Willy Kaiser

Willi Kaiser or Willy Kaiser, (born Wilhelm Gustav Kaiser ), ( born January 16, 1912 in Pudewitz circle poses, but he was already as an infant (1913 ) to Gladbeck, † July 24, 1986 Gladbeck ) was the first German boxer at the Olympic Games gold medal winning, in the flyweight 15 August 1936. through winning the gold medal he won at the same time the title of World and European Champion. Also he was the first Westphalian ever, who won a gold medal at the Olympic Summer Games.

Willy Kaiser took as one of eight German boxers in part at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and won the gold medal in the flyweight. He defeated in the first round Guillermo López from Chile, in the quarterfinals Fidel Tricanico from Uruguay in the semifinals Alfredo Carlomagno from Argentina and in the finale Gavino Matta from Italy. Since Herbert Runge won the gold medal in the heavyweight division, went out this Olympic two German boxer as the winner, a fact that could be repeated until 1988.

In the fifth European Championship 1937 in Milan, he failed in the semi-final on Poland Edmund Sobkowiak. In the fight for the third place, he would be on his final opponents of the Olympic Games of 1936, met the Italian Gavino Matta, however, there were neither emperor nor Matta to fight on ( Wo. ), which is why both shared the 4th place in the flyweight.

In 1937, emperor nor German flyweight champion was. He was dressed in his active career of 118 fights, of which he won 80, drawn 24 times punched and lost only 14 fights. His career was cut short by the Second World War. He came in a Russian prison camp, from which he returned in 1949. He married in 1950 Änne Zander, with whom he got four sons ( Willi 1951, Kurt 1952, Manfred 1955, Udo 1960). He devoted himself after his return entirely to the sport of pigeon racing, where he won numerous championships Gladbecker. Until his retirement he worked as a municipal employee in Gladbeck.

Immediately on Gladbecker stadium stands the oak, which he received as a seedling in Berlin for the gold medal win. At this oak was 1993, a commemorative plaque, and although attached to the foot of the " Kaiser- oak ". Since 1998 will be played in his honor every year at the Football Hall City Championship " Willi Kaiser Cup ."