Ernst Knoll
Ernst Knoll (born 23 January 1940 in Feldberg, Sudetenland, † 19 January 1997 Eppelheim ) was a German wrestler.
Career
Ernst Knoll grew after the expulsion from the Sudetenland in northern Baden and started the motor sports club Schriesheim with 16 years with the rings, after he had previously played in the SG Leutershausen Handball. Due to the fact that he was late to wrestle, he could achieve even more success in the youth and junior level. In 1964 he had reached the German top class and was in the Graeco-Roman. Style welterweight for the first time German champion.
Ernst Knoll was a physically strong, stocky but technically good wrestler who grew into relatively quickly from welterweight over the middleweight in the light heavyweight division. He was active in two styles and won by 1964 to 1972, another eight times the German championship four times each in free and four times in Greek and Roman. Style. During his career, he started for the KSV Schriesheim, the ASV Eppelheim, the AC Ziegelhausen, the AV - Freiburg St. Georgen, the AV Reilingen and the KSV Malsch.
On the international stage wrestler he gave in 1964 in which held annually in the Swedish Klippan great wrestler tournament with a 4th place in the Greek style welterweight its debut. He started in 1968 and 1972 at the Olympic Games in Mexico City and Munich, but could there not place in front of the field.
The best result in an international championship, he scored at the European Championships 1967 in Istanbul in free style at middleweight. He missed there after two victories over the Czech Josef Urban and the Yugoslavs Arslan Rizvari and a draw against Günther belly from Hall because of a defeat against the Romanians Francisc Balla just a medal and came on the 4th Place.
Frequently Ernst Knoll also represented the German Wrestling Association in his time still popular countries fighting and thereby came to some notable victories.
Ernst Knoll, who trained as a machinist, was operational in Eppelheim until his early death own locksmith.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, then to 78 kg 82/87 kg =. 90/97 kg body weight)
Countries fighting
( unofficial )
German Championships
Swell
- Journal athletics, numbers: 10/1966, page 9 and 8/1967, page 7
- One Hundred Years of struggle in Germany, publishing The wrestler, Lower Berg, 1991, pp. 186, 216, 218, 219, 229 and 230
- Documentation of International Wrestling Championships FILA, 1976, pp. E -46, E -57, E-66, W -79, O -80 and O -91