Wolfgang Sadowski

Wolfgang Sadowski (born January 16, 1937 in Berlin ) is a German weightlifter and former Berlin local politician ( CDU ; non-attached from 2000 ). At the age of 81, he became the world record holder in snatch (60 kg) and push (72 kg) in autumn 2017.

Life

After graduating from school in 1955, Wolfgang Sadowski learned to be a carpenter and later became a civil servant librarian at the Higher Administrative Court .

Local politics

Sadowski had been active in local politics for the CDU-Wilmersdorf since 1979, where he last sat as a district councilor for Berlin-Wilmersdorf in the BVV building committee. Together with the vice-parliamentary leader Anke Soltkahn , he was considered an opponent of Alexander Straßmeir in the parliamentary group . As the parliamentary group's spokesman for building policy, Sadowski often had content-related differences of opinion with Straßmeir. For years he was chairman of the building committee.

Sadowski was a party judge in the Wilmersdorfer CDU for over 14 years under the district chairman Wruck and his deputy Jürgen Adler . The party-internal conservative CDU members expressed the suspicion that the candidacy of Monika Grütters was supported by the governing mayor Diepgen and the parliamentary group leader Klaus Landwosky. The district councilor Anke Soltkahn , who was proposed by Sadowski at the district party conference , stood up against Monika Grütters . He was then in the party court proceedings M. Grütters ./. A. Soltkahn rejected as a biased party judge.

In October 2000, he himself resigned from the party and parliamentary group after power struggles, as a result of which the CDU only had 33 of the 69 seats in the joint BVV. Among other things, Sadowski was upset that Joachim Krüger had also been elected vice chairman of the parliamentary group, who had not participated in a collection for a federal flag and a Berlin flag for the parliamentary group room. The chairman of the CDU district association Wilmersdorf, Ingo Schmitt , insinuated that Sadowski merely wanted to torpedo the re-election of Alexander Straßmeir and had even offered the SPD two votes. Rex and Sadowski, both from the right wing of the party, followed their friend, Ekkehard Wruck , who had also left the CDU in 1999 after permanent disputes with the liberal wing of the party and sat in the Berlin House of Representatives without a party until the 2001 parliamentary election . After the loss of the majority, some CDU functionaries preferred closer cooperation with the Greens and described Sadowski as "polarizing". After his resignation, Sadowski remained a non-attached member of the district assembly until the premature dissolution of the House of Representatives in 2001, which also ended the BVV legislative period prematurely.

Even today, the former building politician Sadowski is occasionally politically active.

In his political work as well as in his sports career, his married couple Henriette Sadowski was not only a help, but also a great supporter of all his goals. In 2019, the couple have been a couple for 63 years.

Sports

He is a member of the Heros Berlin Athletics Club (AC Heros Berlin) and has won several titles, his most important in the senior sector. Since he was a teenager, he took part in competitions and was multiple youth and junior champion. In 1955 he won the last overall Berlin championships and then gave up competitive sport because of the extensive doping in this area.

When he retired, he returned to his sport and won several senior championship and Olympic victories. In order to be able to surpass the world record in his age and weight class, which was previously 58 kg in tearing and 71 kg in pushing, he had an artificial titanium hip joint implanted in the Evangelical Forest Hospital in Spandau in September 2016 due to a diagnosed osteoarthritis . In March 2017 he was again German champion in his age and weight class. At the European Seniors Championships 2017 in Sweden, he was able to beat the previous record in his age and weight class in pushing with the 72 kg on the barbell by one kilogram and in snatching with 60 kg by two kilograms.

All German competitive high-performance athletes from the age of 35 (over 400 active participants) in the weight class from 56 kg to 105 kg are evaluated according to the Sinclair points ranking list (SMM). Here, too, Sadowski took high places a few times:

- In 2009 he received second place in the men's ranking with 432.1699 SMM points.

- In 2011 he was ranked first in the men's ranking with 434.3322 SMM points.

- In 2012, with 427.1917 SMM points, he again received second place in the men's ranking.

During the German Masters in 2012, Sadowski broke 3 German records. In addition, these 3 records are 4 kg above the world record for pushing and dueling. However, no world records are recognized at German championships.

The indie film The strongest man of Berlin portrays the athlete.

Sporting successes (selection)

Date / year		Age group	Weight class	Tear	Bump	Duel scoring	comment
BVDG Masters successes
2001		60-64	-94 kg	87.5	112.5	202.5
2002		65-69	-94 kg	87.5	110.0	197.5
		65-69	-105 kg	90	112.5	202.5	German Senior Championships in Chemnitz
2005		65-69	-94 kg	75	100	175
2007		70-74	-94 kg	80	103	183
		70-74	-94 kg	77	85	162	German Masters Championships in Plauen
2009		70-74	-94 kg	80	104	184	German Masters Championships in Dortmund - Mengede
2010		70-74	-94 kg	70	97	167
2011		70-74	-94 kg	78	101	179	German Masters Championships in Ohrdruf
2012		75-79	-94 kg	76	98	174	German Masters Championships in Rodewisch
2014		75-79	-105 kg	72	80	152
2016		75-79	-105 kg	64	83	147
2017		80+	-94 kg	60	75	135	German Masters Championships in Schifferstadt
European Masters successes
1998		60-64	19th	, 57	0.01	5.09	Elz , May 20, 1998
2002		65-69	-94	70	90	160	Stockholm , Sweden
2007		70-74	-94	77	103	180	Limassol , Cyprus; with the national team also in the team classification (together with Friedrich Faber, Ingo Unger, Tadeusz Rudzinski, Richard Hermann, Ali Babazadeh, Holger Worm and Ralf Fein)
2011		70-74	-94 kg	70	97	167	European Masters Championship in Heinsheim
2012		75-79	-94 kg	74	93	167	EWF Masters European Weightlifting Championships in Lənkəran , Azerbaijan; with the national team also in the team classification (together with Horst Nitschke, Friedrich Faber, Jürgen Greiner, Holger Worm, Rene Rüdiger, Stefan Ullmann and Andreas Wagner)
2017		80-84	-94 kg	60	72	132	European Masters & International Masters Open Weightlifting Championships in Halmstad , Sweden; also world record in its age and weight class (August 12, 2017)
World Masters successes
1997		-595	1 9	, 57	01	7.59	Senior World Weightlifting Championships, Koszalin (Poland), 8. – 13. September 1997
1998		-640	49	, 57	2.51	0.00	World Masters Games - Seniors Olympics in Portland / Oregon (August 12, 1998)
2002		65-69	-94	87.5	110	197.5	World Masters Games - IWF World Masters Championships in Melbourne , Australia
2012		75-79	-94 kg	76	94	170	IWF Masters Championships in Lviv , Ukraine; also new European record in snatching in its age and weight class (September 15, 2012)
2014		75-79	-105 kg	72	80	152	IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Copenhagen , Denmark

