Wrestling in Germany

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Carl Schuhmann (left with Georgios Tsitas ) became the first Olympic champion in modern wrestling in 1896.

The rings in Germany has a long tradition. The first German championships were held as early as 1893. In addition, championships in team wrestling have been held since 1922. Wrestling is one of the Olympic sports .

Olympic medalist

The following list gives an overview of the Germans who were able to win a medal at the Olympic Games . The first ever Olympic champion in wrestling was Carl Schuhmann , who was also successful in gymnastics and weightlifting.

Style Weight class medal Surname society comment
1896 Athens Gr.-Roman. style No limit gold gold Carl Schuhmann first Olympic champion in modern wrestling
1912 Stockholm Gr.-Roman. style Feather weight up to 60 kg silver silver Georg Gerstacker ASC Sandow Nuremberg
1928 Amsterdam Gr.-Roman. style Lightweight up to 67.5 kg silver silver Eduard Sperling ASV Heros Dortmund
1928 Amsterdam Gr.-Roman. style Lightweight up to 82.5 kg silver silver Adolf Rieger Berlin KV 1931
1928 Amsterdam Gr.-Roman. style Heavy weight over 82.5 kg bronze bronze Georg Gehring SC Siegfried Ludwigshafen
1932 Los Angeles Gr.-Roman. style Bantam weight up to 58 kg gold gold Kurt Leucht SC Nuremberg 04
1932 Los Angeles Gr.-Roman. style Bantam weight up to 56 kg gold gold Jakob Brendel ASC Sandow Nuremberg
1932 Los Angeles Gr.-Roman. style Feather weight up to 61 kg silver silver Wolfgang Ehrl Munich Sports Association
1932 Los Angeles Gr.-Roman. style Light weight up to 66 kg bronze bronze Eduard Sperling ASV Heros Dortmund
1932 Los Angeles Gr.-Roman. style Average weight up to 79 kg silver silver Jean Földeák ASV Heros Dortmund
1936 Berlin Freestyle Bantam weight up to 56 kg bronze bronze Johannes Herbert KV 1895 Stuttgart
1936 Berlin Freestyle Light weight up to 66 kg silver silver Wolfgang Ehrl Munich Sports Association
1936 Berlin Freestyle Lightweight up to 87 kg bronze bronze Erich Siebert ASV Mainz 1888
1936 Berlin Gr.-Roman. style Bantam weight up to 56 kg bronze bronze Jakob Brendel SC Nuremberg 04
1936 Berlin Gr.-Roman. style Welter weight up to 72 kg silver silver Fritz Schäfer SC Siegfried Ludwigshafen
1936 Berlin Gr.-Roman. style Average weight up to 79 kg silver silver Ludwig Schweickert ASV Heros Dortmund
1936 Berlin Gr.-Roman. style Heavy weight over 87 kg bronze bronze Kurt Hornfischer SC Nuremberg 04
1956 Melbourne Gr.-Roman. style Heavy weight over 87 kg silver silver Wilfried Dietrich VfK Schifferstadt
1960 Rome Freestyle Heavy weight over 87 kg gold gold Wilfried Dietrich
1960 Rome Gr.-Roman. style Welter weight up to 73 kg silver silver Günther Maritschnigg SU Witten-Annen
1960 Rome Gr.-Roman. style Average weight up to 79 kg silver silver Lothar Metz ASK forward Rostock GDR / all-German team
1960 Rome Gr.-Roman. style Heavy weight over 87 kg silver silver Wilfried Dietrich
1964 Tokyo Freestyle Light weight up to 70 kg silver silver Klaus Rost KSV Witten 07
1964 Tokyo Gr.-Roman. style Average weight up to 87 kg bronze bronze Lothar Metz ASK forward Rostock GDR / all-German team
1964 Tokyo Gr.-Roman. style Lightweight up to 97 kg bronze bronze Heinz Kiehl VfK Schifferstadt
1964 Tokyo Gr.-Roman. style Heavy weight over 97 kg bronze bronze Wilfried Dietrich
1968 Mexico City Freestyle Heavy weight over 97 kg bronze bronze Wilfried Dietrich
1968 Mexico City Gr.-Roman. style Welter weight up to 78 kg gold gold Rudolf Vesper ASK forward Rostock GDR
1968 Mexico City Gr.-Roman. style Average weight up to 87 kg gold gold Lothar Metz GDR
1972 Munich Freestyle Welter weight up to 74 kg bronze bronze Adolf Seger AV Germania Freiburg-St. George
1972 Munich Gr.-Roman. style Bantam weight up to 57 kg silver silver Hans-Jürgen Veil VfK Schifferstadt
1972 Munich Gr.-Roman. style Feather weight up to 62 kg silver silver Heinz-Helmut Wehling ASK forward Rostock GDR
1976 Montreal Freestyle Bantam weight up to 57 kg silver silver Hans-Dieter Brüchert SG Dynamo Luckenwalde GDR
1976 Montreal Freestyle Average weight up to 82 kg bronze bronze Adolf Seger AV Germania Freiburg-St. George
1976 Montreal Gr.-Roman. style Light weight up to 68 kg silver silver Heinz-Helmut Wehling ASK forward Rostock GDR
1976 Montreal Gr.-Roman. style Welter weight up to 74 kg bronze bronze Karl-Heinz Helbing ASV Mainz 1888
1980 Moscow Freestyle Lightweight up to 90 kg silver silver Uwe Neupert SC Motor Jena GDR
1984 Los Angeles Freestyle Welter weight up to 74 kg silver silver Martin Bud ASV Urloffen
1984 Los Angeles Gr.-Roman. style Paper weight up to 48 kg silver silver Markus Scherer VfK Schifferstadt
1984 Los Angeles Gr.-Roman. style Bantam weight up to 57 kg gold gold Pasquale Passarelli SV St. Johannis Nuremberg
1988 Seoul Freestyle Super heavy weight up to 130 kg bronze bronze Andreas Schröder SC Motor Jena GDR
1988 Seoul Gr.-Roman. style Heavy weight up to 100 kg silver silver Gerhard Himmel AC Bavaria Goldbach
1992 Barcelona Freestyle Heavy weight up to 100 kg silver silver Heiko Balz 1. Luckenwalder SC
1992 Barcelona Gr.-Roman. style Bantam weight up to 57 kg silver silver Rıfat Yıldız SV Unity Aschaffenburg-Damm
1992 Barcelona Gr.-Roman. style Lightweight up to 90 kg gold gold Maik Bullmann AC Bavaria Goldbach
1996 Atlanta Freestyle Heavy weight up to 100 kg bronze bronze Arawat Sabeyev VfK Schifferstadt
1996 Atlanta Gr.-Roman. style Average weight up to 82 kg silver silver Thomas Zander KSV Germania Aalen
1996 Atlanta Gr.-Roman. style Lightweight up to 90 kg bronze bronze Maik Bullmann 1. Luckenwalder SC
2008 Beijing Gr.-Roman. style Lightweight up to 96 kg silver silver Mirko Englich KSV Witten 07
2016 Rio de Janeiro Gr.-Roman. style Average weight up to 85 kg bronze bronze Denis Kudla VfK Schifferstadt

