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sport aid - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1991 - 170 Pfennig


CountryGermany / Federal Republic of Germany
Issue Date1991
Face Value170.00 
Coloryellow
PerforationK 13 3/4
Printing TypeSix-color offset printing
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1375
Chronological ChapterGER-BRD
SID719386
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Organized wrestling, as we know it today in the world, is 100 years old in Germany. One of the pioneers of this sport in Central Europe was the Hamburg carpenter Karl Abs (1851-1895), who became unofficial wrestler world champion in New York in 1885 and whose popularity really aroused the enthusiasm for wrestling in Germany. 1891 was the founding of an umbrella organization of all German strength athletes. The large number of small clubs developed from the splintering of the gymnastics clubs. These new wrestling and weightlifting clubs became the mainstays of amateur sports. The first modern Olympic Games, 1896 in Athens, gave the wrestling match in Germany great popularity. The Berlin-born Carl Schuhmann, also successful in gymnastics, won an Olympic gold medal in wrestling. Wrestling has been an integral part of the Olympic program since then. Since 1908, people are wrestling in Greco-Roman and free style. A large number of German athletes could win gold, silver and bronze medals at Olympic Games, but especially at European and World Championships. The most popular athlete in post-war Germany was the "crane of Schifferstadt", Wilfried Dietrich, who participated in the super heavyweight in a row at five Olympic Games, won five medals and took 39th in 1972 in Munich in both styles fourth place. World-class and European champions Adolf Seger and Martin Knosp as well as 1984 Olympic champion Pasquale Passarelli, who was also European and World Champion, proved to be outstanding post-war athletes. At the moment the world champions Claudio Passarelli, Gerhard Himmel and Maik Bullmann as well as the European Champions Markus Scherer, Ralf Lyding, Thomas Zander, Hans Gstättner and Andreas Schröder belong to the outstanding athletes. The wrestlers celebrate their 100th anniversary in 1991. The sporting highlight of the jubilee year are the European championships in free style in Stuttgart and in Greco-Roman style in Aschaffenburg. (Text: Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe, Frankfurt am Main)

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Organized wrestling, as we know it today in the world, is 100 years old in Germany. One of the pioneers of this sport in Central Europe was the Hamburg carpenter Karl Abs (1851-1895), who became unofficial wrestler world champion in New York in 1885 and whose popularity really aroused the enthusiasm for wrestling in Germany. 1891 was the founding of an umbrella organization of all German strength athletes. The large number of small clubs developed from the splintering of the gymnastics clubs. These new wrestling and weightlifting clubs became the mainstays of amateur sports. The first modern Olympic Games, 1896 in Athens, gave the wrestling match in Germany great popularity. The Berlin-born Carl Schuhmann, also successful in gymnastics, won an Olympic gold medal in wrestling. Wrestling has been an integral part of the Olympic program since then. Since 1908, people are wrestling in Greco-Roman and free style. A large number of German athletes could win gold, silver and bronze medals at Olympic Games, but especially at European and World Championships. The most popular athlete in post-war Germany was the "crane of Schifferstadt", Wilfried Dietrich, who participated in the super heavyweight in a row at five Olympic Games, won five medals and took 39th in 1972 in Munich in both styles fourth place. World-class and European champions Adolf Seger and Martin Knosp as well as 1984 Olympic champion Pasquale Passarelli, who was also European and World Champion, proved to be outstanding post-war athletes. At the moment the world champions Claudio Passarelli, Gerhard Himmel and Maik Bullmann as well as the European Champions Markus Scherer, Ralf Lyding, Thomas Zander, Hans Gstättner and Andreas Schröder belong to the outstanding athletes. The wrestlers celebrate their 100th anniversary in 1991. The sporting highlight of the jubilee year are the European championships in free style in Stuttgart and in Greco-Roman style in Aschaffenburg. (Text: Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe, Frankfurt am Main).