Dieter Hellwig

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Dieter Hellwig (born May 20, 1932 ; † probably May 1, 2008 in Xanten ) was a boat builder and successful German motorboat racer .

Sporting successes

Hellwig had success with racing boats with outboard motors in the classes OB (350 cm³), C-floor (petrol engines 500 cm³), D-floor (petrol engines 700 cm³), with utility boats with outboard motors in class DU (700 cm³), as well as with utility boats with inboard engines in class E 1 (2000 cm³). World speed record: 1 km, flying in both directions, distance record 12 miles with turns.

  • 1958 European champion class DU in Robertville (Belgium)
  • 1959 European champion class DU in Essen
  • 1959 German master class DU
  • 1959 D-Stock class speed record with 111.16 km / h
  • 1959 world record over 12 miles class C-pole with 90.56 km / h
  • 1960 world record over 12 miles class C-pole with 97.61 km / h
  • 1961 world record over 12 miles class OB with 111.14 km / h
  • 1967 Vice European Champion class E1 in Omegna (Italy)

Awards

  • 1957 ADAC sports badge with diamonds

literature

  • Report German champion , author Erich Bogadtke , magazine Boats (Hamburg), No. 5/2009, pages 86-87

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary of the DMYV , message from May 29, 2008, accessed on October 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Report on the European Championship with Obstacles , Die Yacht magazine (Berlin), issue 13/1959, pages 463–466
  3. ^ Report on the world record hunt on the Wörther See , Die Yacht magazine (Berlin), Issue 13/1959, pages 462–463
personal data
SURNAME Hellwig, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boat builder and motorboat racer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1932
DATE OF DEATH May 2008
Place of death Xanten