Full name: Bernd Drechsel
Nickname(s): Mops
Gender: Male
Height: 5-1.5 (157 cm)
Weight: 106 lbs (48 kg)
Born: October 28, 1953 in Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany
Died: January 21, 2017 in Jena, Thüringen, Germany
Affiliations: SC Motor Zella-Mehlis, Zella-Mehlis (GER)
Country: East Germany
Sport: Wrestling
Bernd Drechsel was a technically brilliant Greco-Roman wrestler. He was too small for football, so he started wrestling at age 14. He finished fourth in his first World Championships in 1971 when he was only 17-years-old. At the 1972 München Olympic Games Drechsel finished seventh as a light-flyweight. In 1975 he won a bronze medal at the European Championships, which was his greatest sporting success. Between 1971 and 1979 Bernd Drechsel was a seven-time GDR Champion. His career with the GDR national team ended in 1979. Drechel later became a youth wrestling coach and also worked as a wrestling referee. After German reunification Drechsel made a successful comeback when he was almost 40, and wrestled for two more years in the German national league. He died after a long and severe illness at the age of 63. |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
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1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | Men's Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman | East Germany | GDR | AC |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | RE | BP |
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1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | East Germany | GDR | Final Standings | AC | 1972-09-05 | Eliminated r4/6 | 7,0 | ||
1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | East Germany | GDR | Round Four | 7 | 1972-09-09 | 7,0 | |||
1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | East Germany | GDR | Round Four | Match #2 | 2 | 1972-09-09 | Berceanu (ROU) decision, Drechsel (GDR) | 3,0 | |
1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | East Germany | GDR | Round Three | 7 | 1972-09-08 | 4,0 | |||
1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | East Germany | GDR | Round Three | Match #2 | 1 | 1972-09-08 | Drechsel (GDR) fall (5:55), Sarı (TUR) | 0,0 | |
1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | East Germany | GDR | Round Two | 9T | 1972-09-07 | 4,0 | |||
1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | East Germany | GDR | Round Two | Match #3 | 2 | 1972-09-07 | Seres (HUN) fall (1:08), Drechsel (GDR) | 4,0 | |
1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | East Germany | GDR | Round One | 1T | 1972-09-05 | 0,0 | |||
1972 Summer | 18 | München | Wrestling | East Germany | GDR | Round One | Match #3 | 1 | 1972-09-05 | Drechsel (GDR) fall (4:25), Holmes (USA) | 0,0 |