Max Lighter

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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

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personal data
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