Theo Aaldering

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Theo Aaldering medal table

Weightlifter

Germany
European Championship
silver 1953 Stockholm Heavy
silver 1955 Munich Heavy

Theo Aaldering (born May 10, 1920 in Wattenscheid , † March 22, 1979 in Essen ) was a German weightlifter.

life and career

Aaldering grew up in Wattenscheid and, since he was extremely strong as a teenager, started lifting weights . In 1938 he became German junior heavyweight champion. He soon made a name for himself among the active players too. In 1941 he already achieved 387.5 kg in the Olympic three-way fight. Then his career was interrupted by the war and the post-war period. In 1949, Theo Aaldering went to Fellbach for several years in order to be able to support his family.

In 1952 he returned to Essen and set Josef Manger's German record in the Olympic three-way battle with 437.5 kg. That year, shortly before the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki in Essen, he fought against multiple American Olympic and world champion John Davis. The fight ended in a draw 432.5: 432.5 kg. 1952 also saw the greatest disappointment in Aaldering's life. Shortly before the tickets to Helsinki were issued, it was found that Aaldering, the son of a Dutchman and a German, only had Dutch , but not German citizenship. So Helsinki went on without him.

Naturalized in the meantime, he won the silver medal at the European heavyweight championships in 1953 in Stockholm and 1955 in Munich. Theo Aaldering's best "combat weight" was around 160 kg. Two-armed pressing was his specialty.

For his sporting successes he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on November 13, 1955 .

International success

(WM = world championship, EM = European championship, S = heavyweight, then over 90 kg body weight)

  • 1953, 5th place, World Championships in Stockholm, EM valuation: 2nd place , S with 415 (150.0, 115.0, 150.0) kg;
  • 1955, 4th place, World Championships in Munich, EM valuation: 2nd place with 420 (150.0, 120.0, 150.0) kg.

Success at German championships

Theo Aaldering was German heavyweight champion in 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1960. He was runner-up in 1950, 1951 and 1953 behind Heinz Schattner , Munich , and in 1958 behind Fritz Hupfer , Nuremberg .

Records

Theo Aaldering improved the German record in pushing Josef Manger with both arms several times to 155 kg.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Bundestag : Printed matter 7/1040 (PDF; 1.7 MB), September 26, 1973, p. 55, accessed on January 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Aaldering, Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Wattenscheid
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1979
Place of death eat