Franz Marx (born January 20, 1963) (not to be confused with the South African screenplay writer of the same name) is an

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n sport wrestler. He was born in

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. Together with Anton Marchl he was one of the Austrian wrestlers, who qualified last for the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992.

Successes

He was frequently the Austrian wrestling champion and participated two times at

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. His greatest successes were a gold medal at the Junior World Championship in

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and a bronze medal at the Wrestling World Championships 1981 in

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. In 2002 he was honored as one of the most successful Austrian wrestlers by the city of Innsbruck.Dokument der Stadt Innsbruck, PGF-Datei
He is still a member of AC Hötting sporting club .

References

External links

Chronicle of sporting club AC Hoetting
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* 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Innsbruck Austrian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Austria Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-wrestling-bio-stub