Rudi Lüttge

Rudi Lüttge (19 December 1922 – 23 September 2016) was a German racewalker, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Rudi Lüttge
Personal information
Full nameRudolf Wilhelm August Lüttge
NationalityGerman
Born(1922-12-19)19 December 1922
Ilsenburg, Germany
Died23 September 2016(2016-09-23) (aged 93)
Bad Schwartau, Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Racewalking
ClubBüssing Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)50 km – 4:38:40 (1952)[1]

Career

Lüttge competed for the clubs BSG Büssing Braunschweig (from 1938 to 1941) and Eintracht Braunschweig (from 1941 on). During his career, he won 16 national championships – 11 in individual competitions and five with the racewalking team of Eintracht Braunschweig.[2]

In 1948, Lüttge set an unofficial world record in the 30 kilometres race walk in Braunschweig's Eintracht-Stadion.[3] The record was never recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations, as the German Athletics Association had not yet been readmitted as a member after World War II.[4]

Lüttge competed in the 50 km walk at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished 13th.[1]

In 1988, he was inducted into the hall of fame of the Lower Saxon Institute of Sports History.[5] He died on 23 September 2016 at the age of 93.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rudi Lüttge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. Kurt Hoffmeister (1986). Meister und Medaillen. Braunschweigs Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa-, Deutsche Meister 1946–1986 (in German). Braunschweig: Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig. p. 18.
  3. "Locker auf der Straße: Wer zum Sport nichts taugt" (in German). Der Spiegel. 9 October 1948. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. Hoffmeister, Kurt (2010). Zeitreise durch die Braunschweiger Sportgeschichte: 180 Jahre Turnen und Sport in Braunschweig (in German). p. 77. ISBN 978-3-8391-0712-6.
  5. "Hall of Fame / Ehrenportal" (in German). nish.de. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  6. "Geher-Legende Rudolf Lüttge ist gestorben", Braunschweiger Zeitung (in German), p. 29, 28 September 2016
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.