August Heitmann (swimmer)

August Heitmann
Personal information
Surname:	August Heitmann
Nation:	Germany
Society:	until 1924 1. Bielefelder SV from 1925 MSC from 1896
Birthday:	1907
Place of birth:	Kalymnos Greece
Date of death:	1971
Place of death:	Santiago de Chile Chile
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August Heitmann (* 1907 in Kalymnos , Greece ; † 1971 in Santiago de Chile ) was a German swimming athlete . In 1926 and 1927 he won the European championship in the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay.

Born in Greece, Heitmann started for the 1st Bielefelder SV until 1924 , and in 1925 he moved to the Magdeburg swimming club from 1896 . In 1926 and 1927 he was German champion over 100 meters freestyle. Heitmann took part in the first European Swimming Championships in Budapest in 1926 . In the only relay decision, the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay, the German relay team swam with August Heitmann, Joachim Rademacher , Friedel Berges and Herbert Heinrich in 9: 57.2 minutes to win over the Hungarians and the Swedes. The following year, at the European Swimming Championships in Bologna in 1927 , Heitmann won the bronze medal in the 100 meters freestyle in 1: 03.4 minutes behind the Swede Arne Borg and the Hungarian István Bárány . The German relay defended the title in the same line-up as in 1926 in 9: 49.6 minutes before the Swedes and Hungarians. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , Heitmann was eliminated from the 100 meter freestyle in the semifinals. Karl Schubert , August Heitmann, Friedel Berges and Herbert Heinrich missed the medal chance in the relay due to a disqualification in the run-up.

Two years after the Olympic Games, Heitmann emigrated from Barcelona, ​​where he temporarily lived, to Chile.

literature

• Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970

Web links

• August Heitmann in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• German champions freestyle swimming