Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Wilhelm Franz Josef "Willi"•Waltner |
Used name | Willi•Waltner |
Born | 25 January 1934 in Köln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER) |
Died | 26 July 1966 in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER) |
Affiliations | Kölner Club für Kraftsport v. 1893, Köln (GER) |
NOC | Germany |
Nationality | West Germany |
Willi Waltner was a West German wrestler who competed in the heavyweight class. He participated in both styles at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, finishing fourth in the Greco-Roman and seventh in the freestyle. At the 1953 World Championships he was also seventh, in the Greco-Roman style. Waltner won national freestyle titles in 1953 and 1954. Sadly, he died in 1966 after a long illness; he was just 32-years-of-age at the time.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1952 Summer Olympics | Wrestling | GER | FRG | Willi Waltner | |||
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) | 4 | ||||||
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) |