Artur Reichmann

Artur Reichmann (born April 21, 1902 in Unterwilden , Siegen-Wittgenstein district , † January 26, 1930 in Siegen ) was a German long-distance runner .

Life

His long-distance training began when he was a child, when he attended high school in Betzdorf and often covered the long distance in endurance runs. After graduating from upper secondary school, he attended the agricultural technical center in Münster , where he passed the final exam in 1922. This was followed by three years as an estate manager near Langendreer , and during this time his first West German forest running championship took place.

His great sporting advancement began after 1925 when he returned to his homeland in Siegerland , where he joined the athletics department of Sportfreunde Siegen , which was then in bloom, and found employment as a publisher at the Siegener Zeitung .

At the German fighting games (which were held every four years from 1922 and included a program similar to the Olympic Games) in Cologne in 1926 , Reichmann won the marathon in a time of 2: 58: 29.9 hours and a lead of almost four Minutes against 56 competitors.

On August 22, 1926, Reichmann won the German marathon title in Braunschweig in the new German record time of 2: 41: 12.0 h with a lead of 1200 meters or almost seven minutes time difference to the runner-up.

However, Reichmann was not even to experience his 30th birthday. On January 26, 1930, at the age of 27, he died of leukemia in the Marienkrankenhaus in Siegen .

In his home town of Wilden, the sports field is named after him.

literature

• Karl-Heinz Hof: Siegerländer Sportgeschichten , Vorländer GmbH & Co., Siegen 1997, ISBN 3-00-002216-3 .