Senno Salzwedel

Senno Salzwedel
Senno Salzwedel moving
Personal information
Surname:	Senno Salzwedel
Date of birth:	August 24, 1959
Place of birth:	Goods (Müritz)

Senno Salzwedel (born August 24, 1959 in Waren (Müritz) ) is a former German weightlifter . He was world champion in 1985 in pushing and vice-world champion in 1981 in super heavyweight combat .

Career

The trained car mechanic Senno Salzwedel began weightlifting in 1974 in Waren (Müritz) at what was then the BSG Lokomotive Waren / Rethwisch. He grew very quickly into the super heavyweight (class over 110 kg body weight). Due to his talent and good performance, he was delegated to TSC Berlin in 1978 and trained there by Eberhard Deutscher.

In 1979 he drew attention to himself for the first time at the GDR senior championship in the super heavyweight division, when he weighed 340 kg (145–195) behind Gerd Bonk , 420 kg a. Schwerdtner, SC Einheit Dresden , 370 kg, took 3rd place. In the same year he won at the Junior World Championships in Debrecen in super heavyweight with 355 kg (150–205) the 3rd place behind the Cuban Mendez, 387.5 kg u. Antonio Krastew from Bulgaria , 385 kg. At 205 kg he already indicated his strength in two-armed pushing.

1980 Senno Salzwedel increased at the Cup of Blue Swords in Meißen to 380 kg (162.5-217.5) in a duel and won over Schwerdtner, who achieved 372.5 kg. He then surpassed this performance at the Baltic Cup in Bollnäs / Sweden with 410 kg (180-230) considerably. He won ahead of Vyacheslav Klokow , USSR , 397.5 kg a. Larsson, Sweden, 350 kg. Despite this strong performance, he was not nominated for the Moscow Olympics, where he would have had a good chance of an Olympic medal.

1981 Senno Salzwedel was with 420 kg (185-235) GDR champion and at the World and European Championships, which took place in Lille , used. In Lille he scored 417.5 kg (180-237.5) in a duel and finished second behind Anatoli Pisarenko , USSR, 425 kg (187.5-237.5) at both the World and European Championships. Space.

At the World and European Championships in Ljubljana in 1982 Senno Salzwedel reached 410 kg (182.5-227.5) in a duel. This achievement was only enough for 5th place. Anatoly Pisarenko, 445 kg u. Antonio Krastew, 442.5 kg, among himself. At the Baltic Cup 1982 in Imatra he increased again to 420 kg (180-240) and came in 3rd place behind the Soviet lifters Leo Kaplun, 432.5 kg and Alexander Gunjaschew , 432.5 kg.

In 1983 Senno Salzwedel could not start due to an injury. At the European Championships in 1984 in Vitoria he achieved 422.5 kg (185-237.5) in a duel, taking 3rd place behind Anatoli Pisarenko, 450 kg (200-250) and Anton Krastew, 445 kg (195-250) . Unfortunately, he could not take part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles because of the Olympic boycott of the socialist states.

At the European Championships in 1985 in Katowice , Senno Salzwedel won with 415 kg (187.5–237.5) behind Alexander Gunjaschew, 417.5 kg u. Leonid Taranenko , USSR, 415 kg, again a medal in a duel. He did not succeed in doing this at the 1985 World Championships in Södertälje with 417.5 kg (180-237.5). With this performance he only came in 5th place. But his performance of 237.5 kg in jerking was enough to win the world championship title, because Alexander Gunjaschew and Manfred Nerlinger from the Federal Republic of Germany , who also pushed 237.5 kg, were heavier than him. This title win was the greatest success of his career.

In 1986 Senno Salzwedel won the European Championships in Karl-Marx-Stadt with 420 kg (185–235) behind Antonio Krastew, 450 kg a. Leonid Taranenko, 437.5 kg, again won the bronze medal in a duel. But it wasn't enough for him to win a medal at the 1986 World Cup in Sofia . He achieved there only 392.5 kg (175-217.5), which only reached 5th place.

In 1986 Senno Salzwedel achieved his personal best in a duel at the GDR championship with 430 kg (187.5–242.5). He did not contest any major competitions after 1986, but was still active until 1988. After Gerd Bonk and Jürgen Heuser, Senno Salzwedel was the third super heavyweight lifter from the GDR to reach the top of the world.

