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Paul Wahl (born October 6, 1906 in Möhringen , † February 13, 1982 in Stuttgart ) was a German weightlifter . He was German heavyweight champion in 1934 and participant in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
Career
Paul Wahl grew up in Möhringen near Stuttgart . He started there as a teenager at the SpVgg 1887 Möhringen with weightlifting. He first appeared in 1929 when he started in the German heavyweight championship in Villingen, where he finished 4th in the pentathlon with 482.5 kg (77.5-85-85-100-135).
In 1930 he moved to Düsseldorf for professional reasons and worked for KSV Düsseldorf 20 for three years . In 1931 he took 3rd place in the German heavyweight championship with 330 kg (90-107.5-132.5). In 1933 he returned to Möhringen and started for ASV Möhringen . In the following years, until 1949, he took 2nd or 3rd place in the German championships several times. The year 1934 was an exception, because in that year he was in Nuremberg in the heavyweight pentathlon with 545 kg (85-102.5-105-110-142.5) German champion in front of the former Olympic champion Josef Straßberger , Munich, who on 540 kg came.
The international career of Paul Wahl began in 1933. He came that year at the European Championships in the heavyweight division in a pentathlon on 507.5 kg (82.5-77.5-100-112.5-135) and thus finished 4th Place. In the years that followed, Paul Wahl showed performances in many national competitions on a par with those of Josef Straßberger and, from 1935, Josef Manger , the Olympic champion in 1936 and two-time world champion in 1937 and 1938. But he did not manage to repeat these achievements even remotely at the important competitions, namely the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, the 1935 European Championships in Paris and the 1938 World Championships in Vienna. For this reason he never won a medal at the international championships. At the European Championships in Paris in 1935, he achieved the same performance as the second and third winners in the Olympic three-way fight with 382.5 kg, but was the heaviest of these three lifters and therefore only came 4th in Paris.
In December 1934, in Tuttlingen and Stuttgart, he set two world records in two-armed tearing with 128 kg and 130 kg, respectively. In the Olympic duel in Tuttlingen he achieved 393 kg (115-128-150).
International success
| year | space | competition | Competition type | Weight class | Results |
| 1933 | 4th | EM in Essen | FK 1 | Heavy | with 507.5 kg (82.5-77.5-100-112.5-135), behind Václav Bečvář , Czechoslovakia, 552.5 kg (90-82.5-102.5-117.5-160) , Arnold Luhaäär , Estonia, 537.5 kg (90-80-100-115-152.5) and Josef Straßberger , Germany, 525 kg (75-82.5-122.5-107.5-137.5) |
| 1935 | 4th | EM in Paris | OD | Heavy | with 382.5 kg (112.5-120-150), behind Josef Manger, Germany, 395 kg, Ronald Walker , England, 382.5 kg and Václav Pšenička , Czechoslovakia, 382.5 kg |
| 1936 | 7th | OS in Berlin | OD | Heavy | with 375 kg (115-110-150); Winner: Josef Manger with 410 kg in front of Václav Pšenička, 402.5 kg |
| 1938 | 4th | World Cup in Vienna | OD | Heavy | with 380 kg (120-110-150), behind Josef Manger, 410 kg, Steve Stanko , USA, 397.5 kg and Arnold Luhaäär, Estonia, 390 kg |
German championships
| year | space | Competition type | Weight class | Results |
| 1929 | 4th | FK 2 | Heavy | with 482.5 kg (77.5-85-85-100-135), winner: Josef Straßberger, TSV 1860 Munich, 537.5 kg (75-95-117.5-105-145) |
| 1931 | 3. | OD | Heavy | with 330 kg (90-107.5-132.5), behind Josef Straßberger, 360 kg and Neubauer, ASV Würzburg, 342.5 kg |
| 1932 | 2. | OD | Heavy | with 347.5 kg, behind Josef Straßberger, 367.5 kg |
| 1933 | 2. | FK 1 | Heavy | with 507.5 kg, behind Josef Straßberger, 530 kg |
| 1934 | 1. | FK 2 | Heavy | with 545 kg (85-102.5-105-110-142.5), in front of Josef Straßberger, 540 kg and Karl Bierwirth , VKSA Essen 88, 537.5 kg |
| 1935 | 3. | OD | Heavy | with 372.5 kg (112.5-110-150), behind Josef Manger, SpVgg Freising, 385 kg and Josef Straßberger, 380 kg |
| 1936 | 2. | OD | Heavy | with 387.5 kg (112.5-120-155), behind Josef Manger, 395 kg and in front of Heinz Schattner , TSV 1860 Munich, 380 kg |
| 1937 | 3. | OD | Heavy | with 385 kg (115-120-150), behind Josef Manger, 415 kg and Heinz Schattner, 395 kg |
| 1938 | 2. | OD | Heavy | with 397.5 kg, behind Josef Manger, 427.5 kg and in front of Heinz Schattner, 380 kg |
| 1939 | 3. | OD | Heavy | with 382.5 kg, behind Josef Manger, 435 kg and Heinz Schattner, 387.5 kg |
| 1949 | 2. | OD | Heavy | with 350 kg, behind Theo Aaldering , VKSA Essen 88, 382.5 kg |
- Explanations
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
- Heavy weight, then over 82.5 kg body weight
- FK 1 = pentathlon, consisting of one-armed tearing left and right, two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing
- FK 2 = pentathlon, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed thrusting (any of them), two-armed pushing, tearing and thrusting
- OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing
literature
- Athletics magazine
- "Lifting is part of life", anniversary publication of the German Weightlifting Association, 1991
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Choice, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Möhringen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1982 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |