Lars-Erik Skiöld

Lars -Erik Skjold ( born March 19, 1952 in Malmö) is a former Swedish wrestler. He was winner of the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and European champion in 1976 in Leningrad in Greco-Roman. Style in a lightweight.

Career

Lars -Erik Skjold began as a teenager at the wrestlers club Kävlinge GOIF with the rings. Later he moved to Kulladals BK and wrestled from 1976 BK Envig. He developed into an outstanding wrestler in the Greco-Roman. Style, which achieved great international success already in the junior age. At age seventeen, he finished at the Junior World Championship 1969 in Boulder / USA 2nd place in the class to 56 kg body weight and 1970 and 1972 he was in Huskvarna and Hvar each European junior champion.

From 1972 started Lars -Erik regularly at international championships in the seniors. But in the early years he had to take note that even the great successes in the junior age not guarantee great success in the seniors are. 5th place at the World Championships in Katowice in the years 1972-1974 was his best result in 1974. At the European Championship 1975 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, but he then won at lightweight his first international medal at the Senior Citizens, the bronze. He won it on the world-class athletes Binju Tschifudow from Bulgaria and Ştefan Rusu from Romania.

In 1976, Lars -Erik a very successful year because he was in Leningrad European champion at lightweight. He succeeded in doing a sensational victory over the Soviet Favorites Shamil Chissamutdinow. At the Olympic Games the same year in Montreal, Lars- Erik was on a secure a medal when he pulled off against the Finn Markku Yli- Isotalo, whom he had previously defeated in all possible occasions, lost. After another defeat against the Romanian Ştefan Rusu he therefore had to be satisfied with the medal -less 4th place.

At the World Championships in 1977 in the domestic Gothenburg access Lars -Erik, inter alia, beautiful victories over Supron Andrzej from Poland, Erol Mutlu from Turkey and Károly Gaal of Hungary. However, Heinz -Helmut Wehling from Rostock drew it through a secure victory on the 2nd place.

1978 and 1979 reach Lars -Erik at the international championships more success. All the more gratifying for him there, but that he was still an Olympic medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow was. Lars -Erik won there first four fights, before he lost against Ştefan Rusu and Andrej Supron and won the bronze medal.

After 1980 ended Lars -Erik Skjold, who was actually motorists, but focused exclusively on the sport during his career Ringer, Ringer his international career. He is now head coach for wrestling at the sports club IK Sparta Malmö.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, Ba = bantamweight, Fe = Featherweight, Le = Lightweight, then until 57 kg, 62 kg and 68 kg body weight)

Swedish Championships

Lars -Erik Skjold 1971 Swedish featherweight champion and 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980 in light weight, respectively in Greco-Roman. Style.

Swell

• Journals Athletics from 1969 to 1975, The wrestler from the years 1976 to 1980
• International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig,
• Documantation of International Wrestling Championships FILA, 1976