Norbert Bergmann
Norbert Bergmann (born May 1, 1954 in Essen ) is a former German weightlifter .
Career
Norbert Bergmann started lifting weights at KSV Essen- Borbeck as a teenager . But he soon switched to PSV Oberhausen and in the course of his career also started for KSV 1884 Mannheim and VfL Wolfsburg . He learned the profession of vulcanizer, but later became a representative of sporting goods companies.
He was already very successful as a teenager. In 1970 he took second place in the German championship of the B-youth (age group up to the age of 16) in the weight class up to 75 kg body weight with 277.5 kg in the Olympic three-way fight. In 1971 he became German youth champion (A-youth) in the middleweight division and increased to 317.5 kg in the Olympic three-way battle. In 1973 he became German junior champion in a duel after the Olympic three-way fight had been abolished by the World Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in late 1972. He reached a middle weight of 270 kg.
In the next few years he also placed himself in the front of the field at the German junior and senior championships. He was German senior champion in 1977 in the middleweight division with 312.5 kg, in 1978 in the middleweight division with 317.5 kg, in 1982 in the light heavyweight division with 335 kg and in 1984 in the light heavy weight division with 325 kg. In the years he fought exciting fights , especially with Klaus Groh , Horst Appel and Jürgen Negwer .
Norbert Bergmann was also successful on the international weightlifting stage. He belonged to the extended world class in middle and light heavyweight. In 1976 he represented the Federal Republic of Germany at the Olympic Games in Montreal and came in 9th place in the middleweight division with 310 kg in a duel. At the European Championships in 1979 in Varna , he took a good 5th place in a duel in the light heavyweight division with 335 kg (142.5-192.5). At the world championship of the same year in Saloniki he came in 6th place with 340 kg (145-195). With his performance in pushing he even won the bronze medal in Salonika .
In 1982 Norbert Bergmann took 8th (7th) place at the World and European Championships in Ljubljana in the light heavyweight division with 337.5 kg (127.5–190). In 1983 he took part in a world championship for the last time. In Moscow he came with 335 kg (145-190) on the 11th place and took 9th place in the European Championship ranking.
After not being able to take part in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow due to the Olympic boycott, he was unlucky in 1984 too, as he had to undergo knee surgery at the beginning of this year that made a start in Los Angeles impossible. There he would have had a good chance of a medal in the light heavyweight division, because the boycott of these games by the Eastern Bloc countries at that time meant that the silver medal in this weight class was awarded with 340 kg. An achievement that, with appropriate preparation, he could have easily achieved.
1985 Norbert Bergmann ended his weightlifting career.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
| 1975 | 3. | Pannonia tournament in Budapest | medium | with 302.5 kg (127.5–175), behind Antal Stark, Hungary , 320 kg u. Klaus Groh , FRG , 305 kg (140–165) |
| 1975 | 9. | WM + EM (9th) in Moscow | medium | at 300 kg (125-175); Winner: Peter Wenzel , GDR , 335 kg (145–190) ahead of Jordan Mitkow , Bulgaria , 332.5 kg (150–182.5) |
| 1976 | 1. | EC cup tournament in Maastricht | medium | with 300 kg (125–175), before Jürgen Negwer , FRG, 297.5 kg |
| 1976 | 10. | EM in Berlin | medium | at 302.5 kg (127.5-175); Winner: Wartan Militosjan , USSR , 340 kg in front of Peter Wenzel, 335 kg a. Jordan Mitkow, 330 kg |
| 1976 | 9. | OS in Montreal | medium | at 310 kg (132.5-177.5); Winner: Jordan Mitkow, 335 kg in front of Wartan Militosjan, 330 kg a. Peter Wenzel, 327.5 kg |
| 1977 | 2. | EC cup tournament in Constable | medium | with 305 kg (130–175), behind Jürgen Negwer, 307.5 kg |
| 1977 | 9. | WM + EM (8th) in Stuttgart | medium | at 312.5 kg (137.5-175); Winner: Jurik Wardanjan , USSR, 345 kg in front of Peter Wenzel, 337.5 kg a. Günther Schliwka , GDR, 330 kg |
| 1978 | 1. | EC cup tournament in Lille | medium | with 287.5 kg (125-162.5), in front of Lagrotteria, Italy , 285 kg |
| 1978 | 7th | EM in Havířov | medium | at 307.5 kg (130-177.5); Winner: Wartan Militosjan, 342.5 kg, ahead of Zamuri Todorow, Bulgaria, 330 kg |
