Klaus-Peter Göpfert

Klaus -Peter Goepfert ( born October 22, 1948 in Coburg ) is a former German wrestler. He was European champion in 1970 in the lightweight in Greco- Roman style.

Career

Klaus -Peter Goepfert grew up in Albrecht's on in Suhl and began as a student with the rings. Due to his talent for the sport, he was delegated to the Children and Youth Sports School to Zella -Mehlis. He became a member of the SC motor Zella- Mehlis and trained by Fritz and Helmut Albrecht for wrestlers in Greco- Roman style. In 1966 he was in Tambach -Dietharz GDR youth champion in the class up to 70 kg body weight and a year later he finished in the GDR Veterans Championships in the lightweight 3rd place. His first title with a DDR championship he won in 1970 in the lightweight. In the same year he was first employed at an international championship, the European Championships in Berlin and immediately became European champion. He was defeated in this tournament, although the Bulgarian Stoyan Apostolov, but was lucky that this was defeated by the West German champion Manfred Schöndorfer and had to retire prematurely.

At the World Cup 1970 in Edmonton, Canada Klaus -Peter came after two wins and two draw verlaufenen battles against days Weirum from Denmark and Simion Popescu from Romania to a good 5th place.

At the World Championships in 1971 in Sofia Klaus -Peter Goepfert had eight times on the mat. He won five fights and fought three times in a draw and thus became Vice World Champion behind Sreten Damjanovic from Yugoslavia, who had a slightly better points tally than he.

Rabenschwarze days had caught at the 1972 Olympics in Munich Goepfert. He lost both fights, he had to deny prematurely and was only thanks to a free lot in the 1st round still to 12th place.

In 1973, Klaus -Peter Goepfert started a weight class higher in the welterweight division. He also came in this weight class along well. This was already evident at the European Championships in Helsinki, where he won a bronze medal. 1974 celebrated Klaus -Peter at the World Championships in Katowice by winning the runner-up title and a great success. In addition, he was also Vice- European Champion in 1975 and 1977. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal Klaus -Peter Goepfert missed but with a 5th place again a medal.

Throughout his career, Klaus -Peter Goepfert has delivered against a variety of world-class athletes big fights. Ivan Kolev and Stoyan Apostolov from Bulgaria, Simion Popescu from Romania, Anatoly Bykov from the USSR Jan Karlsson and Lars -Erik Skjold from Sweden, Vladislav Krzesiński and Andrzej Supron from Poland and Vitězslav Macha from Czechoslovakia, all Olympic champion and world and European champions are mentioned here.

After the World Cup 1977 Klaus -Peter Goepfert Ringer finished his career and was youth coach at SC "engine" Zella- Mehlis. After German reunification, he was also active in the region of Franconia as a wrestler trainer. He is currently a coach at the Bavarian State Wrestling Federation.

International success

(all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Lightweight, then to 68 kg welterweight, then to 74 kg body weight)

GDR Championships

Swell

  • Journals Athletics from 1966 to 1975, The wrestler from the years 1976 and 1977
  • Documentation of International Wrestling Championships FILA, 1976
  • The large lexicon of GDR athletes, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin, 2000
  • Website www.sport- komplett.de
1970 World Wrestling Championships 1971 World Wrestling Championships 1974 World Wrestling Championships Anatoly Bykov (wrestler) Jan Karlsson (wrestler) East Germany Finland Korea Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics Greece Stanisław Krzesiński 1973 World Wrestling Championships Tehran Ludwigshafen Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics 1977 World Wrestling Championships Klaus Pohl (wrestler) Leipzig Dessau
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