Arthur Vollstedt

	Arthur Vollstedt
nation	German Empire
birthday	January 21, 1892
place of birth	Hamburg , German Empire
date of death	15th November 1969
Place of death	Cologne , FR Germany
Career
discipline	Individual and all-around
society	Altonaer SV
Pers. Best times	51.00 s (500 m) ; February 11, 1925 in Titisee-Neustadt; 1: 49.30 min (1000 m) ; January 30, 1926 in Titisee-Neustadt; 2: 37.00 min (1500 m) ; February 4, 1926 in Davos; 5: 43.00 min (3000 m) ; January 17, 1926 in Titisee-Neustadt ( DR ); 9: 21.40 min (5000 m) ; February 4, 1928 in Davos; 18: 59.40 min (10,000 m) ; February 4th 1928 in Davos
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Arthur Vollstedt (born January 21, 1892 in Hamburg , † November 15, 1969 in Cologne ) was a German speed skater .

Career

After 28 years of abstinence, Arthur Vollstedt, a German speed skater, took part again in the 1925 World Speed Skating Championship in Leningrad . A year later, the man from Hamburg was able to set a new national record over 3000 meters in Titisee-Neustadt with a time of 5: 43.00 minutes. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1928 , Vollstedt competed for the German delegation over 1500 m (23rd place) and 5000 m (28th place).

After his career he was at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Vollstedt was responsible for the newly established Olympic Ice Sports Center . From 1947 he worked as a trainer at the Cologne Ice Club .

During the First World War he served as a submarine driver.

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