Pasquale Passarelli

Pasquale Passarelli (born 14 March 1957) is a retired Italian-born German wrestler who competed in the Greco-Roman bantamweight division. He won a world and a European title in 1981 and an Olympic gold medal in 1984.[2] He missed the 1980 Olympics due to their boycott by West Germany.[1]

Pasquale Passarelli
Passarelli (right) at the 1977 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Born (1957-03-14) 14 March 1957
Gambatesa, Italy
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubSV Johannis 07, Nürnberg
Coached byHeinz Ostermann[1]
Medal record
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles57 kg
World Championships
1978 Mexico City57 kg
1981 Oslo57 kg
European Championships
1979 Bucharest57 kg
1981 Gothenburg57 kg
1984 Jönköping57 kg

Passarelli was born in Italy, and moved to Germany at the age of five. He retired after the 1984 Olympics, and later worked as a real estate agent in Southern Germany.[1] Between 2001 and 2005 he coached wrestlers at the club KSV Berghausen.[3] His brothers Claudio and Thomas are also retired competitive wrestlers.[4]

References
  1. Jürgen Bröker (2008) Olympia-Legende "Ich wollte einfach nicht aufgeben". Spiegel Online
  2. Passarelli, Pasquale (GER). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. Geschichte des KSV Berghausen. ksv-berghausen.de
  4. "Pasquale Pasarelli". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019.


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