Max Lighter
Max Leichter (born April 20, 1920 in Frankfurt am Main ; † February 11, 1981 there ) was a German wrestler .
Career
Max Leichter started wrestling at SV Viktoria 07 Eckenheim at a young age and became German youth champion in 1938. As early as 1939 he was the first German champion in the senior class. A soldier during the war, he was a police officer after the war before he became a well-known and popular innkeeper in Frankfurt. In 1951 he was the first German wrestler after 1945 to win a medal at an international championship. From 1939 to 1950, German wrestlers were excluded from international sports.
Despite his success at the 1951 World Cup, Max Leichter, like many other athletes, had to recognize that sporting development had progressed rapidly in these years and that success on the international stage was difficult to achieve. Max Leichter was unable to make use of his best years due to the war and the post-war period. It is worth mentioning that a Swedish wrestling team, Enigheit Malmö , competed in comparison matches in Germany as early as 1949 . Max Leichter wrestled twice against the 1948 Olympic champion Karl-Erik Nilsson , but lost both times on points. In Frankfurt-Eckenheim a footpath is named after Max Leichter.
International assignments
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, light heavyweight, then up to 87 kg, heavyweight, then over 87 kg body weight)
year | space | competition | style | Weight class | |
1951 | 3. | World Cup in Helsinki | F. | Semi-difficult | with victories over Paavo Sepponen , Finland a . Oscar Verona , Italy and defeats to Viking Palm , Sweden and Yaşar Doğu , Turkey |
1952 | 7th | OS in Helsinki | F. | Semi-difficult | after defeating Paavo Sepponen , Finland and losing to August Englas , USSR and Adil Atan , Turkey |
1952 | 10. | OS in Helsinki | GR | Semi-difficult | after defeats against Kelpo Grondahl , Finland and Schalwa Tschikladse , USSR |
1953 | 8th. | World Cup in Naples | GR | Semi-difficult | after defeats to Hilmari Tafraci, Turkey and Gyula Kovács , Hungary |
1954 | 5. | World Cup in Tokyo | F. | Heavy | after a victory over William Kerslake , USA and defeats against Ahmad Vafadar , Iran and Bertil Antonsson , Sweden |
Success at German championships
year | space | style | Weight class | Result |
1939 | 1. | GR | Semi-difficult | before Paul Böhmer , Reichenhall and Karl Ehret , Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
1940 | 2. | GR | Semi-difficult | behind Franz Peter , Munich , in front of Zervas, Koblenz |
1940 | 2. | F. | Semi-difficult | behind Karl Ehret, in front of Franz Peter |
1948 | 1. | GR | Semi-difficult | before Willi Liebern , Dortmund a. Kallner, Dortmund-Hörde |
1949 | 1. | GR | Semi-difficult | before Hönninger, Freising u. Röttgen, Cologne |
1950 | 1. | F. | Heavy | before Willi Liebern and August Köstner , Bamberg |
1950 | 2. | GR | Heavy | behind Willi Liebern, in front of Friedrich Kleinz, Laubenheim |
1951 | 3. | F. | Heavy | behind Willi Liebern and Heinz Litewsky , Dortmund-Hörde |
1952 | 3. | GR | Heavy | behind Heinz Litewsky and Willi Liebern |
1953 | 1. | F. | Semi-difficult | before Fritz Fleischhauer, Artern and Theo Maier, Wiesental |
International battles
In 14 international matches that he played for Germany, he won eight times.
swell
- Trade magazines "Kraftsport" from 1939 to 1941 and "Athletik" from 1949 to 1954,
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976,
- Documentation "Hundred Years of Wrestling in Germany", publisher Deutscher-Ringer-Bund eV, Athletik-Verlag Karlsruhe, 1992, pages 188, 218, 219, 221, 230 u. 231
Web links
- Profile of Max Leichter at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Max Leichter in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Easier, Max |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1981 |
Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |