Heiko Balz
Heiko Balz ( born September 17, 1969 in Burg (near Magdeburg ) ) is a former German wrestler.
Career
Heiko courtship began as a teenager in 1976 in Potsdam with the rings. Because of its good prospects he was delegated in 1983 at the Children's and Youth Sports School to Luckenwalde. There he was trained in the SG Dynamo Luckenwalde or 1 Luckenwalder SC of different trainers to freestyle wrestler. Already in 1987 he began his international career wrestler with a start at the Junior World Championships in Katowice. There he finished second in the class to 88 kg of body weight on the 9th place, but the very next year he came at the Junior European Championships in Walbrzych / Poland on the 3rd place and he was in Ulan Bator even junior world champion in 1989.
In 1990 he competed at the European Championships in Poznan for the first time in the senior and missed with a 4th place only just a medal by losing to the eventual champions Arawat Sabejew from the Soviet Union, against which he had performed 10 seconds before the end of the fight. In the battle for third place was defeated Mahmut Demir from Turkey. At the World Championships the same year in Tokyo, the GDR started the last time as an independent team. Heiko courtship was back in the heavyweight division at the start, but could not because of an early defeat against Demir among the top ten wrestler of his weight class.
In the next seven international championships in which he took part, he always won a medal. In 1991 it was the Bronze both at the European Championships in Stuttgart as well as at the World Championships in Varna. In 1992 it was at the European Championships in Kaposvar the silver medal and also at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, he won the silver medal. Both times he lost it against the Soviet freestyle artist Leri Chabelow on points. In Kaposvar with 0:4 and 1:2 in Barcelona.
As of 1993, the naturalized Arawat Sabejew started for Germany in the heavyweight division, so that Heiko courtship had to constantly fight for the starting place in the international championships in the following years with Arawat Sabejew. In a year Arawat Sabejew was somewhat stronger than Heiko Balz, the next vice versa. In 1993 Heiko courtship was only at the World Championships in Toronto at the start and won the bronze medal. In the pool finals he lost again against Leri Chabelow.
In 1994 he became vice European champion in Rome, where he lost in the final battle with a score of 2:2 by judges decision against Marek Garmulewicz from Poland. In his first fight he shouldered pool at this championship David Musulbes from Russia. In the fall of 1994 Sabejew launched at the World Championships and was promptly World Champion.
In 1995, therefore Arawat Sabejew was with the intern Championships at the start. In 1996 Heiko Balz trained from many kilos to start light heavyweight (up to 90 kg of body weight) can. At the European Championships in Budapest again became vice European champion. In this championship, he defeated with Maharbeg Kadarzew a Russian champion. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta the same year he won via Renney from Australia, but was defeated in the subsequent battles against Jumblatt Tedejew, a starting for Ukraine Ossetians, and against Islam Bayramuchow from Kazakhstan and landed on the 12th Place.
The following international championships he could not place in the medals, but reached on other international tournaments still some results.
After 2000, Heiko courtship ended his international career Ringer. He belonged during his active a sports conveying unit Bundeswehr studied Business. Today, working in an industrial company.
International Championships
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = Freestyle, Hs = light heavyweight, and 1996 up to 90 kg and from 1997-97 kg body weight, S = Heavy weight up to 1996 up to 100 kg body weight)