International success

(WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, SS = super heavyweight, at that time over 110 kg body weight)

• 1979, 2nd place , Grand Prix of Berlin (juniors), SS, with 345 kg (150–195), behind Mendez, Cuba , 360 kg;
• 1979, 3rd place , Junior World Championships in Debrecen , SS, with 355 kg (150–205), behind Mendez, 387.5 kg a. Antonio Krastew , Bulgaria , 395 kg;
• 1980, 1st place , Cup of Blue Swords in Meißen , SS, with 380 kg (162.5–217.5) in front of Schwerdtner, GDR, 372.5 kg a. Surbanovic, Yugoslavia , 345 kg;
• 1980, 1st place , Baltic Cup in Bollnäs / Sweden , SS, with 410 kg (180-230), ahead of Wjatscheslaw Klokow , USSR , 397.5 kg a. Larsson, Sweden, 350 kg;
• 1981, 2nd place , Cup of Blue Swords in Meißen, SS, with 395 kg (175–220), behind Jürgen Heuser , GDR, 427.5 kg a. before Kempe, GDR, 390 kg;
• 1981, 2nd place , WM + EM in Lille , SS, with 417.5 kg (180-237.5), behind Anatoli Pisarenko , USSR, 425 kg (187.5-237.5) and in front of Tadeusz Rutkowski , Poland , 415 kg (182.5-232.5);
• 1982, 3rd place , Cup of Blue Swords in Meißen, SS, with 385 kg (165–220), behind Jürgen Heuser, 420 kg (180–240) a. Kempe, 400 kg;
• 1982, 5th place , WM + EM in Ljubljana , SS, with 410 kg (182.5–227.5); Winner: Anatoly Pisarenko, 445 kg, ahead of Antonio Krastew, 442.5 kg;
• 1982, 3rd place , Baltic Cup in Imatra , SS, with 420 kg (180–240), behind Leo Kaplun, USSR, 432.5 kg a. Alexander Gunjaschew , USSR, 432.5 kg;
• 1984, 1st place, Cup of Blue Swords in Meissen
• 1984, 3rd place , EM in Vitoria , SS, with 422.5 kg (185-237.5), behind Anatoli Pisarenko, 450 kg (200-250) and Antonio Krastew, 445 kg (195-250);
• 1985, 3rd place , EM in Katowice , SS, with 415 kg (187.5–227.5), behind Alexander Gunjaschew, 417.5 kg a. Leonid Taranenko , USSR, 415 kg;
• 1985, 5th place , World Championships in Södertälje , SS, with 417.5 kg (180-237.5), behind Antonio Krastew, 437.5 (202.5-235), Alexander Gunjaschew, 432.5 (195-237 , 5), Manfred Nerlinger , FRG , 422.5 (185-237.5) u. Leonid Taranenko, 417.5 (185-232.5);
• 1986, 3rd place , EM in Karl-Marx-Stadt , SS, with 420 kg (185–235), behind Antonio Krastew, 450 kg (207.5–242.5) and Leonid Taranenko, 437.5 kg (195-242.5);
• 1986, 5th place , World Championships in Sofia , SS, with 392.5 kg (175–217.5), behind Anton Krastew, 460 kg (215–245), Manfred Nerlinger, 430 kg (185–245), Robert Skolimowski , Poland, 410 kg u. Judeczek, CSSR , 400 kg

Individual medals at Welt- u. European championships

• World Cup gold medal: 1985 / pushing,
• World Cup silver medal: 1981 / pushing
• European Championship silver medals: 1981 / pushing, 1985 / pushing,
• European Championship bronze medals: 1984 / pushing, 1985 / tearing, 1986 / tearing, 1986 / pushing

GDR championships

• 1979, 3rd place, SS, with 340 kg, behind Gerd Bonk , Karl-Marx-Stadt , 420 kg and Schwerdtner, Dresden , 370 kg
• 1981, 1st place, SS, with 420 kg, in front of Kempe a. Heiko Müller, both Karl-Marx-Stadt,
• 1982, 1st place, SS, with 427.5 kg, in front of Kempe,
• 1984, 1st place, SS, with 405 kg, in front of Kempe a. Extinguisher, Meissen ,
• 1985, 1st place, SS, with 405 kg,
• 1986, 1st place, SS, with 430 kg, in front of Roland Steuk , TSC Berlin

swell

• Trade journal Athletik , numbers 9/1979, 5/1980, 9/1980, 4/1981, 10/1981, 7/1982, 10/1982, 11/1982, 4/1984, 9/1985, 10/1985, 6 / 1986, 11/1986,
• Specialist magazine heavy athletics (GDR) , number 4/1979,
• Website www.sport-komplett.de ,
• Anniversary publication 100 years of weightlifting in Germany , publisher of the German Weightlifting Association, 1991

Web links

• Senno Salzwedel in Top Lifters of the 20th Century