Rudolf Kozłowski

Rudolf Kozłowski (born July 15, 1935 in Hindenburg ) is a former Polish weightlifter.

Career

Rudolf Kozłowski comes from Hindenburg in Upper Silesia and studied electrical engineering. The 1.56 cm tall athlete was a member of Górnik Zabrze from 1956 to 1968 . In 1956 he also began weightlifting and in 1959 he was ready to take part in the Polish championships. Until 1972 he placed ten times among the three best lifters at the Polish championships and was Polish featherweight champion in 1962 and 1964 (at that time up to 60 kg body weight). At the European Championship in 1960 he won his first international medal, which was to be followed by several more.

In 1973 Rudolf Kozłowski moved with his family to the Federal Republic of Germany . He started for a few years for KSV 1884 Mannheim (later also for AC Altrip) mainly in team fights and very successfully at national and international championships of the "Masters" (from 35 years).

successes

International successes / all-around

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Fe = featherweight, Le = lightweight)

• 1960, 3rd place , EM in Milan , Fe, with 307.5 kg, behind Yevgeni Minajew , USSR , 360 kg and Sebastiano Mannironi , Italy , 352.5 kg;
• 1962, 4th place , Grand Prix of Moscow , Fe, with 335 kg, behind Yevgeny Kazura , USSR, 352.5 kg, Szabo, Hungary, 345 kg and Medvedev, USSR, 342.5 kg;
• 1962, 3rd place , WM + EM in Budapest , Fe, with 352.5 kg, behind Minajew, 362.5 kg and Kazura, 357.5 kg;
• 1963, 5th place ( 3rd place ), WM + EM in Stockholm , Fe, with 342.5 kg, behind Yoshinobu Miyake , Japan , 375 kg, Isaac Berger , USA , 367.5 kg, Imre Földi , Hungary , 365 kg and Mannironi, 347.5 kg;
• 1964, 7th place , OS in Tokyo , Fe, with 357.5 kg, winner: Yoshinobu Miyake, 397.5 kg, ahead of Isaac Berger, 382.5 kg;
• 1965, 1st place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow, Fe, with 360 kg, ahead of Gluchin, USSR, 357.5 kg and Janos Benedek, Hungary, 330 kg;
• 1965, 2nd place , EM in Sofia , Fe, with 357.5 kg, behind Mieczysław Nowak , Poland , 365 kg and in front of Petkov, Bulgaria , 340 kg;
• 1965, 3rd place , World Championships in Tehran , Fe, with 360 kg, behind Yoshinobu Miyake, 385 kg and Nowak, 375 kg;
• 1966, 1st place , Baltic Cup, Fe, with 362.5 kg, ahead of Lothar Block, GDR, 350 kg and Dieter Rauscher , FRG, 337.5 kg;
• 1966, 4th place ( 3rd place ), WM + EM in Berlin , Fe, with 357.5 kg, behind Yoshinobu Miyake, 387.5 kg, Nowak, 382.5 kg and Yoshiyuki Miyake , Japan, 370 kg;
• 1968, 3rd place , EM in Leningrad , Fe, with 360 kg, behind Nowak, 380 kg and Dito Shanidze , USSR, 367.5 kg;
• 1969, 3rd place , Baltic Cup in Zinnowitz , Le, with 387.5 kg, behind Zbigniew Kaczmarek , Poland, 402.5 kg and Dittmer, GDR, 395 kg

Polish championships

• 1959, 3rd place, Fe, with 300 kg, behind Marian Jankowski , 315 kg and S. Rusinowicz, 300 kg;
• 1960, 2nd place, Fe, with 302.5 kg, behind Jankowski, 320 kg and in front of M. Zachara, 287.5 kg;
• 1961, 2nd place, Fe, with 307.5 kg, behind Jankowski, 320 kg and in front of T. Zaborski, 292.5 kg;
• 1962, 1st place, Fe, with 342.5 kg, ahead of Zaborski, 307.5 kg and Henryk Trębicki , 300 kg;
• 1964, 1st place, Fe, with 365 kg, ahead of Mieczysław Nowak , 357.5 kg and Zaborski, 340 kg;
• 1965, 2nd place, Le, with 362.5 kg, behind F. Benedik, 377.5 kg and in front of A. Polakiewicz, 360 kg;
• 1966, 2nd place, Fe, with 365 kg, behind Nowak, 367.5 kg and in front of Proc, 355 kg;
• 1967, 2nd place, Fe, with 375 kg, behind Nowak, 377.5 kg and in front of Trębicki, 367.5 kg;
• 1970, 3rd place, Fe, with 362.5 kg, behind Nowak, 375 kg and Trębicki, 367.5 kg;
• 1972, 3rd place, Le, with 390 kg, behind Jan Wojnowski , 405 kg and H. Rum, 390 kg

Web links

• Rudolf Kozlowski in Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century