Reinhard Smolana

Reinhard Smolana (born May 14, 1939 in Berlin ) is a former German bodybuilder and entrepreneur . In 1960 he won the title of Mr. Germany in the first German bodybuilding championship .

Life

Reinhard Smolana trained to be a building carpenter . He began bodybuilding at Poldi Merc in the mid-1950s , who founded the second bodybuilding studio in Germany after Harry Gelbfarb in Berlin . At Merc, Smolana completed a three-year training course as a trainer. In 1958 he won the title of Mr. Berlin.

In 1960 Smolana achieved the title of Mr. Germany. He prevailed against around 100 competitors in the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich . This made Smolana the first German bodybuilding champion. In the following years Smolana organized the German championships. He also won other national and international titles, including:

• Plus bel athlète d'Europe 1961, 3rd place;
• Pro Mr. Universum 1962, 2nd place;
• Mr. Europa 1963, class winner;
• Pro Mr. Universum 1964, 3rd place;
• Pro Mr. Universum 1965, 3rd place.

In 1965, Smolana ended his sports career as a bodybuilder and began powerlifting , in which he became German champion. In 1981 he made a comeback in bodybuilding when he became Mr. Germany in the "over forty" class.

In May 1961, Smolana founded his own bodybuilding studio in Munich, which he called the "mother of all fitness studios". Roy Black and Raimund Harmstorf were among his customers . When Smolana's competitor Rolf Putziger refused to finance his colleague Arnold Schwarzenegger 's trip to the Mr. Universe competition in Great Britain in 1967, the latter turned to Smolana. He paid Schwarzenegger the trip, who took second place. With an area of ​​220 m² and around 300 members, Smolana's studio was one of the largest in Germany in 1968, according to Smolana's own assessment. In 1972 Smolana opened a second studio in Munich, where she later established the first bodybuilding studio for women only. Smolana sold this second studio in 1988, the original studio at the beginning of the millennium. Smolana has lived in Munich and Florida since then .

The German Bodybuilding and Fitness Association inducted Smolana into its Hall of Fame in 2010.

Works

• Smolana, Reinhard: Bodybuilding: Instructions for muscle u. Fitness training for her and him; Hawks; Niedernhausen / Ts. 1982; ISBN 3-8068-0604-7

literature

• o. V., Mr. Germany 1960. First federal championships in bodybuilding , in: Sport und Kraft, 27/1960, pp. 4-15
• Erika Dilger: The fitness movement in Germany , Hofmann, Schorndorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7780-4640-1
• Rolf Putziger : Second national championships in bodybuilding. "Mr. Germany 1961" , in: Sport und Kraft 31/1961, pp. 5-17, 20-21

Web links

• Literature by and about Reinhard Smolana in the catalog of the German National Library
• Smolana in the DBFV Hall of Fame , accessed September 8, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BEING WIDE IS EVERYTHING . In: Der Spiegel . No. 50 , 1962 ( online - 12 December 1962 ).
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Dilger, Erika: The fitness movement in Germany, Hofmann, Schorndorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7780-4640-1 , p. 261
4. ^ Dilger, Erika: The fitness movement in Germany, Hofmann, Schorndorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7780-4640-1 , p. 261
5. ↑ Hujer, Marc: Arnold Schwarzenegger. Die Biographie, DVA, Munich, 2nd edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-421-04405-1 , p. 61f
6. ^ Dilger, Erika: The fitness movement in Germany, Hofmann, Schorndorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7780-4640-1 , p. 262
7. ^ Dilger, Erika: The fitness movement in Germany, Hofmann, Schorndorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7780-4640-1 , p. 468f
8. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.