medal in the light heavyweight division .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Mi = middle weight (up to 92 kg body weight), Hs = light heavy weight (up to 1996 up to 90 kg body weight, then up to 97 kg body weight) , S = heavy weight, up to 100 kg body weight)

  • 1986, 3rd place , Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Malmö , GR, Wed, behind Wjatscheslaw Olijnyk , USSR and Stig Kleven, Norway;
  • 1987, 3rd place , Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Vancouver , GR, Wed, behind Nail Aliamjaschew, USSR and Lee Jae-Young, Korea and in front of Christo Christow, Bulgaria , Henryk Topor, Poland and Thomas Zander , BR Germany ;
  • 1988, 5th place , EM in Kolbotn / Norway, GR, Wed, behind Michail Mamiaschwili , USSR, Tibor Komáromi , Hungary, Timo Niemi, Finland and Miroslav Ștefan, Romania ;
  • 1988, 11th place , OS in Seoul , GR, Wed, winner: Michail Mamiaschwili ahead of Komáromi, Sang Kim-Kyu, Korea and Kleven;
  • 1989, 2nd place , EM in Oulu , GR, Hs, behind Wladimir Popow , USSR and in front of Andreas Steinbach , FR Germany, Péter Farkas , Hungary and Radosław Turkot, Poland;
  • 1989, 1st place , World Championship in Martigny / Switzerland , GR, Hs, ahead of Mike Foy , USA , Roger Gries , FR Germany, Ueon Jin-Han, Korea, Sjarhej Dzjamjaschkewitsch , USSR and Harri Koskela , Finland;
  • 1990, 2nd place , EM in Posen , GR, S, behind Anatol Fedarenka , USSR and in front of Andrzej Wroński , Poland, Ion Ieremciuc , Romania, Gries and Ferenc Takács, Hungary;
  • 1990, 1st place , World Championships in Rome , GR, Hs, with victories over Bakker, Netherlands , Foyt, Ivošević, Yugoslavia, Mikael Ljungberg , Sweden , Iwajlo Jordanow, Bulgaria, Kraczewski, Poland, Wjatscheslaw Olijnyk and Harri Koskela;
  • 1991, 4th place , EM in Aschaffenburg , GR, Hs, with victories over Henri Meiss, France , Hakkı Başar , Turkey , Jordanis Konstantinidis, Greece and Pajo Ivošević and defeats against Pawel Potapow , USSR and Tibor Komáromi;
  • 1991, 1st place , World Championship in Warna , GR, Hs, with victories over Ivošević, Ljungberg, Meiss, Jordanow and Reynaldo Pena , Cuba ; in the fight Bullmann against Komáromi both wrestlers were disqualified, which led to the elimination of Komáromis;
  • 1992, 1st place , EM in Copenhagen , GR, Hs, with victories over Hassan Torabi, Denmark , (16: 0), Hakkı Başar (4: 0), Olijnyk (2: 0), Koskela (3: 1), Komáromi (5: 0) and Jordanow (3: 0);
  • 1992, gold medal , OS in Barcelona , GR, Hs, with victories over Mustapha Ramadan, Egypt (5: 0), Mohammed Naouar, Tunisia (15: 0), Ljungsberg (4: 0), Hassan Bakah, Iran (3: 1 ) and Hakkı Başar (5: 0);
  • 1993, 1st place , Grand Prix of Germany in Koblenz , GR, Hs, in front of Gogi Koguaschwili , Russia , Sjarhej Kiriltschuk, Belarus and Randy Couture , USA;
  • 1993, 2nd place , World Championships in Stockholm , GR, Hs, with victories over Tengis Tedoradze, Georgia , Sergei Matwijenko, Kazakhstan, Franz Marx , Austria and one defeat against Koguaschwili;
  • 1994, 8th place , EM in Athens , GR, Hs, with victory over Kamel Hamiche France and a defeat against Kleven;
  • 1994, 3rd place , World Championships in Tampere , GR, Hs, with victories over Olsson, Sweden, Goran Kasum, Yugoslavia , Pena and Marek Kraszewski, Poland and one defeat against Koguaschwili;
  • 1995, 1st place , World Military Games, GR, S, ahead of Anatolij Kozuba, Ukraine and Giuseppe Giunta, Italy ;
  • 1995, 2nd place , EM in Besançon , GR, Hs, with victories over Kiriltschuk, Petru Surdureac, Romania, Jacek Fafiński, Poland and Aap Ustpenski, Estonia and a defeat against Koguaschwili;
  • 1996, 2nd place , EM in Budapest , GR, Hs, with victories over Kasum, Fafiński, Ali Mollow, Bulgaria and one defeat against Koguaschwili;
  • 1996, bronze medal , OS in Atlanta , GR, Hs, with victories over Mustapha Hussein, Egypt, Aljaksandr Sidarenka, Belarus, Christo Dimitrov, Bulgaria, Derrick Waldroop, USA, bazaar and one defeat against Olijnyk; In the battle for the bronze medal, he won again against Sidarenka;
  • 1997, 4th place , World Cup in Breslau , GR, Hs, with victories over Marek Švec , Czech Republic , Choren Papojan, Armenia , Olijnyk and defeats against Fedarenka and Wroński;
  • 1998, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the Acropolis in Athens , GR, Hs, behind Sjarhej Lishtvan , Belarus and in front of Ali Mollow;
  • 1998, 1st place , Grand Prix of Germany in Aalen , GR, Hs, ahead of Fedarenka and Švec;
  • 1998, 14th place , World Championships in Gävle , GR, Hs, with victory over Huang, People's Republic of China and Meduna, Slovakia and defeat against Mollow;
  • 1999, 9th place , EM in Sofia , GR, Hs, with victory over Karelsen, Estonia and one defeat against Ljungberg;
  • 1999, 12th place , World Cup in Athens, GR, Hs, with victory over Ezerskis, Latvia and defeats against Pena and Wroński;
  • 2000, 2nd place , Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent , GR, Hs, behind Dawid Saldadze , Ukraine and in front of Aleksey Cheglakov, Uzbekistan ;
  • 2000, 11th place , EM in Moscow , GR, Hs, with victory over Rafael Samurgachev, Armenia and a defeat against Surdureac;

German championships

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker ... awarded disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the Silver bay leaf made of ...
  2. ↑ Nine New Members Inducted into the FILA Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on July 12, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wrestlinghalloffame.org

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personal data
SURNAME Bullmann, Maik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wrestler and trainer
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt (Oder)