Horst Lehr Explained

Horst Lehr
Full Name:Horst Justin Junior Lehr
Birth Date:1999 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
Hometown:Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Height:165 cm
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:57 kg
Event:Freestyle
Club:KSV Köllerbach
Show-Medals:Yes

Horst Justin Junior Lehr (born 6 December 1999, Ludwigshafen am Rhein) is a German freestyle wrestler. He is a bronze medalist in the men's 57kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. He is also a two-time bronze medalist in this event at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

Lehr competed in the 57kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan without winning a medal.[1] He was eliminated in his second match by Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan. Later that year, Lehr represented Germany at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China and he won one of the bronze medals in the 57kg event.[2]

In 2020, Lehr won one of the bronze medals in the 57kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[3] [4] In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the 57kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[5] [6]

Lehr won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[7] A few months later, he won the silver medal in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[8] Lehr competed in the 57kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where he was eliminated in his first match.[9]

Lehr competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[10] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[10] Lehr also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[11]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019Military World GamesWuhan, China3rdFreestyle 57kg
2020European ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rdFreestyle 57kg
2021World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway3rdFreestyle 57kg
2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia3rdFreestyle 57kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20191112134942/https://results.wuhan2019mwg.cn/file/RESULTS-7th%20CISM%20Military%20World%20Games-%E6%80%BB%E6%88%90%E7%BB%A9%E5%86%8C.pdf. 12 November 2019. 2019 Military World Games. dead. 14 February 2020.
  3. Web site: 2020 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  4. News: Shepherd. Neil. Triple gold for Russia on penultimate day of European Wrestling Championships. 15 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 22 March 2020.
  5. News: Houston. Michael. 4 October 2021. US claim two golds on third day of Wrestling World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 October 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  7. Web site: 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315144534/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final_book_for_2022_senior_u23_european_championship.pdf?VersionId=voRL2ShsCpsBN6qx8goiGqQsH0wDR_a5 . 15 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  8. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW . 25 June 2022 . 25 June 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  10. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  11. Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.