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
Gold medal – first place1984 Los Angeles57 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1978 Mexico City57 kg
Gold medal – first place1981 Oslo57 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1979 Bucharest57 kg
Gold medal – first place1981 Gothenburg57 kg
Silver medal – second place1984 Jönköping57 kg

Passarelli was born in Italy, and moved to West 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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