Franz Marx

Austrian wrestler

Franz Marx (born January 20, 1963) (not to be confused with the South African screenplay writer of the same name) is an Austrian sport wrestler. He was born in Innsbruck. Together with Anton Marchl he was one of the Austrian wrestlers, who qualified last for the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992.[1]

## Successes

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He was frequently the Austrian wrestling champion and participated two times at Summer Olympic Games. His greatest successes were a gold medal at the Junior World Championship in Colorado Springs and a bronze medal at the Wrestling World Championships 1981 in Oslo.

In 2002 he was honored as one of the most successful Austrian wrestlers by the city of Innsbruck.[2] He is still a member of AC Hötting sporting club .

## References

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1. ^ Olympiabericht PDF-Datei Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Dokument der Stadt Innsbruck, PGF-Datei Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* Chronicle of sporting club AC Hoetting (in German)
* Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Franz Marx". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-04-05.

## External links

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* Franz Marx at the International Wrestling Database
* Franz Marx at Olympedia

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