Willi Steputat

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full namePaul Wilhelm "Willi"•Steputat
Used nameWilli•Steputat
Born28 October 1888 in Berlin, Berlin (GER)
Died23 September 1946 in West-Berlin, Berlin (GER) 
AffiliationsSC Heros Berlin
NOC Germany

Biography

German wrestler Willi Steputat competed at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. As a wrestler in the Greco-Roman middleweight A division (≤75 kg), Steputat was eliminated in the third round. In 1923 he was German lightweight champion.

In 1928 in Amsterdam Steputat was a member of the German official heavy athletics delegation, and in 1932 at Los Angeles he was a wrestling referee. In 1936 Steputat acted as spokesman for the Organizing Committee for heavy athletics. From 1926-40 he was sports manager for wrestling in the German Heavy Athletics Federation.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Wrestling GER Willi Steputat
Middleweight A, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) AC r3/8