Wilfried Dietrich
Wilfried Dietrich ( born October 14, 1933, Schiffer city; † June 2, 1992 in Durbanville, South Africa ) was a German wrestler and weightlifter.
Life
Wilfried Dietrich won in his career, 1951-1977 a total of 30 German Championships (individual title and team title with the VfK Schiffer city as well as with the ASV Mainz 1888).
Highlight of his career was the Olympic wrestler victory in free style Rome 1960. The following year, Dietrich confirmed this success by winning the world title in Yokohama. For more Olympic medals he won in Melbourne in 1956 ( silver in the Greco-Roman style), Rome 1960 ( silver in the Greco-Roman style ), 1964 in Tokyo ( bronze in the Greco-Roman style) and 1968 in Mexico City ( bronze in the freestyle).
In his last Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 Wilfried Dietrich landed a sensational shoulder victory against the American 182 -kilogram colossus Chris Taylor, but remained without a medal. 1977 ended the "Crane of Schifferstadt " his active career.
Wilfried Dietrich has always struggled in the highest weight class. This began at the beginning of his career at 87 kg body weight, in 1962 due to a new weight class classification by the International Wrestling Federation ( FILA ) at 97 kg body weight. 1969, two new weight classes were introduced to the eight previously existing, the paper weight to 48 kg body weight and heavy weight up to 100 kg body weight. The weight class over 100 kg body weight is now designated as a super heavyweight. Seen Wilfried Dietrich has always struggled in the super heavyweight division.
In 1968, Wilfried Dietrich was standard-bearer of the German team at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. He is considered by many experts as a talent of the century of wrestling. For it was only a few fighters in two styles " win " Olympic medal to. In addition, Dietrich was also medalist at the German Championships in weightlifting.
Wilfried Dietrich was in 1969 appointed skipper townspeople honorary citizen. He died in 1992 at the age of only 58 years of a heart attack in Durbanville. This suburb of Cape Town ( South Africa ), he lived with his second wife. Wilfried Dietrich is buried at Forest Cemetery in Schiffer city.
6 May 2008 Wilfried Dietrich was inducted into the Hall of Fame of German sport.
In June 2008 auctioned Günther Dietrich, brother of Wilfried Dietrich, whose sporting estate for over 25,000 € and took him from South Africa to Germany. This discount was foundation for a wrestler Museum, which was founded in Schifferstadt 2010.
International success
(Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = Freestyle, S = Heavy weight, SS = Super Heavyweight, class = weight class)