Max Widmer

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Max Widmer (* 17th November 1933 in Oftringen ; † 17th June 2010 in Walterswil ) was a Swiss wrestler and oscillators .

Career

Max Widmer came to Walterswil as a teenager, where he lived until his death. He began as a schoolboy in Walterswil with the swing and gymnastics and played his first wrestling tournament in 1946. In 1951 he joined the gymnastics club Oftringen and began not only swinging but also freestyle wrestling. As an adult, he weighed around 110 kg with a height of 1.80 meters and therefore had good physical conditions for these two sports. He was a postman by profession and later a sales representative.

As a wrestler, he took 3rd place at the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival in 1956 in Thun . He achieved his greatest success as a wrestler in 1958 at the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival in Freiburg , where he won eight courses and thus became king of wrestling .

As a freestyle wrestler, Max Widmer was Swiss heavyweight champion three times. In 1957 he started at the World Cup in Istanbul . He lost his first fight there against Lucjan Sosnowski from Poland , then defeated Pietro Marascalchi from Italy and lost to Jusein Mehmedow from Bulgaria . He finished 6th.

In 1960 he took part in the Olympic Games in Rome . He had Lospech there, because in his fights he met Bertil Antonsson from Sweden, a multiple world champion, and the later silver medalist Wilfried Dietrich from Germany . He lost both fights and was therefore eliminated after the 2nd round. In the final accounts he came in 15th place.

In his career as a wrestler, wrestler and gymnast, which lasted until 1964, he won a total of 95 wreaths, which means prizes.

International success as a freestyle wrestler

year space competition Weight class Results
1957 6th World Cup in Istanbul Heavy after losing to Lucjan Sosnowski, Poland, defeating Pietro Marascalchi, Italy, and losing to Jusein Mahmedow, Bulgaria
1960 15th OS in Rome Heavy after losing to Bertil Antonsson , Sweden, and Wilfried Dietrich , Germany
Explanations
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
  • Heavy weight, then over 87, today over 96 kg body weight

literature

  • Athletics magazine .
  • Olle Larsson, Peter Irdén: Documentation of International Wrestling Championships 1896–1976. FILA, Lausanne 1976.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schwingerkönig Max Widmer on the website of the Zofingen Wrestling Club (obituary).
  2. ↑ Max Widmer ( memento from November 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on sportalbum.ch (successes as a wrestler ).
  3. ↑ Profile of Max Widmer at the Institute for Applied Training Science
  4. ↑ Max Widmer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).
  5. ↑ Aargauer Schwinger sizes. Widmer Max (November 17, 1933 - June 17, 2010) on schwingen-ag.ch .
personal data
SURNAME Widmer, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss wrestlers and wrestlers
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Oftringen
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 2010
Place of death Walterswil