Edward Luckhaus
Edward Luckhaus ( Edward Gustaw Adolf Luckhaus, later Eduard Luckhaus; born August 31, 1910 in Hluchiw , † May 12, 1975 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm ) was a German - Polish triple jumper .
Starting for Poland, he finished fourth at the European Athletics Championships in Turin in 1934 and sixth at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
He set his personal best of 15.21 m on June 14, 1936 in Bialystok .
After the Second World War , he settled in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , where he worked as a sports teacher and painter .
Web links
- Edward Luckhaus in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Edward Luckhaus in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- 100 years of Eduard Luckhaus , article in Pfaffenhofener Kurier , August 25, 2010
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| SURNAME | Luckhaus, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luckhaus, Edward Gustaw Adolf; Luckhaus, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Polish triple jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hluchiw |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1975 |
| Place of death | Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm |