Adolf Seger

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Adolf Seger
Seger in 1978
Personal information
Born2 January 1945 (1945-01-02) (age 80)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 82 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1975 Minsk82 kg
Gold medal – first place1977 Lausanne82 kg
Silver medal – second place1978 Mexico City82 kg

Adolf Seger (born 2 January 1945) is a German former freestyle wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] In the Ringer veterans (Masters) he got ten times the world champion title.

Adolf Seger and the German National Wrestling Team (1978)

Adolf Seger comes from a wrestling loving family: his father and his five brothers were all active as a wrestler. His first wrestling lessons received the five-year-old Adolf by his father. Its sporty role model was his older brother Edmund, who fought in the German national Ringer at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome in 1960.

Adolf Seger is married and father of three. Over 40 years he worked as a postman at Deutsche Post AG in Zahringen; Since January 2010 he is retired. He sits in his spare time for local politics, charity and the promotion of sports. Seger is still athletic fit and active: When table tennis, cycling and strength training. So he is still well trained as ever and still keeps his competition weight. Adolf Seger is in his club AV Germania St. Georgen still available as a training partner and coach.

Sports career

German Championships

References

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