Nina Englich

Nina Englich medals table
Wrestler
Germany
World Championship
bronze	1995 Moscow	up to 70 kg
bronze	1997 Clermont-Ferrand	up to 68 kg
bronze	2001 Sofia	up to 75 kg
European Championship
gold	1996 Oslo	up to 70 kg
bronze	1997 Warsaw	up to 68 kg
gold	1998 Bratislava	up to 75 kg
bronze	2001 Budapest	up to 75 kg
silver	2002 Seinäjoki	up to 72 kg
Junior World Championship
silver	1993 Götzis	up to 65 kg Juniors

Nina Englich (born April 18, 1976 in Bochum ) is a former German wrestler . She was European champion in 1996 and 1998 in the weight classes up to 70 kg and 75 kg body weight (body weight).

Career

Nina Englich comes from a family of wrestlers. Father Detlef was multiple German police master and member of the Bundesliga relay of KSV Witten , brother Mirko won a silver medal in the Greco-Roman style in the light heavyweight division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .

Nina Englich started gymnastics as a child in Dortmund -Dorstfeld in 1982. As a teenager she developed into an excellent gymnast at the Gau and state level and also took part in the German individual gymnastics championships for young people. In 1989 she also began wrestling and competed in her first competitions that year. In 1991 she gave up gymnastics because she was 1.72 meters too tall for that and concentrated entirely on wrestling. She started for KSV 07 Witten . Your coaches were Andreas Ehnert, Bodo Lukowski and the national coaches Jörg Helmdach and Jürgen Scheibe .

As early as 1991 she achieved victories or good placements in several international and national tournaments. In 1992 she took a good 2nd place in the international German youth championship in the class up to 60 kg, behind Sandra Gronert, FRG, ahead of the French Veronique Acker.

In 1993 her international career began. This year she was runner-up in the Junior World Championship in Götzis / Austria in the class up to 65 kg behind the French Doris Blind and ahead of Olga Leschewa from Russia. She also won a World Cup tournament that year in Phoenix , Arizona , in the same weight class.

In 1994 Nina Englich became German junior champion in the class up to 70 kg in front of Annika Oertli from Hallbergmoos and was interned in Großostheim . German champion of the active in front of Czech Edita Suchomleva. She also won tournaments in Gothenburg and Klippan . It was then used for the first time at a major international championship for active athletes, the World Championship in Sofia , where it achieved a very good 5th place in the class up to 70 kg.

In 1995, Nina Englich became the first German champion in the active class up to 70 kg. She also won the international German championship in Ückerath ahead of Lise Golliot and Monika Lebek from Poland . At the World Championships in Moscow that year , she won her first medal. She came behind Lise Golliot and Elmira Kurbanowa from Russia , but ahead of Christine Nordhagen from Canada , who clearly outscored her (7: 1 technical points) in 3rd place and thus won the bronze medal . That was the first ever medal win by a German female wrestler at an international championship for active players.

In 1996 she was again German champion in the weight class up to 75 kg. At the international German championship in Hanau she was defeated in the final against Christine Nordhagen and took 2nd place. But she triumphed at the European Championships in Oslo, because she was there before Ewgenia Ossipenk from Russia and Lise Golliot European champion in the class up to 70 kg.

1997 was also a very successful year for Nina Englich. She became German champion again in the weight class up to 75 kg and came third in the same weight class at the international German championship in Gütersloh . At the European Championships in Warsaw , she started in the class up to 68 kg and came third behind Doris Blind and Anna Udyn from Poland . She then won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand behind Christine Nordhagen and Sandra Bacher from the United States, but ahead of Yayoi Urano from Japan and Nina Strasser from Austria .

1998 won Nina Englich in Bratislava for the second time the European title in the category to 75 kg. She won ahead of Tatjana Kormanitskaja from Ukraine and Monika Kowalska from Poland . At the World Championships this year in Poznan , she narrowly missed a medal with a 4th place, losing in the semifinals to Kristie Stenglein-Marano from the United States on points and was even shouldered in the battle for the bronze medal by the Polish Edyta Witkowska .

In 1999, Nina Englich, who was studying law, stayed in Almería for two semesters and interrupted her sports career during this time.

In 2000 she was again German champion in the class up to 75 kg KG and also started at the European Championships in Budapest, where she took 9th place, and at the World Championships in Sofia, where after two victories she again competed with Edyta Witkowska from Poland failed and took 5th place.

In 2001 Nina Englich had to surrender to the up-and-coming talent Anita Schätzle from Mühlenbach at the German championship in the class up to 68 kg and was only German runner-up. But they won both at the European Championships in Budapest as well as at the World Championships in Sofia each bronze medal . At both events even more would have been possible for her, but in Budapest she lost controversially to the Russian Swetlana Martynenko on points (2: 3 technical points) and at the World Cup in Sofia she lost very unhappily in the semifinals against the Chinese Ma Beiling . In the battle for the bronze medal in Sofia against multiple world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi from Japan, she achieved a sensational shoulder victory after 3.14 minutes.

In 2002 Nina Englich was again German champion in the class up to 72 kg. She was also able to convince at the European Championships in Seinäjoki in Finland . She won her first three fights there and only lost to Swetlana Martynenko in the final. After that, Nina Englich was unable to contest any further competitions because of the preparations for the state examination as a lawyer, but continued to train, albeit at a greatly reduced rate.

In 2003 she passed her legal state examination in April and then wanted to get back into her sport fully, especially since wrestling was on the Olympic program for the first time in 2004. After completing her state examination in April 2003, she joined the German Armed Forces and wanted to prepare for further competitions in the sports promotion company in Bruchsal . Unfortunately, that didn't happen, as it turned out that she could no longer wrestle due to a neck injury she suffered at the 2003 World Cup. With a heavy heart she had to announce her retirement from competitive sport.

