Petro Pavlidis
Petro Pawlidis (born January 19, 1955 in Aalen , also known as Pedro Pawlidis ) is a former German wrestler .
Career
Pawlidis grew up in Aalen and started wrestling there when he was 10 years old. He started for KSV Germania Aalen , to which he remained loyal throughout his career. Already at the age of 15 he was German vice youth champion in 1970 (up to the age of 18) and from 1971 to 1973 three times in a row German youth champion in this class. He also won several German championship titles among the juniors. He wrestled mostly in the Greco-Roman style. From 1975 he was one of the best German light heavyweight wrestlers and was accepted into the German national team. He was strongly encouraged by the then national coach Heinz Ostermann. Until 1984 Pawlidis was in the Bundesliga season of KSV Aalen and won the German team championship with this club.
On the international wrestling mat he was denied major successes. Right at his first start at a World Cup in 1977 in Gothenburg , he beat the Japanese Yoshihiro Fujita in the light heavyweight division , but had to retire from Hungary in the third round after a loss to Olympic champion Csaba Hegedűs .
It was similar at the 1978 World Cup in Mexico City . Pawlidis defeated the strong Finn Keijo Manni in the first round, but then retired with defeats against Stojan Nikolow from Bulgaria and Aslan Aslan from Turkey .
Excellent Pawlidis performed at the European Championships in 1979 in Bucharest and at the World Championships of the same year in San Diego . In Bucharest he took fourth place, where he failed only on the multiple Swedish world champion Frank Andersson , and in San Diego he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division with four wins and two losses.
At the 1980 European Championships in Prievidza , he retired after beating the Greeks Pozidis due to an injury he sustained in the fight against the Italian Vitucci, and finished in eleventh place. The Olympic boycott of the FRG prevented a start at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow .
In the years that followed, he did not take part in any international assignments, so he devoted himself fully to setting up a sports studio in Aalen and is the operator of such facilities in Baden-Württemberg.
International success
(all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, light heavyweight, then up to 90 kg, heavyweight, then 100 kg body weight)
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
| 1975 | 5. | Junior World Championships in Haskovo | Semi-difficult | behind Loss, USSR , Sanojew, Bulgaria , Roman Wrocławski , Poland , Morsing, Sweden and before Kolahi, Iran |
| 1976 | 3. | Intern. Tournament in Helsinki | Semi-difficult | behind Czesław Kwieciński , Poland and Frank Andersson , Sweden |
| 1977 | 5. | Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Aschaffenburg | Semi-difficult | behind Vladimir Ivascheschkin, USSR, Valeri Resanzew , USSR, Keijo Manni , Finland , Petre Dicu , Romania and before Darko Nišavić , Yugoslavia |
| 1977 | 9. | World Cup in Gothenburg | Semi-difficult | with victories over Yoshihiro Fujita , Japan and defeats against Wiktor Awdeyew, USSR and Csaba Hegedűs , Hungary |
| 1978 | 9. | World Cup in Mexico City | Semi-difficult | with victory over Keijo Manni and defeats against Stojan Nikolow, Bulgaria and Aslan Aslan, Turkey |
| 1979 | 5. | "Werner-Seelenbinder-Tournament" in Leipzig | Semi-difficult | behind Norbert Növényi , Hungary, Wladislav Bojko , Czechoslovakia , Roman Wrocławski and Peter Tschitschenko, USSR and in front of Michael Löbnitz, GDR |
| 1979 | 4th | EM in Bucharest | Semi-difficult | with victories over Christophe Andanson, France and Jiri Kacirek, Czechoslovakia and defeats against Airapet Minassjan , USSR and Frank Andersson |
| 1979 | 3. | World Cup in San Diego | Semi-difficult | with victories over Franz Pietschmann , Austria , Steve Fraser , USA , Petre Dicu and Darko Nišavić and defeats against Növény and Andersson |
| 1980 | 11. | EM in Prievidza | Semi-difficult | after defeating Georgios Posidis, Greece and surrendering due to injury against Vitucci, Italy |
| 1982 | 4th | Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Freiburg im Breisgau | Semi-difficult | behind Igor Kanygin , USSR, Valeri Dolgich, USSR, Uwe Sachs , FR Germany and in front of Steve Fraser , USA and Georgios Posidis, Greece |
German championships
| year | space | Weight class | Result |
| 1973 | 2. | Heavy | behind Lorenz Hecher , Hallbergmoos and in front of Heinz Essig |
| 1974 | 2. | Heavy | behind Günter Kowalewski, Witten and in front of Albert Niederberger, Bad Reichenhall |
| 1975 | 2. | Heavy | behind Heinz Schäfer , Witten and in front of Niederberger |
| 1977 | 1. | Semi-difficult | before Hans-Günter Klein , Witten and Fred Theobald , Schifferstadt |
| 1978 | 2. | Semi-difficult | behind Fred Theobald and in front of Hagen Kolschefsky |
| 1979 | 1. | Semi-difficult | before Uwe Sachs , Freiburg im Breisgau and Kai Staab, Aschaffenburg |
| 1980 | 2. | Semi-difficult | behind Uwe Sachs and in front of Wolfgang Deffner (Kaltental) |
| 1981 | 3. | Semi-difficult | behind Uwe Sachs and Rainer Weber, Nuremberg |
| 1982 | 2. | Semi-difficult | behind Uwe Sachs and in front of Rene Trüby |
swell
- Trade magazines Athletik and Der Ringer from 1970 to 1982,
- Hundred Years of Wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer Verlag , Niedernberg, 1991, pages 193, 219 and 220
- Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
Web links
- Profile of Petro Pawlidis at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Profile of Petro Pawlidis at the Institute for Applied Training Science
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Ringer Bundesliga turns 50 , der-ringer.de, PDF file, 6.1 MB, accessed August 14, 2016
- ↑ The story: KSV Aalen in the Bundesliga , Schwäbische Post , article from February 22, 2011
- ↑ ringer-datenbank.de , accessed August 14, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pavlidis, Petro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pavlidis, Pedro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bask |