Edgar Reinhardt

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Edgar Reinhardt (born May 21, 1914 in Mülheim an der Ruhr , † January 11, 1985 in Pforzheim ) was a German field handball player and gold medalist at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Athletic career

In Styrumer Turnverein Edgar Reinhardt began his career as a track and field athlete, only to be active in the youth team of the club as a handball player. After a short interlude at the Mülheim Police Sports Club, he moved to RSV Mülheim in 1932 at the instigation of his older brother Harald . There he drew attention to himself as a right wing striker after a few games in the reserve. The German handball federation recognized his talent and used him in several international matches from 1934, including a. against the Netherlands and Hungary. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he won the gold medal in field handball with the German national team . Reinhardt scored four goals in two games.

In 1937 Edgar Reinhardt left Mülheim an der Ruhr and moved to Leipzig , where he joined the military sports club. With Reinhardt in the storm, the MTSA Leipzig succeeded in winning the German championship in the same year and successfully defending it in 1938.

In the service of SV Waldhof Mannheim Reinhardt reached the final of the German championship again in 1943, but this time could not decide in his favor. After the end of the Second World War, he briefly returned to his native Mülheim and played again for his former club, RSV Mülheim. For professional reasons, however, the doctor who studied medicine then moved to Heidelberg , where he had already spent his years of study.

The all-round athlete Reinhardt not only had successes in handball. He was a trained lifeguard, worked as a boxer and as a 17-year-old won several district and district championships in athletics , among others. a. as a 400-meter runner. In 1944 he became Bavarian champion in the decathlon and discus throw . During his student days he discovered his passion for basketball and secured several German championships with the Heidelberg university team (in addition to student championship titles in handball). Even after his student days, he remained loyal to Heidelberg and was twice German champion with the basketball team of the Turnerbund Heidelberg.

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  • Willi Rüter: Mülheimer in the national jersey - Edgar Reinhardt . In: Neue Ruhr Zeitung from 9./11. June 1955.
  • Death notification in the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung from January 17, 1985.
  • City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, holdings 1550

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ styrumertv.de History of the handball department in Styrumer TV von 1880 eV , accessed on December 25, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Reinhardt, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German handball player
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Mülheim an der Ruhr
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1985
Place of death Pforzheim