Arthur Lambert

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Arthur Lambert (born December 24, 1891 in Wittenberg , † October 10, 1983 in Wuppertal ) was a German athletics trainer .

Life

Until the Second World War, Lambert was associated with the KTV Wittenberg (formerly “Kaufmännischer Turnverein”). During this time he was Reich trainer for medium and long-distance running in Germany. The athletes Max Syring , Ewald Mertens , Werner Böttcher , Walter Schönrock , Hans Raff and Herbert Sander are counted among his students. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Lambert trained medium and long-distance runners, especially Max Syring, who started in 1932.

After the Second World War, Lambert came from Wittenberg to Wuppertal through a comrade in the war as a soap manufacturer and independent dry cleaning agent. Paul Schlurmann, head of the sports department, quickly learned of Lambert's presence and hired him as a trainer for Barmer TV 1846 Wuppertal . Schlurmann and Lambert, together with the chairman of the association, Tüller Graf, developed the international evening sports festivals in the Wuppertal stadium at the zoo from 1950 . Until the end of the 1950s, Lambert was the national coach of athletes such as Herbert Schade , Werner Lueg , Friedel Stracke , Hans Emde , Bruno Niesser , Hans Uphus and Horst Flosbach . Herbert Schade later became his successor.

Lambert strove for popular sport and was chairman of the interest group for older athletes, he himself was active as a runner until old age. At the age of 79, he ran his first and only official marathon in 3: 52.3 hours.

Awards and honors

  • 1979 - Federal Cross of Merit
  • 19 ?? - Golden DLV ring of honor
  • 19 ?? - Plaque for special merits of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia

The Arthur Lambert Stadium in Lutherstadt Wittenberg was named after Lambert in 1993.

In 1995 the Arthur-Lambert-Bahnlauf was organized for the first time by Barmer TV. Coupled with this track run is the road run in Wittenberg and the cross-country run in Hellsdorf. The results of the three events are included in the overall ranking of the Arthur Lambert Cup.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arthur Lambert turns 90: The oldest running pioneer ( Memento from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Wuppertal's Olympic history: all 83 participants from the city of Wuppertal from Herbert Runge to Hans Günter Winkler . Born, Wuppertal 1996, ISBN 3-87093-075-6 .
personal data
SURNAME Lambert, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athletics trainer
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1983
Place of death Wuppertal