Max Walter (weightlifter)

Max Walter (born January 30, 1905 in Metz , † December 30, 1987 in Duisburg ) was a German weightlifter .

Career

Max Martin Walter was born in Metz , Lorraine , but grew up in Saarbrücken .

As a teenager he joined the sports club SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken . He started out wrestling but soon found weight lifting .

The first successes were soon achieved and he started in 1924 for the first time at German championships without being able to place himself in the front. In 1927 he was a high favorite in the bantamweight division due to his preliminary work, but suffered a car accident on the way to the Nuremberg venue and could not start. In 1928 the time had come when he became German champion for the first time. Max Walter was undoubtedly the best bantam weightlifter in the world around 1930. At that time he could not show his skills on the international stage, as the bantam weight (up to 56 kg body weight) was not advertised internationally. In 1934 he therefore switched to featherweight (up to 60 kg body weight) and promptly became European champion in 1935.

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, he had a pitch-black day, lagged about 20 kg behind his best performance and only came in 8th place.

After finishing his active career in 1938, Max Walter worked for many years as a coach in his home club.

International success

• 1934. 2nd place , European Championship in Turin , with 285 kg, behind Attilio Bescape , Italy , 285 kg and in front of Franz Andrysek , Austria , 282.5 kg;
• 1935, 1st place , European Championship in Paris , with 297.5 kg, ahead of Georg Liebsch , Germany , 295 kg and Anton Richter , Austria, 285 kg;
• 1936, 8th place , Olympic Games in Berlin , with 280 kg, winner Anthony Terlazzo , USA , 312.5 kg;
• 1937, 3rd place , World Championship in Paris , with 287.5 kg, behind Liebsch, 297.5 kg, and Anton Richter, 287.5 kg

German championships

Ba = bantamweight, Fe = featherweight, OD = Olympic triathlon, consisting of two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing, FK = pentathlon, consisting of OD and one-armed tearing and pushing

• 1928, 1st place in Koblenz , OD, Ba, with 270 kg, in front of Karl Koch, Dortmund , 237.5 kg,
• 1929, 1st place in Villingen , FK, Ba, with 382.5 kg, in front of Koch, 372.5 kg, and Kannwald, Essen , 365 kg,
• 1930, 1st place in Breslau , OD, Ba, with 265 kg, in front of Josef Wagner, Vienna , 255 kg, and Karl Janisch, Vienna, 252.5 kg,
• 1931, 1st place, in Schonungen , OD, Ba, with 257.5 kg, in front of Koch, 255 kg, and Adolf Werner, Würzburg , 252.5 kg,
• 1932, 1st place in Dortmund, OD, Ba, with 260 kg, in front of Josef Schuster , 1860 Munich , 260 kg,
• 1933, 1st place in Alsfeld , FK, Ba, with 395 kg, ahead of Jakob Renfer, Ludwigshafen am Rhein , 370 kg,
• 1934, 1st place in Nuremberg , FK, Fe, with 432.5 kg, ahead of Eugen Mühlberger , Frankfurt , 425 kg, and Josef Wagner, Stuttgart , 417.5 kg,
• 1935, 1st place in Berlin , OD, Fe, with 285 kg, in front of Helmut Schäfer , Stuttgart, 285 kg, and Georg Liebsch , Düsseldorf , 282.5 kg,
• 1936, 1st place in Möhringen , OD, Fe, with 290 kg, in front of Mühlberger, 290 kg, and Liebsch, 287.5 kg,
• 1937, 2nd place in Düsseldorf , OD, Fe, with 287.5 kg, behind Liebsch, 295 kg,
• 1938, 1st place in Breslau , OD, Ba, with 270 kg, ahead of Schuster, 265 kg, and Georg Bumberger, Freising , 255 kg

World records

The world records set in 1928 were in bantamweight, the record of 1935 in featherweight.

Two-armed tearing

• 83 kg, 1928 in Koblenz
• 85 kg, 1928 in Koblenz

Olympic three-way battle

• 270 kg, 1928 in Koblenz
• 297.5 kg, 1935 in Paris

Web links

• Entry at sports-reference.com