Maik Bullmann
East German world champion, then Germany's Olympic champion
- Born
- April 25, 1967, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
- Nationality
Germany- Height
- 185 cm (6′1″)
- Weight
- 90 kg
- Active
- 1988–1997
- Status
- Retired · age 59
The medals
Olympic gold + bronze; 3 world titles
The story
aik Bullmann, from Frankfurt an der Oder, wrestled at the 1988 Seoul Olympics for East Germany at middleweight and went out in the group stage, losing 11–0 along the way to the eventual champion, Mikhail Mamiashvili. Moving up to 90 kg, he won the world title in 1989 for East Germany and again in 1990 and 1991. At the Barcelona 1992 Olympics he won light-heavyweight gold for Germany, and in 1993 he received the Silver Laurel Leaf, the country's highest sports award. He added world silver in 1993, bronze in 1994 and Olympic bronze in Atlanta in 1996. After retiring he became Germany's chief national Greco-Roman coach, and he was inducted into the International Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006.
- Olympic champion, 90 kg (1992)
- Olympic bronze medallist, 90 kg (1996)
- World champion, 90 kg (1989, 1990, 1991)
- European champion (1992)
- Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest sports award (1993)
- Bambi award (1992)
- International Wrestling Hall of Fame (2006)
Defining matches
- 1988LOSSvs Mikhail Mamiashvili (Seoul Olympics, 0–11)
- 1989World title Martigny (for East Germany)
- 1992Olympic gold Barcelona (90 kg, for Germany)
- 1996Olympic bronze Atlanta (90 kg)
Use a heavy loss as a map: Bullmann lost 11–0 to Mamiashvili at the 1988 Olympics and was world champion a year later. Go back to the positions where you were scored on and make them your training priority.
1990–2000