Individual evidence

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3. ↑ ^{a b c} Birgit Bürkner: Wolfgang Sadowski (80) wants to break the world record in weightlifting. BZ , June 27, 2017.
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5. ↑ In Wilmersdorf parliamentary group members spread a rumor about an alleged donation. Der Tagesspiegel , October 19, 1999.
6. ↑ Ruins on Kurfürstendamm 101: Dispute between the owner and the Wilmersdorf district office. Der Tagesspiegel, July 21, 2010.
7. ↑ Reactions to an alleged intrigue by the Christian Democrats. Der Tagesspiegel, October 1, 2010.
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10. ↑ Almost all executive chairs are occupied - only Charlottenburg is still missing. Die Welt , October 20, 2000.
11. ^ Fusions-BVV at Fehrbelliner Platz: New black-green mind games in Westcity. Der Tagesspiegel, October 18, 2000.
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13. ↑ Thomas Schubert: Investigation committee should shed light on the WOGA affair. Berliner Morgenpost , May 18, 2017.
14. ↑ Thomas Schubert: Building law fuels civil anger: residents of the WOGA settlement threaten with lawsuits. Berlin Week , May 31, 2017.
15. ↑ Weightlifting. AC Heros Berlin.
16. ↑ ^{a b} Hanna Lauwitz: This 81-year-old is the strongest man in Berlin. Die Zeit blog, April 16, 2018.
17. ↑ Heidi Enzian: Focus on indie film: The strongest man of Berlin - anamorphic athlete portrait (RED, Blackmagic, Iscorama). slashCam, April 23, 2018.
18. ↑ Seniors. Statistics 2001 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2001, p. 12.
19. ↑ Seniors. Statistics 2002 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2002, p. 15.
20. ↑ German Championships 03.05.-05.05.2002 in Chemnitz. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2002, p. 16.
21. ↑ Masters. Statistics 2005 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2005, p. 13.
22. ↑ Masters. Statistics 2007 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2007, p. 14.
23. ↑ German Championship Masters 2007. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2007, p. 10.
24. ↑ Masters. Statistics 2009 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2009, p. 13.
25. ↑ German Masters Championship 2009. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2009, p. 10.
26. ↑ Masters. Statistics 2010 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2010, p. 13.
27. ↑ Masters. Statistics 2011 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2011, p. 12.
28. ↑ German Championship Masters Ohrdruf / THÜ. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2011, p. 154.
29. ↑ Masters. Statistics 2012 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2012, p. 13.
30. ↑ German Master’s Championship May 03-06, 2012 in Rodewisch / SAS. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2012, p. 10.
31. ↑ Masters. Statistics 2014 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2014, p. 13.
32. ↑ Masters. Statistics 2016 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2016, p. 10.
33. ↑ German Masters Championships 2017. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2017, p. 1.
34. ↑ European Masters medal mirror men. In: Masters. Statistics 2004 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2004, p. 37.
35. ↑ European Masters Championship Stockholm Sweden 26 of May - 1 of June 2002. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2002, p. 7.
36. ↑ European Masters Championships 2007 from May 19. - May 26th, 2007 in Limassol / CYP. In: Masters. Statistics 2007 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2007, p. 53.
37. ↑ European Masters Weightlifting Championship 2007. May 19–26, 2007 Limassol / CYP. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2007, p. 2.
38. ↑ European Masters Championship Heinsheim 2011. 5th event. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2007, p. 33.
39. ↑ European Masters Championships in Azerbaijan. In: Masters. Statistics 2012 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2012, pp. 46–47, 51, 64.
40. ↑ 2012 EWF Masters European Waightlifting Championships. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2012, p. 2, 15.
41. ↑ 2017 European Masters & International Masters Open Weightlifting Championships. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2017, p. 2.
42. ↑ Age Group: 80+. In: IWF Masters Records - Men. July 1, 2018. International Weightlifting Federation; As of July 1, 2018.
43. ↑ 2002 World Masters Games. IWF World Masters Championships. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2002, p. 5.
44. ↑ 2012 IWF Masters Championships. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2012, p. 3.
45. ↑ World Masters Records Men. International Weightlifting Federation; As of June 1, 2013.
46. ↑ 2014 World Masters Championships 30 August - 6 September 2014 Copenhagen - Denmark. In: Masters. Statistics 2014 weightlifting. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2014, pp. 136, 150.
47. ↑ 2014 World Masters Weightlifting Championships. Federal Association of German Weightlifters, 2014, p. 4.