Martin Eberle (weightlifter)

Martin Eberle (born December 30, 1931 in Memmingen , † 1991 ) was a German weightlifter .

Life

Martin Eberle grew up in Memmingen and began in her early childhood in gymnastics club Memmingen with the gymnastics . As a teenager he discovered his strength and started lifting weights . It didn't take long and he achieved his first successes in the Swabian and Bavarian regions. In 1953 he started for the first time in a German championship, but was not able to place in the front field. From 1954 to 1965 he was then regularly successful at German championships and won eight titles in the Olympic three-way battle. He also spent successful years from 1957 to 1959 at AC Schrobenhausen , where he had moved. With Josef Schnell's club , he won the German team championship in 1959. He also came to some international assignments. His best placements were two 5th places at the European Championships in 1959 and 1963 in the bantam or featherweight (up to 56 and 60 kg body weight). He had bad luck in the Olympic qualification for the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 , when he lost to Hans Reck from Leipzig with the same performance only because of the slightly higher body weight . But in 1964 it worked, because Martin Eberle won the featherweight elimination from Lothar Block, Berlin and represented Germany at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo . Martin Eberle was a very enthusiastic athlete who was always there when he was called by the association. He died at the age of 60 after a long and serious illness.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Ba = Bantamweight, Fe = featherweight, Le = lightweight)

• 1956, 10th place , EM in Helsinki , Ba, with 270 kg
• 1958, unplaced , WM + EM in Stockholm , after three invalid attempts to push
• 1959, 7th place , ( 5th place ), WM + EM in Warsaw , Ba, with 285 kg
• 1961, 4th place , Donaucup, Fe, with 292.5 kg
• 1961, 13th place , ( 7th place ), WM + EM in Vienna , Fe, with 307.5 kg
• 1962, 4th place , Donaucup, Fe, with 297.5 kg
• 1963, 7th place , ( 5th place ), WM + EM in Stockholm , Fe, with 317.5 kg
• 1964, 11th place , OS in Tokyo , Fe, with 335 kg

International battles

• 1956, Germany - France, Ba, 272.5 kg - Marcombes, 265 kg
• 1956, Germany - Finland, Ba, 277.5 kg - Vehkonen, 282.5 kg
• 1957, Germany - France, Ba, 292.5 kg - Marcombes, 282.5 kg
• 1962, Germany - France, Fe, 307.5 kg - Fulla, 312.5 kg
• 1963, Germany - France, Fe, 322.5 kg - Fulla, 322.5 kg
• 1963, Germany - Sweden, Fe, 325 kg - Edberg, 300 kg
• 1964, Germany - Sweden, Le, 330 kg - Westlin, 340 kg
• 1964, Germany - England, Fe, 322.5 kg - Chung, 330 kg

German championships

• 1953, 12th place, Ba, with 222.5 kg
• 1954, 3rd place, Ba, with 252.5 kg, behind Josef Schuster , Munich , 272.5 kg and Waldemar Ertl , Regensburg , 267.5 kg
• 1955, 2nd place, Ba, with 270 kg, behind Ertl, 280 kg and in front of Alois Jablonski, Hanover , 267.5 kg
• 1956, 2nd place, Ba, with 270 kg, behind Ertl, 297.5 kg and in front of Jablonski, 260 kg
• 1957, 1st place, Ba, with 280 kg, in front of Werner Schlick, Wemmetsweiler , 265 kg
• 1958, 1st place, Ba, with 302.5 kg, ahead of Jablonski, 260 kg and Walter Görlitzer, Gelsenkirchen , 257.5 kg
• 1959, 1st place, Ba, with 285 kg, in front of Hartmut Wolf, Nuremberg , 275 kg
• 1960, 1st place, Fe, with 305 kg, ahead of Rudi Seidel, Bornheim, 295 kg and Ertl, 295 kg
• 1961, 1st place, Fe, with 305 kg, ahead of G. Wartner, Derne , 280 kg
• 1962, 1st place, Fe, with 307.5 kg, ahead of Gerd Theilenberg, Barmen , 305 kg and Seidel, 292.5 kg
• 1963, 1st place, Fe, with 307.5 kg, ahead of Klaus Liersch, Mainz , 302.5 kg and Uwe Kliche , Flensburg , 295 kg
• 1964, 1st place, Fe, with 335 kg, in front of Kliche, 310 kg and Liersch, 297.5 kg
• 1965, 2nd place, Fe, with 332.5 kg, behind Dieter Rauscher , Kassel , 337.5 kg and in front of Rolf Feser, Freiburg im Breisgau , 302.5 kg

Literature / sources

• Athletics magazine from 1951 to 1965