Stefan Grützner

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Stefan Grützner (born June 29, 1948 in Chemnitz ) is a former German weightlifter .

Career as an active athlete

Stefan Grützner started weightlifting in 1963 as a 15-year-old boy in Karl-Marx-Stadt . Herbert Svejkovski had created excellent training conditions there. In 1966 he was the GDR Spartakiadeieger in the A-youth with 327.5 kg in the Olympic three-way fight. Its development continued steadily. In 1967 he was second GDR junior middle-heavyweight champion behind his future rival Helmut Losch from Stralsund with 360 kg and in 1968 he reached first place in the GDR junior middle-heavyweight championship with 407.5 kg. From 1970 he was also used at international championships and achieved many successes. His greatest was without a doubt winning the Olympic bronze medal in the heavyweight division (up to 110 kg body weight at that time) in Munich in 1972 . He was unlucky in 1973 when he was in excellent shape, but had to undergo appendectomy just before the World Championships and was unable to participate.

Work as a trainer

In 1975 Stefan Grützner ended his career as an active weightlifter and became a trainer in Karl-Marx-Stadt, which developed into a real stronghold of weightlifting in the GDR in the 1980s. Until 2013 he worked as a trainer at what would later become the Federal and Olympic Training Center in Chemnitz, where he looked after athletes such as Tom Schwarzbach, Alexander Oberkirsch and Stefan Wenke.

Honors

In 2013 Grützner was awarded the Chemmy for his life's work.

International successes / all-around

year space competition Weight class discipline Results
1970 5. Baltic Cup Heavy OD with 495 kg, winner: Jaan Talts , USSR , 550 kg before Valeri Jakubowski , USSR, 540 kg
1971 7th EM in Sofia Heavy OD with 525 kg, winner: Valeri Jakubowski, 560 kg, ahead of Alexander Krajtschew , Bulgaria , 557.5 kg
1971 3. World Cup in Lima Heavy OD with 547.5 kg, behind Juri Kozin , USSR, 555 kg and Alexander Krajchev, 550 kg
1972 1. Pre-olymp. Tournament in Ulm Heavy OD with 535 kg, in front of Kauko Kangasniemi , Finland , 525 kg
1972 2. EM in Constanța Heavy OD with 550 kg, behind Jaan Talts, 587.5 kg and in front of Kauko Kangasniemi, 540 kg
1972 bronze OS in Munich Heavy OD with 555 kg, behind Jaan Talts, 580 kg and Alexander Krajtschew, 562.5 kg
1973 2. Intern. Tournament in Tashkent Heavy OZ with 362.5 kg, behind Pawel Perwuschin , USSR, 392.5 kg and in front of Kauko Kangasniemi, 360 kg
1974 4th EM in Verona Heavy OZ with 362.5 kg, behind Valeri Ustyuschin , USSR, 390 kg, Valentin Christow , Bulgaria and Jürgen Ciezki , GDR , 370 kg
1974 3. Baltic Cup in Växjö / Sweden Heavy OZ with 362.5 kg behind Valeri Ustyuschin, 372.5 kg and Peter Käks , GDR, 367.5 kg

WM + EM medals individual disciplines

  • World Cup Gold Medals: 1971, Tear, S - 1972, Push, S,
  • World Cup silver medal: 1971, pushing, p
  • EM gold medal: 1972, push, S,
  • European Championship bronze medal: 1972, tear, p

GDR championships / all-around

year space Weight class discipline Results
1968 1. Medium difficulty OD Junior championship with 407.5 kg (130-120-157.5), in front of KH Lüftner, Leipzig, 330 kg
1969 2. Medium difficulty OD with 450 kg, behind Klaus Bargende , 477.5 kg and in front of Helmut Losch , 450 kg
1970 1. Heavy OD with 505 kg, ahead of Klaus Kroll , 485 kg and Helmut Losch, 475 kg
1971 1. Heavy OD in front of lion, Karl-Marx-Stadt
Explanations
  • OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing; Olympic duel, consisting of two-armed tearing and pushing
  • Medium weight, then weight class up to 90 kg, heavy weight, up to 110 kg body weight
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

  • Athletics magazine
  • Heavy athletics , newsletter of the German Wrestling Association and the German Weightlifting Association of the GDR

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Grützner: Letting go is difficult . Federal Association of German Weightlifters from August 21, 2013, accessed on January 19, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Grützner, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz