Heinz Rosendahl
Heinz Rosendahl (born July 24, 1920 in Langerfeld , today Wuppertal , † February 27, 2006 in Leverkusen ) was a German athlete who was successful as a discus thrower in the 1940s and early 1950s . He was the father of Heide Rosendahl and the grandfather of Danny Ecker .
Life
Heinz Rosendahl won three German championships:
- 1942: third
- 1948: Master
- 1949: runner-up
- 1951: Master
- 1952: runner-up
- 1953: Master
- 1954: third
- 1955: third
There were no German championships in 1944 and 1945. In 1947 and 1950 Rosendahl was fourth at the German Championships in the shot put.
In 1949 he won the ISTAF in Berlin .
Heinz Rosendahl did not have the opportunity to participate in international competitions. The 1944 Olympic Games, like the 1940 Games, were canceled due to the war, and no German athletes were invited to the 1948 Games in London or the European Athletics Championships in Oslo in 1946 and Brussels in 1950 . At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , the Federal Republic of Germany - the GDR was not allowed to send athletes - was only represented in the discus by the reigning German champion Josef Hipp .
Heinz Rosendahl started at the beginning of his career for the Barmer Turn-Verein . During the Second World War he competed for Tilsiter SC, and after the war for Schwarz-Weiß Radevormwald .
Top performances
- Discus: 51.71 m (1951)
- Ball: 14.62 m (1948)
- Hammer: 44.60 m (1948)
- Spear: 60.97 m (1941)
literature
- Heiner Göttke & Otto Verhoeven: Heinz Rosendahl †. In: DGLD Bulletin. No. 44, p. 17f.
Web links
- Article in the Radevormwald city network about Heinz Rosendahl from February 27, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosendahl, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langerfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 2006 |
| Place of death | Leverkusen |