Wolfgang Nitschke (wrestler)

Wolfgang Nitschke (born March 3, 1947 in Waldenburg near Glauchau ) is a former German wrestler and trainer . He was vice European champion in 1969 in free style welterweight.

Career

Wolfgang Nitschke began wrestling as a teenager. Although he did not achieve any major success as a teenager, he was delegated to SC Leipzig due to his talent and there by the coaches Adolf Franke and Prof. Dr. Horst Rothert trained to be an excellent freestyle wrestler. He first drew attention to himself on the international wrestling mat in 1967 when he took an excellent 2nd place in the welterweight division at the "Tournament of Olympic Hopes" in Koszalin / Poland .

In 1968 Wolfgang finished second in the GDR welterweight championship behind Martin Heinze from Halle and in 1969 he won his first GDR welterweight championship. In the same year he was also used at the European Free Style Championships in Sofia . There like him succeeded launched brilliantly on the international wrestling mat, as he was behind the Soviet athlete Yuri Gussow Vice European champion .

In 1970 and 1971 it wasn't quite as successful. After all, he finished fifth at the 1970 European Championships in Berlin and came 8th at both 1970 and 1971 World Championships.

In 1972 he won another medal, the bronze, at the European Championships in Katowice , this time starting in the middleweight division. He also defeated the German champion Peter Neumair . At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , Wolfgang had trained again in the welterweight division. He fought well in the Olympic tournament, also defeated the later silver medalist Jan Karlsson from Sweden , but retired after defeats against the Bulgarian Jancho Pawlow and the later Olympic champion Wayne Wells , USA , and took an excellent 5th place.

After 1972 Wolfgang Nitschke no longer appeared in international championships. He trained as a trainer and worked as a trainer in the wrestling association of the GDR. In 1991 he took over the office of national coach for the freestyle area. He held this office for well over 10 years and was extremely successful in it. Wrestlers like Alexander Leipold , Andreas Schröder , Heiko Balz , Sven Thiele , Hans Gstöttner , Rolf Lyding , Georg Schwabenland , Arawat Sabejew , Reiner Heugabel , Andre Backhaus and Jürgen Scheibe owe him many successes.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, We = welterweight, Wed = middleweight, back then up to 74 kg or 82 kg body weight)

• 1967, 2nd place , "Tournament of Olympic Hopes" in Koszalin / Poland , F, We, behind Tegtasishvili, USSR a . in front of Szabo, Hungary ;
• 1969, 2nd place , EM in Sofia , F, We, with victories over Jan Karlsson , Sweden , Angel Sotirow, Bulgaria , Kemal Dagdeviren, Turkey a . Stole Ristov, Yugoslavia a . a loss to Yuri Gussow , USSR;
• 1970, 2nd place , "Alexander Medwed" tournament in Minsk , F, Wed, behind Horst Stottmeister , GDR a. in front of Kampow, Poland a. Stanchev, Bulgaria;
• 1970, 5th place , EM in Berlin , F, We, with victories over Mehmet Uzun , Turkey a. Georges Carbasse, France , draw against Angel Petrow, Bulgaria a. Ludovic Ambrus , Romania a . a loss to Sarbeg Beriashvili , USSR;
• 1970, 8th place , World Championships in Edmonton , F, We, with a victory over Arto Savolainen, Finland a . Defeats against Nodar Hohaschwili , USSR a. Mohamed Farhangdoust , Iran ;
• 1971, 1st place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Berlin , F, We, ahead of Marin Pârcălabu , Romania a. Fred Hempel , GDR ;
• 1971, 8th place , World Championship in Sofia, F, We, with victories over Yosuke Nagano, Japan , Josef Völc, CSSR a . Michel Gallego, USA a . Defeats to Dandsandardschaagiin Sereeter , Mongolia a . Yuri Gussow ;
• 1972, 1st place , tournament in Växjö , F, Wed, in front of Peter Neumair , BRD a . Leo Stridh, Sweden ;
• 1972, 1st place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Zella-Mehlis , F, We, ahead of Fred Hempel, Stawrew, Bulgaria, Daniel Robin , France a. Frank Birke , GDR;
• 1972, 3rd place , EM in Katowice , F, Wed, with victories over Peter Neumair, FRG, Tome Kocev, Yugoslavia, Jimmy Martinetti , Switzerland a . Kaspar Steinberger, Austria a . Defeats against Iwan Iliew , Bulgaria a. Vasily Syulschin , USSR;
• 1972, 5th place , OS in Munich , F, We, with victories over Ali Demirtas, Turkey, Nestor Gonzales, Argentina , Jan Karlsson, Sweden and. Defeats against Jancho Pavlov , Bulgaria a. Wayne Wells , USA;
• 1974, 2nd place , "Cerra Pelado" tournament in Camagüey / Cuba , F, Wed, behind Georgi Magarasachwili, USSR a. in front of Poll, Cuba;
• 1974, 1st place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Rostock , F, Wed, in front of Benno Paulitz u. Klaus Gierke , bde. GDR

GDR championships

• 1968, 2nd place, F, We, behind Martin Heinze , SC Chemie Halle u. in front of Klaus Gierke , SG Dynamo Luckenwalde ,
• 1969, 1st place, F, We, before Siegfried Jozlowski, SC Leipzig a . Fred Hempel , Luckenwalde,
• 1970, 1st place, F, Wed, in front of Klaus Gierke u. Kaiser, Halle,
• 1971, 1st place, F, Wed, before Benno Paulitz , Luckenwalde u. Chasuble, ASK Forward Rostock ,
• 1973, 2nd place, F, Wed, behind Benno Paulitz u. before Siegfried Jozlowski, Taucha,
• 1974, 2nd place, F, Wed, behind Benno Paulitz u. before Siegfried Jozlowski

swell

1. Professional magazines athletics from 1967 to 1975 a. The wrestler from 1991 to 2005,
2. Hundred years of wrestling in Germany , Verlag "Der Ringer", Niedernberg , 1991, pages 192, 239 and 240
3. Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976,
4. Website www.sport-komplett.de

Web links

• Profile of Wolfgang Nitschke at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Wolfgang Nitschke in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Wolfgang Nitschke in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)