Sebastian Hering

Sebastian Hering medal table
Wrestling
Germany
European Championship
silver	1931 Prague	feather
gold	1935 Copenhagen	feather

Sebastian Hering (born August 21, 1910 in Munich , † February 28, 1978 in Munich) was a German wrestler .

Career

Sebastian Hering started wrestling at the age of 10 in Munich and achieved initial success in the youth field. He learned to be a locksmith and was employed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn . In 1930 and 1931 he fought for Jahn Göppingen , returned to Munich and joined the RTSG Neuaubing . As a 20-year-old he was able to qualify for participation in the European Championships in Prague . For the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 and for the European Championships in 1933 and 1934, his path was blocked by his fellow wrestler from Munich, Wolfgang Ehrl . Sebastian Hering was a so-called “hunger artist” who repeatedly managed to lose many kilos without losing too much substance in order to be able to start at featherweight. After 1936 he only wrestled in the light and welterweight division.

International success

• 1931 2nd place European Championships in Prague , Greco-Roman. Style, featherweight, after victories over Boros, Yugoslavia , Mollet, France and a point defeat to Kustaa Pihlajamäki , Finland ;
• 1932, 1st place , intern. Tournament in Helsinki , Greco-Roman. Style, featherweight, before Ryhänen u. Juhola, bde. Finland;
• 1932, 1st place , intern. Tournament in Stockholm , Greco-Roman. Style, featherweight, before Torsten Bergström u. Ake Alm, bde. Sweden;
• 1935 1st place European Championships in Copenhagen , Greco-Roman. Style, featherweight, after victories over Göte Persson, Sweden, Francois, France, Svend Martinsen , Norway , Hermanni Pihlajamäki , Finland and a defeat against Aage Meier , Denmark , which no longer had any effect on his title win ;
• 1936 4th place Olympic Games in Berlin , Greco-Roman. Style, featherweight, after victories over Slazak, Poland , Horvath, Romania , Karcher, France , Morrell, Great Britain and a loss to Einar Karlsson , Sweden ;

In three international matches that he played for Germany, he achieved two victories.

Success at German championships

(gr = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, Fe = featherweight, Le = lightweight, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight)

• 1931 1st place in Untertürkheim, gr, Fe, ahead of Ernst Meier, Dortmund , and Wolfgang Ehrl, Munich;
• 1932 2nd place in Dortmund, gr, Fe, behind Jaulus, Cologne, and in front of Heinrich Schwarzkopf , Koblenz ;
• 1933 1st place in Untertürkheim, gr, Fe, ahead of Ehrl and Hans Wittwer , Dresden ;
• 1934 1st place in Nuremberg , gr, Fe, ahead of Heinrich Nettesheim , Cologne;
• 1935 2nd place in Munich, gr, Fe, behind Georg Weidner , Stuttgart , and in front of Georg Pulheim , Cologne;
• 1935 1st place in Hohenlimburg, F, Fe, ahead of Georg Pulheim;
• 1936 2nd place in Mannheim , gr, Fe, behind Eduard Sperling , Dortmund, and in front of Georg Weidner;
• 1936 2nd place in Nuremberg, F, Le, behind Nettesheim and in front of Fritz Weikart , Hörde;
• 1937 3rd place in Karlsruhe , F, Le, behind Nettesheim and Ehrl;
• 1938 2nd place in Breslau , F, Le, behind Weidner;
• 1939 3rd place in Nuremberg, gr, Le, behind Nettesheim and Otto Freund , Ludwigshafen am Rhein ;
• 1940 2nd place in Stuttgart , F, We, behind Fritz Schäfer , Ludwigshafen am Rhein;
• 1941 3rd place in Frankfurt am Main , gr, Le, behind Nettesheim and Otto Hirsch, Munich;
• 1942 1st place in Cologne, gr, Le, ahead of Karl Heßberger , Dettingen;
• 1948 2nd place in Bad Reichenhall , gr, Le, behind Ehrl;
• 1949 2nd place in Munich, F, Wed, behind Bruno Henze , Frankfurt am Main, and in front of Josef Lehner , Nuremberg.

swell

• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
• 1972 yearbook of the German Wrestling Federation, Athletik-Verlag Karlsruhe, 1972
• One hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Der Ringer Verlag, Niedernberg, 1991
• Website www.sport-komplett.de
• various issues of the specialist magazine Athletik from 1929 to 1936
• Various issues of the specialist magazine "Kraftsport" from 1937 to 1941

Sebastian Hering won 16 medals at German championships in four weight classes.

Web links

• Photo by Sebastian Hering in the BRV chronicle