Werner Dittrich

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Werner Dittrich (1972)

Werner Dittrich (born June 9, 1937 in Reichenau ) is a former German weightlifter .

career

Towards the end of the 1950s, Zittau developed into a stronghold of German weightlifting. It was three weightlifters from this region that the trainer Heinz Kahl led to the top of the world. In addition to Werner Dittrich, these were Manfred Rieger and Karl Arnold .

Together with Rudolf Mang from Bellenberg in the Bavarian Swabia, these were the first German weightlifters to become absolute world leaders after the Second World War . Werner Dittrich first became known to weightlifting friends when he was lightweight champion at the junior championships of the GDR in 1958 with 317.5 kg. He came from what is now Reichenbach, Poland, and did not come to the GDR until 1957 as a repatriate with his parents. In 1960 and 1964 he prevailed in the all-German eliminations against the West German Willi Kolb and Albert Huser and represented Germany at the Olympic Games. Although Werner Dittrich won several medals at European and World Championships, he was always unlucky at the Olympic Games and could not win a medal, although he took part four times. He was also very unlucky in 1965 when he achieved the same performance as Viktor Kurenzow at both the European Championships and the World Championships , but each time it was a little heavier than this and therefore had to be content with second place. His best performance in the middleweight division was 447.5 kg in the Olympic three-way fight.

Werner Dittrich was only 1.60 m tall, first lifted a lightweight (up to 67.5 kg body weight) and then grew into the middle weight (up to 75 kg body weight). He was a member of the BSG Motor Zittau and the SC unit Dresden and a locksmith by profession.

International successes / all-around

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships, Le = lightweight, Wed = middleweight)

  • 1960, 7th place , OS in Rome , Le, with 362.5 (107.5, 115.0, 140.0) kg, winner: Viktor Buschujew , Soviet Union , 397.5 (125.0, 122.5, 150.0) kg, ahead of Tan Howe Liang , Singapore , 380 (115.0, 110.0, 155.0) kg;
  • 1961, 4th place ( 4th place ) WM + EM in Vienna , Wed, with 400 kg, behind Alexander Kurynow , Soviet Union, 435 (135.0, 135.0, 165.0) kg, Győző Veres , Hungary , 420 (142.5, 117.5, 160.0 ) kg and Marcel Paterni , France , 405 (127.5, 120.0, 157.5) kg;
  • 1962, 6th place ( 5th place ), WM + EM in Budapest , Wed, with 405 kg, winner: Kurynow, 422.5 (130.0, 130.0, 162.5) kg, ahead of Mihály Huszka , Hungary, 415 kg;
  • 1963, 8th place ( 5th place ), WM + EM in Stockholm , Wed, with 415 kg, winner: Kurynow, 437.5 kg, ahead of Huszka, 437.5 (135.0, 120.0, 160.0) kg;
  • 1964, 3rd place , EM in Moscow , Wed, with 420 (135.0, 125.0, 160.0) kg, behind Wiktor Kurenzow , USSR, 445 (140.0, 130.0, 175.0) kg and Hans Zdražila , CSSR , 425 (127.5, 130.0, 167.5) kg; in front of Huszka, Hungary 400 (130.0, 117.5, 152.5)
  • 1964, unplaced , OS in Tokyo , Wed, resigned after pressing because of a thigh strain;
  • 1965, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow , Wed, with 415 kg, behind Kurenzow, 442.5 kg and in front of Rolf Maier , France, 407.5 kg;
  • 1965, 2nd place , EM in Sofia , Wed, with 432.5 (137.5, 130.0, 165.0) kg, behind Kurenzow, 432.5 (135.0, 125.0, 172.5) kg and in front of Maier, 422.5 (132.5, 127.5 , 162.5) kg;
  • 1965, 2nd place , World Championships in Tehran , Wed, with 437.5 (140.0, 130.0, 167.5) kg, behind Kurenzow, 437.5 (135.0, 130.0, 172.5) kg and in front of Kurynow, 432.5 (140.0, 130.0 , 162.5) kg;
  • 1966, 3rd place , Baltic Cup in Stockholm , Wed, with 435 kg, behind Waldemar Baszanowski , Poland , 447.5 kg and Kurenzow, 435 kg;
  • 1967, 4th place , Pre-Olympic Games in Mexico City , Wed, with 440 kg, behind Kurenzow, 470 kg, Masushi Ōuchi , Japan , 465 kg and Russell Knipp , USA , 445 kg;
  • 1967, 4th place . USSR Grand Prix in Tbilisi , Wed, with 425 kg, behind Kurenzow, 465 kg, Károly Bagócs , Hungary, 437.5 kg and Vladimir Kaplunow , USSR, 435 kg;
  • 1968, 3rd place , European championship in Leningrad , Wed, with 445 (145.0, 135.0, 165.0) kg, behind Kurenzow, 462.5 (152.5, 135.0, 175.0) kg; Smirnov, USSR, 460 (152.5, 135.0, 172.5) kg; and Bakos (Hungary) 437.5 (135.0, 130.0, 172.5)
  • 1968, 6th place , OS in Mexico City , Wed, with 435 (140.0, 130.0, 165.0) kg, behind Kurenzow, 475 (152.5, 135.0, 187.5) kg, Ouchi, 455 (140.0, 140.0, 175.5) kg, Bakos, Hungary, 440 (137.5, 132.5, 170.5) kg, Knipp, 437.5 (147.5, 122.5, 167.5) kg and Chung Sik Lee, South Korea , 437.5 (140.0, 132.5, 165.0) kg;
  • 1970, 4th place , World Championships in Columbus / USA , Wed, with 442.5 (150,) kg, behind Kurenzow, 462.5 (152.5, 130.0, 180.0) kg, Leif Jensen , Norway , 455 (147.5, 142.5, 165.0) kg and Szarvas, Hungary, 445 (140.0, 132.5, 172.5) kg;
  • 1971, 2nd place , Grand Prix of Rostock , Wed, with 447.5 kg, behind Sawizki, USSR, 452.5 kg and in front of Trabulsi, Lebanon, 437.5 kg;
  • 1971, 9th place , WM in Lima, Wed, with 435 kg;
  • 1972, 3rd place , pre-Olympic tournament in Ulm , Wed, with 445 kg, behind Alexander Galkin, USSR, 465 kg and Jordan Bikow , Bulgaria , 462.5 kg;
  • 1972, unplaced, OS in Munich, Wed, after 3 unsuccessful attempts to press

Medals in individual disciplines

(awarded since 1969)

  • World Championship bronze medal: 1970, pushing, 150 kg;
  • European Championship silver medals: 1970, pushing, 150 kg - 1970, tearing, 135 kg

GDR championships

Werner Dittrich was eleven times GDR champion in the all-around in light, middle and light heavyweight and won four GDR championship titles in the individual disciplines pushing, tearing and pushing from 1969 to 1972.

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personal data
SURNAME Dittrich, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenau (Saxony)