Today she works as a legal assistant at the District Craftsmen's Association Ennepe-Ruhr in Witten.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1992	2.	Intern. German master class (Jun.)	up to 60 kg body weight	behind Sandra Gronert, BRD a . in front of Veronique Acker, France
1993	3.	Tournament in Großostheim	up to 65 kg body weight	behind Sonja Yli-Kärppä, Sweden a . Britt Oli Olsson, Norway , in front of Susanna Alaiso u. Barbro Johansson, bde. Sweden
1993	2.	Junior World Championships in Götzis / Austria	up to 65 kg body weight	behind Doris Blind, France, in front of Olga Leschowa, Russia , Olga Shostak, Ukraine a . Natilie Zengriffinen, Switzerland
1994	1.	Tournament in Klippan	up to 70 kg body weight	before Agnija Murawska, Latvia , Evangelia Nikoaou, Greece a . Duitstelingue Yannick, France
1994	1.	Intern. Tournament in Großostheim	up to 70 kg body weight	in front of Edita Suchomelowa, Czech Republic
1994	5.	World Cup in Sofia	up to 70 kg body weight	behind Christine Nordhagen , Canada , Elmira Kurbanowa , Russia, Mihiko Miyazaki , Japan and others. Tatjana Karmanitskaja , Ukraine , before Pawlina Ziolkowska, Poland
1995	3.	Tournament in Klippan	up to 70 kg body weight	behind Lise Golliot , France a. Susanne Stübner, Germany
1995	1.	Intern. German championship in Ückerath	up to 70 kg body weight	before Lise Golliot u. Monika Lebek, Poland
1995	3.	World Cup in Moscow	up to 70 kg body weight	behind Lise Golliot u. Elmira Kurbanowa, before Christine Nordhagen u. Li Sha Ling, Taiwan
1996	2.	Intern. German championship in Hanau	up to 75 kg body weight	behind Christine Nordhagen u. in front of Gloria Hoog, Germany
1996	1.	EM in Oslo	up to 70 kg body weight	before Ewgenia Ossipenko, Russia, Lise Golliot a. Dessislawa Mladen, Bulgaria
1996	5.	World Cup in Sofia	up to 70 kg body weight	behind Christine Nordhagen, Galina Iwanow, Bulgaria a. Lise Golliot-Legrand
1997	1.	Tournament in Klippan	up to 68 kg body weight	before Lene Barlie , Norway a. Lise Legrand
1997	3.	EM in Warsaw	up to 68 kg body weight	behind Doris Blind u. Anna Udyn, Poland, before Nina Strasser , Austria a. Galina Ivanov
1997	3.	World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand	up to 68 kg body weight	behind Christine Nordhagen u. Sandra Bacher , USA , before Yayoi Urano , Japan a. Nina Strasser
1997	3.	Intern. German championship in Gütersloh	up to 75 kg body weight	behind Daniela Reisinger u. Nicole Hettich, bde. Germany
1998	1.	EM in Bratislava	up to 75 kg body weight	before Tatjana Kormanitskaja, Ukraine a. Monika Kowalski, Poland a. Zumrod Kurbangadisheva , Russia
1998	4th	World Cup in Poznan	up to 75 kg body weight	behind Kyoko Hamaguchi , Japan, Kristie Marano , USA a. Edyta Witkowska , Poland, before Sumrud Gurbanhadschijewa
2000	9.	EM in Budapest	up to 75 kg body weight	Winner: Tatjana Kormanitskaja ahead of Edyta Wirkowsaka u. Zarife Yildirim, Turkey
2000	5.	World Cup in Sofia	up to 75 kg body weight	with victories over Heidi Martti, Finland a . Marcela Carias, El Salvador a. a loss to Edyta Witkowska
2001	3.	EM in Budapest	up to 75 kg body weight	with victories over Inga C. Alenius, Sweden and Tatjana Kormanitskaja, a defeat against Swetlana Martynenko , Russia a. a victory over Heidi Martti
2001	3.	World Cup in Sofia	up to 75 kg body weight	with victories over Ohenewa Akuffo , Canada a. Sumrud Gurbanhadschijewa, a defeat against Ma Beiling , China a. a win over Kyoko Hamaguchi, Japan
2002	2.	EM in Seinäjoki / Finland	up to 72 kg body weight	with victories over Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana , Spain , Inga C. Alenius u. Swetlana Sajenko, Ukraine a. a loss to Svetlana Martinenko

German championships

• 1994, 1st place (juniors), up to 70 kg, ahead of Annika Oertli , Hallbergmoos u. Rita Esser, Heimbach,
• 1995, 1st place, up to 70 kg body weight, in front of Gabi Mayr, Kempten (Allgäu) u. Rita Esser,
• 1996, 1st place, up to 75 kg body weight, ahead of Gloria Hoog, Freiburg a . Ramona DiMicco, Pfungstadt ,
• 1997, 1st place, up to 75 kg body weight, in front of Daniela Reisinger, Weiher u. Nicole Hettich, Freiburg,
• 1998, 1st place, up to 75 kg body weight, in front of Nicole Hettich u. Jasmin Kreindl, Kornwestheim ,
• 2000, 1st place, up to 75 kg body weight, ahead of Anja Trautmann, Großostheim u. Manuela Zielke, Plauen ,
• 2001, 2nd place, up to 68 kg body weight, behind Anita Schätzle , Mühlenbach u. in front of Stefanie Sutter, Weitenau,
• 2002, 1st place, up to 72 kg body weight, in front of Evelyn Lamczek, Ückerath u. Christine Breuer, Heusweiler

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Nina Englich's website

Web links

Profile of Nina Englich at the Institute for Applied Training Science