Adalbert Dickhut
Adalbert Dickhut (born May 16, 1923 in Dortmund ; † April 5, 1995 in Rüsselsheim ) was a German gymnast and member of the German national team.
life and career
He achieved his first great success at the indoor fighting games of the Hitler Youth when he was the winner with TV Eintracht Dortmund in the line-up of Braun, Erdmann, König, Schmidt, Dickhut and Hachschrade.
At the German gymnastics and game championships in Nuremberg in 1942 , he was third behind Lieutenant Günther Ruising and Sergeant Karl Stadel .
At the German gymnastics and game championships in Augsburg in 1943 he was 4th.
On December 12, 1943, he was scheduled for a German-Hungarian gymnastics in Dresden.
During the 1952 German war trip to South America , he was part of the German squad.
At the 1953 German Gymnastics Festival in Hamburg, he was the winner in the eight-fight . At the Olympic Games in 1952 he was part of the German gymnastics team, which took fourth place.
In 1955 he won the jumping discipline at the European Championships .
He became widely known from 1956 onwards through the television program “ 10 minutes with Adalbert Dickhut ”, a sports program in which children could playfully participate. At the time, the necessary devices were available in every household. Four children demonstrated the exercises. The show was the forerunner of similar participatory sports programs.
Dickhut was the founder and from 1959 rector of the German Gymnastics School in Frankfurt am Main .
On September 9, 1951, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for his athletic achievements.
literature
- Adalbert Dickhut , in: Internationales Sportarchiv 22/1995 from May 22, 1995, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Hans Reip: Diplomats in White - The South American trip of the German Olympic athletes, Frankfurt am Main 1953.
Web links
- Adalbert Dickhut in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- sport-komplett.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Badische Presse of April 4, 1941 Online
- ^ Badische Presse of September 7, 1942 Online
- ↑ Again the two previous year's winners. Irmgard Walther and Lieutenant Ruising kept their titles. Deutsche Zeitung in the Netherlands , No. 95, September 7, 1942, p. 3. ( pdf )
- ↑ Hamburger Anzeiger, September 6, 1943 Online
- ^ Badische Presse of December 6, 1943 Online
- ^ Sports report from the Federal Government to the Bundestag from September 26, 1973 - Printed matter 7/1040 - page 80
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dickhut, Adalbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German apparatus gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1995 |
| Place of death | Ruesselsheim |