Bernd Beckhusen

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Bernd Beckhusen (born October 31, 1940 in Berlin ) is a German motor boat sportsman .

Life

The trained car locksmith ran a car company until he retired; He has lived in the Dominican Republic since his retirement and managed the motorsport career of his son Mike.

Beckhusen began as a motorcyclist with MC Strausberg in motocross, which he competed in from 1958 to 1964. When a driver injured himself at the MC Post Berlin motorboat club, Beckhusen got into boating. He was internationally successful as early as 1967. From 1972, like all other motorboat racers, he was no longer allowed to drive to international title events because motorboating was not one of the state-sponsored sports in the GDR. During this time he won twenty-four GDR championship titles, as many national titles as neither a racing boat driver nor any other motorsport enthusiast has ever achieved. In 1982 Beckhusen received the GDR honorary title "Honored Master of Sports". After the fall of the Wall , he achieved further medal positions at world and European championships. Since he was barely able to train due to stricter environmental protection regulations in and around Berlin and because of quarrels and disagreements with the German Motor Yacht Association, which was responsible throughout Germany after the unification , he started in his last two active years under an Austrian license for the Upper Austrian RSC Regau .

After the 1994 season, Beckhusen ended his active career.

Sporting successes

Beckhusen started practically in all racing boat classes, starting with the small OJ ( outboards up to 175 cm³) through OA (up to 250 cm³) and OB (up to 350 cm³) always in a three-point , later in the Formula 500 and the 700 cm³ class in one Catamaran .

  • 1969 Vice European Champion Class OJ in Nora (Sweden)
  • 1969 World Champion class OA in Roudnice (Czech Republic)
  • 1969 GDR master class OA
  • 1970 Vice World Champion class OA in Cajarc (France)
  • 1970 GDR master class OA
  • 1971 GDR master class OB
  • 1972 GDR champion classes OA and OB
  • 1973 GDR master class OA
  • 1975 GDR master class OA
  • 1977 GDR master class OA and OB
  • 1979 GDR master class OA
  • 1980 GDR champion classes OA and OB
  • 1981 GDR master class OA and OB
  • 1982 GDR master class OA
  • 1983 GDR master classes OA and OB
  • 1984 GDR master class OA
  • 1985 GDR master class OB
  • 1986 GDR master classes OA and OB
  • 1987 GDR champion classes O: 250 and O: 350
  • 1988 GDR master class O: 250
  • 1990 Vice World Champion class O: 250 in Nora (Sweden)
  • 1992 Vice World Champion class O: 700 in Lauffen am Neckar
  • 1992 Vice European Champion Class O: 700 in Jedovnice (Czech Republic)
  • 1993 Vice European Champion class O: 700 in Brandenburg an der Havel

Awards

  • 1977 Alfred Buysse Trophy (for most of the racing points collected in the OB class worldwide within one year)

Literature and individual references

  • Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 , pages 23-24.
  1. ↑ The all-time best list of motorsport enthusiasts , Berliner Morgenpost from June 18, 2002
  2. ^ Report in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), Issue 2/1982, p. 39
  3. ^ Report in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 18/1969, pp. 412–414
  4. ^ Report in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), Issue 14/1969, pp. 320–321
  5. ^ Master list in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 25/1969, p. 588
  6. ^ Report in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), Issue 16/1970, pp. 366–368
  7. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 24/1970, p. 564
  8. ^ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 1/1972, p. 12
  9. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1972, p. 286
  10. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1973, p. 277
  11. ↑ master list in the magazine Illustrated Motorsport (Berlin), No. 12/1975, p 277
  12. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1977, p. 277
  13. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1979, p. 276
  14. ↑ master list in the magazine Illustrated Motorsport (Berlin), No. 12/1980, p 276
  15. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1981, pp. 276–277
  16. ↑ Master list in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1982, p. 277
  17. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1984, p. 278
  18. ^ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1985, p. 278
  19. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1986, p. 278
  20. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1987, p. 278
  21. ↑ List of masters in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1988, p. 278
  22. ↑ Portrait in the magazine Illustrierter Motorsport (Berlin), issue 4/1978, p. 78

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SURNAME Beckhusen, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motorboat athlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin