Horst Stottmeister
Horst Stottmeister ( born January 7, 1948 in Stendal ) is a former German wrestler.
Career
Stottmeister began 10 years ago with the gymnastics in Stendal, but soon came to wrestle. Through successes in the field of youth he set out carefully, so that in 1966, the then practices in the GDR, in accordance interested several power centers for him. Horst Stottmeister chose Leipzig. He found in Adolf Franke an excellent coach and excellent with Gerd Bachmann, Manfred Borchers and Siegfried Neufang training partner. He started for the SC Leipzig. In 1971, he won his first East German champion in freestyle wrestling and was runner-up. As early as 1970 he was in Berlin European champion in freestyle, Middleweight, become. By 1977 he was one of the best in the world in freestyle wrestling.
Also on professional sector, it was learned for the chef who successfully study at the Technical School of Hotel and catering trade and a sports teacher studies at the Leipzig DHfK completed, uphill. After working in Leipzig for prestigious homes in the GDR to the political change, he started his own business after the turn in Leipzig as a restaurateur and hotelier.
Despite all the professional tension he found the early 1990s the way back to the rings and in 1992 was in Cali / Colombia and in 1993 in Toronto champion of veterans.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, Mi = middleweight, light heavyweight HS =, F = Freestyle )
Success in GDR Championships
Horst was Stottmeister GDR champion light heavyweight, Freestyle, 1971, 1973 and 1974.