Paul Böhmer (wrestler)
Paul Böhmer (born May 3, 1907 in Staffelstein , † January 5, 1983 in Schönau am Koenigssee ) was a German wrestler .
Career
He started wrestling and weightlifting at the Lichtenfels Athletes Club , but soon turned to wrestling. He learned the butcher's trade and then went on "wandering", first wrestling for TV Jahn Göppingen and AK Pirmasens , whose team he helped to win the German team championship in 1929 against AC youth force Zella-Mehlis . Paul Böhmer moved on until he found a permanent place to stay at AC Bad Reichenhall and became a well-known master butcher and innkeeper in Königssee. With AC Bad Reichenhall, he won the German team championship again in 1950 , this time against Viktoria Eckenheim, together with Josef Paar , Peter Enzinger and Bartolomäus "Bartl" Brötzner . Paul Böhmer was often on the mat in German national teams until 1942. He always showed exemplary commitment and, as a light heavyweight, often wrestled in the heavyweight division. So also in an international match against Estonia, when he fought against the European champion of 1938 and 1939 Johannes Kotkas , but lost.
International success
- 1935 2nd place , EM in Copenhagen , Greco-Roman style , HS , with victories over Krzysmalski, Poland and Onni Pellinen , Finland a . Defeats to Edvīns Bietags , Latvia and Axel Cadier , Sweden ;
- 1937 2nd place , EM in Munich , freestyle , HS, with victories over Umberto Silvestri , Italy , Karl Hegglin , Switzerland , Josef Palotas, Hungary and one defeat against Cadier.
Success at German championships
- 1934, 3rd place in Nuremberg , gr, HS, behind Erich Siebert , Darmstadt , and Hans Hauenstein, Fürth;
- 1935, 3rd place in Nuremberg, gr, HS behind Werner Seelenbinder , Berlin , and Engelhardt, Nuremberg;
- 1936, 2nd place in Bad Reichenhall , F, HS, behind Siebert and in front of Karl Ehret , Ludwigshafen am Rhein ;
- 1937, 2nd place in Dortmund , gr, HS, behind Seelenbinder, Berlin;
- 1937, 1st place in Flensburg , F, HS, ahead of Ehret and Siebert;
- 1938, 3rd place in Breslau, F, HS, behind Ehret and Engelhardt;
- 1939, 2nd place in Nuremberg, gr, HS, behind Max Leichter , Eckenheim, in front of Ehret.
International battles
Paul Böhmer played 11 international matches for Germany, in which he won six times.
swell
- Specialist magazines athletics and weight training ,
- Documentation "Hundred Years of Wrestling in Germany", publisher of the German Wrestling Association, Athletik-Verlag, Karlsruhe, 1992, pages 173, 218, 229 u. 230
Web links
- Photos by Paul Böhmer in the BRV chronicle
- Profile of Paul Böhmer at the Institute for Applied Training Science
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kraftsport , No. 26/1937, Illustrierte Wochenschrift f. Heavy athletics, Berlin-Charlottenburg 8, House of German Sports on the Reichssportfeld, p. 5.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Böhmer, Paul |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Relay stone |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1983 |
Place of death | Schoenau upon Kings sea |