Eckart Berkes

Eckart Berkes (born February 9, 1949 in Worms ; † September 24, 2014 in Leimen ) was a German hurdler who specialized in the 110-meter distance .

At the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1971 in Sofia, he won gold over the 60 meter hurdles . In 1972 he was eliminated from the Olympic Games in Munich .

In 1972 he was German runner-up, in 1973 German champion over 110 meter hurdles. In 1971 he was German runner-up over 50 meter hurdles in the hall.

Eckart Berkes started for USC Mainz .

Personal best

• 50 m hurdles (hall): 6.64 s, February 27, 1971, Kiel
• 110 m hurdles: 13.97 s, July 22, 1973, Berlin

Web links

• Eckart Berkes in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: obituary )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary notice ( memento from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from October 4, 2014 (accessed October 15, 2014).