German championships

Team championships

In 1922, the first German team championship in wrestling was held. The first champion was SpVgg Berlin-Ost , which won the title again a year later. The first Bundesliga champion was SV Einigkeit Aschaffenburg-Damm in 1963 .

With ten championship titles each, ASV Heros Dortmund and VfK Schifferstadt are the most successful clubs.

Individual championships

The first German single champion in wrestling was Hubert Schwerger in 1893 in an unlimited weight class. At that time there was only wrestling in the Greco-Roman style. In 1934 the first freestyle championships were held. Since 1994 women have also taken part in German wrestling championships.

Major tournaments

Germany has already hosted numerous European and world championships, the last of which was held on German soil in 1955. In 2011 the European Championships took place in Dortmund.

European championships

World championships

Organization in associations

The umbrella organization for a total of 20 regional wrestling associations is the German Wrestling Association . It was founded in 1972 and has been based in Dortmund since 2000 .

Bundesliga

Since 1964, the German wrestling team championship has been held by a wrestling Bundesliga . In the 2013/14 season, 17 teams competed in two seasons (northern relay with nine teams and southern relay with eight teams) in the Bundesliga. The best four teams of both seasons qualify for the play-offs. The following 17 teams start in the 1st Bundesliga in 2013/14:

North season Season south

The second highest fighting class in Germany is the 2nd Wrestling League , which will be held in three seasons of eight teams in 2013/14.

See also

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