Roger Gössner

Roger Gössner (born November 11, 1964 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a former German wrestler.

Career

Roger Gössner grew up in Ludwigshafen am Rhein as the son of Helmut Gössner, who was German runner-up in the light heavyweight wrestling in the Greco-Roman style in 1960. As a child, he began to emulate his father, also with the KSV Friesenheim wrestling . Ambitious and talented, he was already able to achieve many successes in the junior division and took 3rd place in the class up to 60 kg at the 1982 World Youth Championships in Colorado Springs . In the past he was rather small and skinny, and later he gained weight and grew into one of the best German middleweight wrestlers in the Greco-Roman style.

His best year was in 1987, when he took a good fifth place at the European Championships and was sensationally runner-up at the World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand . In spring 1988 he suffered a serious injury that prevented him from starting at the European Championships. At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 he started but was unable to place in the front field because of the lack of training due to injury. After 1988 he resigned from international wrestling events because of his injuries. In Germany he also had a competitor in his weight class in Thomas Zander from Aalen .

In Germany he struggled even further and continued for many years in team fights, where he competed for KSV Friesenheim, KSV Wiesenthal, ASV Lampertheim and SV Germania Weingarten . Since 2005 he has been on the mat for KSV Hemsbach as a (co) trainer and points guarantee. On December 13, 2008, after 30 years of team wrestling, he played his last wrestling match for the time being.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Le = lightweight, Mi = middleweight, at that time up to 68 kg and 82 kg body weight)

• 1982, 3rd place , Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Colorado Springs , GR, class up to 60 kg body weight, behind Ilsam Gamidow, USSR , and Todd Nicholson, USA ;
• 1983, 4th place , Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Kristiansund / Norway , GR, Le, behind Marian Przygoda, Poland , Morten Saetre, Norway, Martin Kornbakk , Sweden , and in front of Uwe Hemmann, GDR ;
• 1986, 4th place , Grand Prix of FR Germany in Freiburg im Breisgau , GR, Wed, behind Taimuraz Abchasawa , USSR, Siegfried Seibold , FR Germany and Bogdan Daras , Poland, and in front of Magnus Fredriksson , Sweden;
• 1987, 5th place , EM in Tampere , GR, Wed, with victories over Jari Salomäki , Finland , Magnus Fredriksson , Sweden , and Ernesto Razzino, Italy, and defeats against Sergei Nassewitsch , USSR, and Tibor Komáromi , Hungary ;
• 1987, 2nd place , World Championship in Clermont-Ferrand , GR, Wed, with victories over Fredriksson, Catalfo, USA, Sang Kyu, Korea , Bogdan Daras , Poland, and defeats against Nassewitsch and Komáromi;
• 1987, 5th place , FILA Grand Prix tournament in Budapest , GR, Wed, behind Komáromi, Daras, Sorin Herțea , Romania , and Nassewitsch and in front of Juan Conde, Cuba ;
• 1988, 12th place , OS in Seoul , GR, Wed, with victories over Stig Kleven, Norway, and Ouman Ngom, Senegal , and defeats to Fredriksson and Komáromi;
• 1988, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the FR Germany, GR, Wed, behind Michail Mamiaschwili , USSR, and Fredriksson and in front of Thomas Zander , FR Germany, Hans-Hermann Strauss , FR Germany, and Daras;
• 1988, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the ČSSR , GR, Wed, behind Begi Darcia, USSR, and Petr Stehel, Czechoslovakia

German championships

• 1986, 3rd place, GR, Wed, behind Siegfried Seibold , Bad Reichenhall , and Frank Less, Witten;
• 1987, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Hans-Hermann Strauss , Aalen , and Seibold;
• 1988, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Thomas Zander , Aalen, and Seibold;
• 1989, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Strauss and in front of Andrzej Potstata;
• 1990, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Zander and in front of Ralf Bahmer, Heinsheim ;
• 1991, 3rd place, GR, Wed, behind Strauss and Ömer Cetin, Witten;
• 1992, 3rd place, GR, Hs, behind Maik Bullmann , AC Goldbach , and Franz Achter, Hallbergmoos ;
• 1994, 1st place, GR, Hs, ahead of Dominik Brandt, Gelenau , and Mirko Klein, Witten ;
• 1995, 3rd place, GR, S, behind Bullmann and Lars Petzold, Neckargartach ;
• 1996, 2nd place, GR, S, behind Andreas Steinbach , Schifferstadt, and in front of Dirk Zimmermann, Eisenhüttenstadt

swell

One hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer Verlag , Niedernberg , 1991

Web links

Profile of Roger Gössner at the Institute for Applied Training Science