| 1978 | 8th. | World Cup in Gettysburg | Slightly difficult | at 322.6 kg (140-182.5); Winner: Jurik Wardanjan, 377.5 kg (170–207.5) ahead of Péter Baczakó , Hungary, 352.5 kg (157.5–195) |
| 1979 | 2. | Danube Cup tournament in Tatabánya | Slightly difficult | with 322.5 kg (135–187.5), behind Antal Stark, 352.5 kg |
| 1979 | 5. | EM in Varna | Slightly difficult | at 335 kg (142.5-192.5); Winner: Blagoj Blagojew , Bulgaria, 380 kg |
| 1979 | 6th | World Cup in Saloniki | Slightly difficult | 340 kg (145-195); Winner: Jurik Wardanjan, 380 kg (170–200) ahead of Blagoj Blagojew, 362.5 kg (170–192.5) |
| 1981 | 5. | Cup of the "blue swords" in Meissen | Slightly difficult | at 312.5 kg (135-177.5); Winner: Assen Slatew, Bulgaria, 357.5 kg |
| 1981 | unpl. | WM + EM in Lille | Slightly difficult | after 145 kg in snatch, three failed attempts in pushing; Winner: Jurik Wardanyan, 392.5 kg (170–222.5) ahead of Assen Slatew , 372.5 kg (170–202.5) |
| 1982 | 3. | Danube Cup tournament in Donaueschingen | Slightly difficult | with 335 kg (142.5–192.5), behind Radew, Bulgaria, 352.5 kg u. Mandzak, Hungary, 345 kg |
| 1982 | 8th. | WM + EM (7th) in Ljubljana | Slightly difficult | at 337.5 kg (147.5-190); Winner: Assen Slatew, 400 kg (180–220) ahead of Alexander Perwi , USSR, 392.5 kg (175–217.5) |
| 1983 | 1. | Danube Cup tournament in Bistrita / Romania | Slightly difficult | with 345 kg (152.5-192.5), in front of Laszlo Kiraly, Hungary, 342.5 kg (152.5-190) and Petre Dumitru, Romania, 337.5 kg (150–187.5) |
| 1983 | 1. | EC championships in Copenhagen | Slightly difficult | with 340 kg (142.5–197.5), before Giuseppe Lagrotteria, 332.5 kg a. Marc Lopez, France , 322.5 kg |
| 1983 | 1. | Baltic Cup in Rostock | Slightly difficult | with 330 kg (145–195), before Zdzislaw Faras, Poland, 325 kg a. Reinhard Klein, FRG, 325 kg |
| 1983 | 11. | WM + EM (9th) in Moscow | Slightly difficult | at 335 kg (145-190); Winner: Jurik Wardanyan, 392.5 kg (180–212.5) ahead of Assen Slatew, 390 kg (180–210) |
World Cup individual medal
- World Cup bronze medal: 1979 / pushing
German championships
| year | space | Age group | Weight class | Result |
| 1970 | 2. | Youth B | up to 75 kg body weight | with 277.5 kg |
| 1971 | 1. | Youth A | up to 75 kg body weight | with 317.5 kg |
| 1972 | 1. | Youth A | up to 75 kg body weight | with 345 kg, in front of Josef Hecht, Roding , 320 kg |
| 1972 | 5. | Juniors | medium | with 340 kg; Winner: Bernhard Steinbach, Altrip , 400 kg |
| 1973 | 1. | Juniors | medium | with 270 kg in front of Karl-Heinz Radschinsky , Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz , 260 kg |
| 1973 | 4th | Seniors | medium | with 270 kg; Winner: Rudi Seidel, Langen , 290 kg ahead of Hans Schmidt, Donaueschingen , 287.5 kg |
| 1974 | 2. | Juniors | medium | with 270 (120–150), behind Klaus Groh (weightlifter) , AC Mutterstadt , 285 kg |
| 1975 | 2. | Seniors | medium | with 302.5 (130–172.5) kg, behind Klaus Groh, 307.5 kg, in front of Karl Rimböck, Donaueschingen, 290 kg |
| 1977 | 1. | Seniors | medium | with 312.5 kg (135–177.5), ahead of Jürgen Negwer , Wolfsburg , 300 kg (130–170) |
| 1978 | 1. | Seniors | medium | with 317.5 kg (135–182.5), ahead of Klaus Groh, 315 kg (142.5–172.5) |
| 1979 | 2. | Seniors | Slightly difficult | with 335 kg (145–190), behind Klaus Groh, 337.5 kg (150–187.5), in front of Horst Appel , Kassel , 330 kg |
| 1980 | 2. | Seniors | Slightly difficult | with 337.5 kg (147.5–190), behind Horst Appel , 345 kg (150–195), in front of Klaus Groh, 335 (155–180) |
| 1981 | 2. | Seniors | Slightly difficult | with 322.5 kg (142.6–180), behind Jürgen Negwer, 340 kg |
| 1982 | 1. | Seniors | Slightly difficult | with 335 kg (145–190), before Klaus Groh, 315 kg |
| 1984 | 1. | Seniors | Slightly difficult | with 325 kg (142.5–182.5), ahead of Zbigniew Kaczmarek , Wolfsburg, 322.5 kg |
Explanations
- Competitions up to 1972 in the Olympic three-way fight (pushing, tearing, pushing), from 1973 in single combat (tearing, pushing),
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships,
- Middle weight, then up to 75 kg, light heavy weight, then up to 82.5 kg body weight (KG)
swell
- Athletics magazine
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
Web links
- Norbert Bergmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bergmann, Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |