Bertel Storskrubb

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Alf Bertel "Bebbe" Storskrubb (born April 24, 1917 in Jakobstad , † April 21, 1996 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish athlete . With a height of 1.70 m, his competition weight was 66 kg.

Bertel Storskrubb won the 400 meter hurdles at the European Championships in Oslo in 1946 . With 52.2 s he set a new Finnish national record and relegated the Swede Sixten Larsson , who also ran a national record with 52.4 s, to second place.

At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 Storskrubb was eliminated with 53.5 s in the semifinals. With the Finnish 4 x 400 meter relay , Storskrubb took fourth place in the final.

Storskrubb won a total of 24 Finnish championship titles in athletics in his career. In the 200-meter run he won in 1943 and 1944, over 400 meters in 1936 and from 1942 to 1947, over 200 meters hurdles 1937 to 1940, 1943, 1946 and 1947 and over 400 meters hurdles in 1937, 1940 and from 1942 to 1947. He set 15 Finnish national records. In 1945 he and his team were also Finnish handball champions.

Best times

  • 100 meters: 11.0 s
  • 200 meters: 22.3 s
  • 400 meters: 48.0 s
  • 800 meters: 1: 49.3 min
  • 200 meter hurdles: 24.6 s
  • 400 meter hurdles: 52.2 s

literature

  • Peter Matthews (ed): Athletics 1997 . Surbiton 1997 ISBN 1-899807-02-0
  • Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics . Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV
personal data
SURNAME Storskrubb, Bertel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Storskrubb, Alf Bertel (full name); Storskrubb, Bebbe (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish athlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Jakobstad
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1996
Place of death Helsinki