Claus Bartels

Claus Bartels (born January 10, 1936 in Hamburg ) is a former German athlete who was German champion in the 50 km walk in 1959 .

Athletic career

Claus Bartels began his sporting career at Hamburger SV . At the German Championships in 1957 he finished eighth in the individual ranking over 50 kilometers. In the team competition he won the title with Claus Biethan and Emil Griem . In 1958 he finished sixth in the 20 km walk . At the German Championships in 1959 , as in the previous year, he finished sixth over 20 kilometers. Together with Julius Müller and Horst Gerdau , he won the team classification. At the championships over 50 kilometers, Bartels won ahead of Claus Biethan, who meanwhile competed for SV Friedrichsgabe and won the team championship with this club, Hamburger SV did not bring any team to the finish.

From 1960 Claus Bartels started for Eintracht Frankfurt . At the German Championships in 1960 he was fifth over 20 kilometers. Over 50 kilometers he finished second behind Claus Biethan. In 1961 , the Eintracht Frankfurt team won the team championship over 20 kilometers; As 13th in the individual ranking, Bartels was only part of the second team, which reached sixth place in the team ranking. In 1962 Bartels reached the finish line over 50 kilometers in fourth place in the individual standings , and in the team standings he won together with Julius Müller and Siegmut Halboth . In 1963 he took sixth place in the individual ranking over kilometers. In the team competition he won together with Hannes Koch and Bernhard Nermerich . In 1964 he won the team championship over 20 kilometers together with Julius Müller and Gerd Schuth . Together with Nermerich, Schuth and Bartels, the Frankfurters also won in 1965 . In 1966 Bartels reached seventh place in the individual ranking over 50 kilometers. Together with Bernhard Nermerich and Horst-Rüdiger Magnor , he won his last championship title in the team competition.

From 1959 to 1965, Claus Bartels competed in five national jersey competitions. After his active career, the insurance salesman worked for the Hessian Athletics Association for many years as an athletics statistician.

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft p. 46