Jan Dołgowicz

January Dolgowicz ( born December 21, 1954 in Skarbiewo in Bydgoszcz ) is a former German Ringer Polish origin.

Career

January Dolgowicz grew up in Katowice and began with GKS Katowice with the rings. The Upper Silesian attended a technical center in Katowice and was a mechanic. Jans coach in Katowice was Jan Adamaszek. After inclusion in the national team also looked after him coach Janusz Tracewski. January weighed in at a size of 1.78 m approximately 82 kg, and wrestled at middleweight. He preferred the Greco- Roman style. In 1977 he won in this style for the first time the Polish middleweight championship. In the same year he also made ​​his debut at an international championship. In Bursa, Turkey, he lost his first two fights and was eliminated after two rounds. Far better it was for him already at the World Championships 1977 in Gothenburg. He won four bouts, defeating thereby also the eventual champion Wladimir Tscheboksarow from the Soviet Union, but dropped out after defeats against Momir Petkovic from Yugoslavia and Ion Draica from Romania, who should be in the future career Jans develop a true nemesis for him, and finished 4th.

January 1978 Vice European Champion in Oslo. Again he lost to Ion Draica, but only in the final battle. At the World Championships in 1978, he just missed a medal. This time he defeated Valery Tscheboksarow and again his nemesis Ion Draica.

1979 January Dolgowicz again Vice- European Champion, where he once again denied Ion Draica the handle to the title. Not quite as good as he cut off at the World Championships the same year in San Diego. After two wins ion Draica and momit Petkovic had terminus for Jan. So he came to 6th place.

In 1980, only started in January at the Olympic Games in Moscow. By winning the silver medal he won for the largest success of his career. In the first fight of the tournament he had to compete against none Ion Draica. But this time he resisted this so far that both wrestlers, Jan and Ion were provided by the mat because of passivity. For ion Draica after another fight was terminus, while Jan fought his still up in the final and only lost in the battle for the gold medal against the world champions last year Gennady Korban from the USSR.

Also in 1981 succeeded in January no title. At the European Championships in Gothenburg this year he lost the final again Gennady Korban and at the World Championships this year Draica and Korban and landed on the 5th Place.

1982 January denied his final international championship. It was the World Cup in his home city of Katowice. It was not granted him also here to win the title, but he could finish his international career with a bronze medal.

In 1983 January Dolgowicz moved to the Federal Republic of Germany. He got the German citizenship and still wrestled for several years in the Bundesliga Team of KSV Aalen. In 1985 he also won the German championship in the Middleweight, Greco-Roman. Style. After ending his career as an active wrestler he was for many years as a coach at top German clubs ( KSV Germania Aalen, ASV Bauknecht Schorndorf ) operates.

The results of international championships and some other tournaments that January Dolgowicz participated are to be seen in the following section

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, Mi = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, then to 82 kg or 90 kg body weight)

Polish Championships

January Dolgowicz 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1982 Polish champion at middleweight.

German Championships

1985 1st place, GR, Wed, before Andreas Steinbach, Lahr and Hans -Hermann Strauss, Aalen