Adolf Schwarte

Adolf Schwarte
nation	BR Germany
birthday	January 28, 1935
place of birth	Gladbeck ,  German Empire
size	183 cm
Weight	70 kg
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
Best performance	1500 m: 3: 44.6 min
society	VfL Gladbeck LAV Menden Rot-Weiß Oberhausen ASV Cologne
Medal table
German championships 1 × 0 × 0 × German indoor championships 2 × 0 × 3 ×
German championships gold Berlin 1960 1500 m  German indoor championships gold Frankfurt 1956 1500 m bronze Dortmund 1958 1500 m gold Kiel 1960 1500 m bronze Dortmund 1962 1500 m bronze Kiel 1964 1500 m

Adolf Schwarte (born January 28, 1935 in Gladbeck ) is a former German middle-distance runner .

biography

After Schwarte had won a gold medal over 1500 meters at the German championships in 1960 , he was allowed to start in the 1500-meter run at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome . However, he was eliminated in the preliminary run. At the German indoor championships in 1956 and 1960 , he also won the championship title over this distance.

After his active career, he remained in athletics as a coach of several clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Web links

• Adolf Schwarte in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )