Peter Wenzel (weightlifter)
Peter Wenzel (born April 15, 1952 in Mohlis near Meißen ) is a former German weightlifter .
Career
Peter Wenzel started weightlifting in Meissen when he was 14. Its discoverer and first trainer was Karl Bräuer. The blond athlete, who started for the SC Einheit Dresden / Meißen, soon had his first successes and in 1971 became GDR junior middleweight champion with the promising three-way performance of 420 kg and was used internationally the following year. His greatest achievements were winning the world middleweight championship in 1975 and the bronze medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal . Wenzel then continued to lift with many successes, but ended his career before the 1980 Olympic Games.
The trained locksmith trained to become a trainer.
Doping in the GDR
In 1979 and 1980 Wenzel received 7200 and 4785 mg Oral-Turinabol as part of the state-operated forced doping system of the GDR .
International successes / all-around
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
| 1971 | 5. | Baltic Cup in Lübeck | medium | with 417.5 kg; Winner Leif Jensen , Norway , 442.5 kg ahead of Waldemar Baszanowski , Poland , 440 kg |
| 1972 | 9. | EM in Constanța | medium | with 432.5 kg; Winner Jordan Bikow , Bulgaria , 477.5 kg, ahead of Viktor Kurenzow , USSR , 472.5 kg |
| 1973 | 2. | World Cup in Havana | medium | with 317.5 kg, behind Nedeltscho Kolew , Bulgaria, 337.5 kg and in front of Antal Stark, Hungary , 312.5 kg |
| 1974 | 1. | Grand Prix of the USSR in Yerevan | medium | weighing 330 kg, ahead of Mohamed Trabulsi , Lebanon , 315 kg and Smirnow, USSR, 312.5 kg |
| 1974 | 2. | EM in Verona | medium | with 327.5 kg, behind Kolew, 340 kg and in front of Kurenzow, 325 kg |
| 1974 | 3. | World Cup in Manila | medium | with 322.5 kg, behind Kolew, 335 kg and Janko Russew , Bulgaria, 332.5 kg |
| 1975 | 3. | Grand Prix of the USSR in Zaporozhye | medium | with 320 kg, behind Wartan Militosjan , USSR, 330 kg and Michailow, USSR, 330 kg |
| 1975 | 1. | Cup of the "Blue Swords" in Meissen | medium | with 322.5 kg (140-182.5), ahead of Anselmo Silvino , Italy, 305 kg a. Wolfgang Huebner, GDR, 305 kg |
| 1975 | 1. | WM + EM in Moscow | medium | with 335 kg, in front of Jordan Mitkow , Bulgaria, 332.5 kg and Nedeltscho Kolew , 325 kg |
| 1976 | 2. | EM in Berlin | medium | with 335 kg, behind Militosjan, 340 kg and in front of Mitkow, 330 kg |
| 1976 | bronze | OS in Montreal | medium | with 327.5 kg, behind Mitkow, 335 kg and Militosjan, 330 kg |
| 1976 | 1. | Baltic Cup in Lahti / Finland | medium | with 330 kg (145-185), before Günther Schliwka, GDR, 322.5 kg (140-182.5) and Arvo Ala-Pöntiö, Finland, 307.5 kg |
| 1977 | 1. | Baltic Cup in Stralsund | Slightly difficult | with 330 kg, ahead of Waldemar Mikulski Poland and Richard Hermann Poland |
| 1977 | 2. | WM + EM in Donaueschingen | medium | with 337.5 kg, behind Jurik Wardanjan , USSR, 345 kg and in front of Günther Schliwka , GDR , 330 kg |
| 1978 | 4th | EM in Havířov | medium | with 325 kg, behind Militosjan, 342.5 kg, Zamari Todorow, Bulgaria, 330 kg and Stark, 330 kg |
| 1978 | 3. | World Cup in Gettysburg | medium | with 335 kg, behind Roberto Urrutia , Cuba , 347.5 kg and Militosjan, 337.5 kg |
| 1979 | 3. | EM in Varna | medium | with 332.5 kg, behind Mitkow, 345 kg and Kolew, 337.5 kg |
| 1979 | 3. | World Cup in Saloniki | medium | with 337.5 kg, behind Roberto Urrutia , 345 kg and Nedeltscho Kolew , 342.5 kg |
World and European championships individual disciplines
- World Cup gold medals: 1975 with 190 kg in the push,
- World Cup silver medals: 1976 with 145 kg and 1977 with 150 kg in snatch, 1974 with 180 kg and 1979 with 190 kg in jerk,
- World championship bronze medals: 1974 with 142.5 kg and 1975 with 145 kg in snatch and 1976 with 182.5 kg and 1977 with 187.5 kg in jerk
- European Championship gold medals: 1976 with 150 kg in snatch and 1975 with 190 kg in jerk,
- EM silver medals: 1974 with 145 kg, 1977 with 150 kg in snatch and 1976 with 185 kg in jerk,
- EC bronze medals: 1975 with 145 kg and 1979 with 150 kg in snatch and 1974 with 182.5 kg, 1977 with 187.5 kg and 1978 with 182.5 kg in jerk
GDR championships
Peter Wenzel was GDR champion / all-around in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1977 in the middleweight division, and in 1976 and 1978 in the light heavyweight division. He also won 14 GDR titles in the individual disciplines of snatching and pushing.
Explanations
- Competitions until 1972 in the Olympic three-way fight, consisting of pushing, tearing and pushing,
- Competitions from 1973 in single combat, consisting of snatching and poking,
- OS = Olympic Games,
- WM = World Championships,
- EM = European Championships,
- Middle weight, then up to 75 kg body weight,
- Lightweight, at that time up to 82.5 kg body weight
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Brigitte Berendonk : Doping documents. From research to fraud. P. 164
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wenceslaus, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mohlis near Meissen |