Manfred Schöndorfer

Manfred Schöndorfer (* 28. October 1948 in Bad Reichenhall ) is a former German wrestler in the lightweight .

Life

He grew up in Bad Reichenhall and joined the athletics club there. With Josef Paar's training , he soon made the leap into the top German class. In 1965 and 1966 he was German youth champion. In 1968 , at the age of twenty, he was third at the German championships in the Greco-Roman style of lightweight behind Franz Schmitt, Mainz and Klaus Rost , Witten . From then on, he remained in the top German and international class until 1976. Professionally, he trained as a physiotherapist and masseur. Manfred Schöndorfer now runs several sports studios.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, lightweight, then up to 68 kg body weight)

year	space	event	Weight class
1970	3.	EM in Berlin (East)	Light	with victories over Stojan Apostolow , Bulgaria , Nepustil, Czechoslovakia , Rhyn, Switzerland , and one defeat against Simion Popescu , Romania
1970	6th	World Cup in Edmonton	Light	with wins over Pavicic, Yugoslavia , Saarinen, Finland , a draw against Hisirli, Turkey , and one loss against Takashi, Japan
1972	4th	OS in Munich	Light	with victories over Djan, Afghanistan , Weirum, Denmark , a draw against Sreten Damjanović , Yugoslavia, and Antal Steer , Hungary , and a defeat against Apostolow
1973	4th	World Cup in Tehran	Light	with victories over Sato, Japan, Frey, USA , Andrzej Supron , Poland , and defeats against Schamil Chisamutdinow , USSR , and Sreten Damjanovic
1974	4th	EM in Madrid	Light	with victories over Bozonet, France , Nepustil, Meier, Switzerland , and defeats against Heinz-Helmut Wehling , GDR , and Chisamutdinow
1975	4th	EM in Ludwigshafen am Rhein	Light	with victories over Tschifudow, Bulgaria, Markku Yli-Isotalo , Finland, Monno, Italy, and defeats against Hermann Wolter, GDR, and Andre Supron
1976	5.	EM in Leningrad	Light	with wins over Davidsen, Norway , Maraganis, Greece , Ehrlich, Czechoslovakia, and defeats to Lars-Erik Skiöld , Sweden , and Chisamutdinow
1976	6th	OS in Montreal	Light	with victories over Erol Mutlu , Turkey, Markku Yli-Isotalo, Gian-Matteo Ranzi , Italy , and defeats against Wehling and Skiöld

National successes

Manfred Schöndorfer was German champion in the lightweight, Greco-Roman style seven times in a row from 1970 to 1976. His toughest competitors were Klaus Rost , Witten and Erich Klaus , Reilingen .

swell

• Trade magazines Athletics from 1966 to 1975 and Der Ringer from 1976 a. 1977
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976
• One hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 198, 214 and 215

Web links

Profile of Manfred Schöndorfer at the Institute for Applied Training Science