Peter Behl

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Peter Behl (born February 12, 1966 in Mömbris ) is a former German wrestler . He is Olympic, world championship and European championship participant and five-time German champion in the Greco-Roman style in bantamweight and featherweight

Career

Peter Behl comes from a Mömbris wrestling family. His father Arnold Behl was an active wrestler himself and in 1978 co-founded the RWG Mömbris-Königshofen , the club to which Peter Behl also belongs. The RWG Mömbris-Königshofen belongs to the Hessian Wrestling Association, Mömbris and Königshofen are in Bavaria .

Peter Behl started in the junior division, at that time still for SV Königshofen for the first time at a German championship. He took 5th place in the weight class up to 27 kg body weight. Starting in 1978 for the RWG Mömbris-Königshofen, he won a total of seven German championship titles in the age groups youth A and juniors by 1984. In 1983 he took part in a German championship for the first time in the senior light flyweight division and finished second behind Markus Scherer from VfK Schifferstadt. In 1985 he was the first German bantamweight champion. In this weight class he also won the German championship title in 1986 and 1987. In 1993 and 1995, Peter Behl was German featherweight champion. Outstanding were his duels, which he delivered at the German championships with his long-time training partner Rifat Yildiz.

Peter Behl made his debut on the international wrestling mat in 1983 at the Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Oak Lawn, United States. In the flyweight division he took an excellent 2nd place behind Eduard Awakjan from the Soviet Union. At the Junior World Championships (Espoirs) 1985 in Colorado Springs, he just missed the medal ranks in bantamweight with a 4th place. With a 2nd place he then won a medal again in the bantamweight division at the European Junior Championships (Espoirs) in 1986 in Malmö.

In April 1986 Peter Behl made his debut in an international senior championship at the European Championships in Piraeus. In the bantamweight he lost after good performances against Keijo Pehkonen from Finland and against Mieczyslaw Tracz from Poland each just on points and reached the 10th place. At the European Championships in 1988 in Kolbotn, Norway, he started in featherweight. There he defeated Carlos Fernandez from Spain, Karl Tusch from Austria and Hüseyin Demirtas from Turkey. Then he lost to Jenő Bódi from Hungary and to Aristidis Arutik Rubenjan from the Soviet Union and took 4th place. Peter Behl also fought in featherweight at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . He won there first over Carlos Fernandez, then lost to Hugo Dietsche from Switzerland, defeated Zeki Şahin from Turkey, lost to Jenő Bódi and beat Ike Andersson from the United States in the fight for 5th place.

In 1989 he started again at world championships . In Martigny, Switzerland, he defeated the Chinese Guohong at featherweight, lost to Hur Byung-ho from South Korea, won over Nentakow from Bulgaria and Lee Anthony from the United States and lost to Mario Büttner from the GDR and Jenő Bódi. He came in 6th place.

In the German Bundesliga , Behl played 298 fights for RWG Mömbris-Königshofen and led this club to three German vice-team championship titles.

In his long career in wrestling, Peter Behl was repeatedly plagued by serious injuries. It is admirable how he kept motivated, trained and started again. In order to get an idea of ​​how stressful wrestling can be for an athlete's muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments, the injuries Peter Behl suffered during his career are shown here: meniscus surgery in 1987, further knee surgery and protracted arm injury in 1989, cruciate ligament rupture in 1990 and rupture of the inner ligament on the other knee, 1991 herniated disc, 1992 ruptured latissimus on the left shoulder.

After the end of his career, Peter Behl worked as a trainer in the Hessian Wrestling Association and at his home club RWG Mömbris-Königshofen. He runs a fitness studio in Mömbris and is also active in local politics.

