Paul Reiber

Paul Reiber (born November 15, 1904 , † 1992 ) was a German wrestler.

Life

At TSV Musberg , near Stuttgart , he learned to wrestle and made rapid progress. In 1922 he was the first Württemberg bantamweight champion. Seven more championship titles from Württemberg followed. From 1925 he was in the German and European top class, in that year he was also German champion in the Greco-Roman style in bantamweight. He represented Germany at a total of three European championships. At the end of the 1920s, however, he got such strong national competition in Germany in Kurt Leucht and Jakob Brendel , both Nuremberg and both Olympic champions , that he did not make any further international assignments. After his active time he became involved in his club as a coach and functionary.

International success

(EM = European Championship, all competitions in Greco-Roman style)

year	space	competition	Weight class
1925	4th	EM in Milan	Bantam	with victory over Grin, Austria and defeats against Armand Magyar , Hungary and Giovanni Gozzi , Italy
1926	2.	EM in Riga	Bantam	with wins against Magyar, Volt, Estonia and defeat against Sigfrid Hansson, Sweden
1929	6th	EM in Dortmund	Bantam	with victory over Nic, Czechoslovakia and defeats against Lindeloef, Sweden and Ödön Zombori , Hungary

Success at German championships

year	space	place	style	Weight class
1925	1.	Stuttgart	GR	Bantam	in front of Johannes Ohl , Groß-Zimmer and Georg Zehmer , Bad Kreuznach
1926	2.	Cologne	GR	Bantam	behind Kurt Leucht and in front of Dorer, Gutach
1927	3.	Nuremberg	GR	Bantam	behind Ohl and Kurt Füglein, Nuremberg

Note: GR = Greco-Roman style

swell

• Athletics magazine from 1929 to 1930,
• One hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer publishing house , Niedernberg , 1991, pages 194, 210 and 211