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
1983 2. Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Oak Lawn / USA To fly behind Eduard Awakjan, Soviet Union, in front of Kim Jin-won, South Korea and Moustafa Ramadan, Egypt
1984 6th Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Fredrikshavn To fly Winner: Christo Dimow, Bulgaria ahead of Cornel Chirita, Romania
1985 4th Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Colorado Springs Bantam behind Aristidis Arutik Rubanjan, Soviet Union, Nicolae Nitoiu, Romania and Amadories Gonzales, Cuba
1986 10. EM in Piraeus Bantam after losing to Keijo Pehkonen, Finland and Mieczyslaw Tracz, Poland
1986 2. Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Malmö Bantam behind Bela Reno, Yugoslavia, in front of Nik Jakjajew, Soviet Union and Maik Bitterling, GDR
1988 4th EM in Kolbotn feather after victories over Carlos Fernández, Spain, Karl Tusch, Austria and Hüseyin Demirtas, Turkey and defeats against Jenő Bódi, Hungary and Aristidis Arutik Rubenjan
1988 5. German Grand Prix in Neuss Bantam behind Rifat Yildiz , Germany, András Sike , Hungary, Agassi Manukjan, Soviet Union and Benny Ljungbäck , Sweden
1988 5. OS in Seoul feather after a victory over Carlos Fernández, a defeat against Hugo Dietsche, Switzerland, a victory over Zeki Şahin, Turkey, a defeat against Jenő Bódi and a victory over Ike Andersson, USA
1988 4th FILA Grand Prix Gala feather hinder Komandar Majidow, Soviet Union, Gilles Jalabert, France and Jenő Bódi
1989 11. German Grand Prix in Bonn feather after defeats against Constantin Uta, Romania and Komandar Majidow
1989 7th EM in Oulu feather after defeats against Joszef Szuromi, Hungary and Nentscho Nentschew , Bulgaria and a victory over Bernardo Martinez, Spain
1989 6th World Cup in Martigny feather after a victory over Guohong, China, a defeat against Hur Byung-ho, South Korea, victories over Nentakow, Bulgaria and Lee Anthony, USA and defeats against Mario Büttner , GDR and Jenő Bódi
1992 11. German Grand Prix in Kelheim feather Winner: Akif Mehmet Pirim , Turkey ahead of Constantin Dodila, Romania and Stanislaw Grigorjew, Bulgaria
1993 4th German Grand Prix in Koblenz feather behind Sergej Martinow , Russia, Wlodzimierz Zawadzki , Poland and Jenő Bódi
1993 4th Baltic Sea Games in Tallinn feather behind Zafar Jakuschew, Russia, Rimigius Gustas, Lithuania and Usama Aziz, Sweden

German championships

year space Weight class Results
1983 2. Half flying behind Markus Scherer , VfK Schifferstadt, in front of Andreas Heugabel, RWG Mömbris-Königshofen
1984 3. To fly behind Markus Scherer and Jürgen Kleer , KSV Köllerbach
1985 1. Bantam ahead of Antonio Jannaccone, KSV Aalen and Stefan Kurz, KSV Köllerbach
1986 1. Bantam before Dietmar Späth, ASV Lahr-Kuhbach and Jürgen Lutterer, SV Freiburg-Haslach
1987 1. Bantam in front of Dietmar Späth and Rifat Yildiz , SV Einigkeit 03 Aschaffenburg-Damm
1988 2. Bantam behind Rifat Yildiz, in front of Martin Pohl, ASV Schwalbach
1989 2. feather behind Piotr Michalik , ASV Reilingen and Josef Raczek, ASV Pirmasens
1993 1. feather in front of Torsten Schlonske , ASK Frankfurt / Oder and Rifat Yildiz
1994 2. feather behind Rifat Yildiz, in front of Artur Alexanian , VfK Schifferstadt
1995 1. feather before Rifat Yildiz, AC Goldbach and Artur Alexanian
Explanations
  • all competitions in Greco-Roman style
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
  • Half fly weight up to 48 kg, fly weight up to 52 kg, bantam weight up to 57 kg, feather weight up to 62 kg body weight

literature

  • Athletics magazine
  • One hundred years of wrestling in Germany, publisher of the Deutscher Ringer-Bund eV, "Der Ringer" publishing house, Niedernberg, 1991

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Behl, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Mömbris