Ekkehard to Megede

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Ekkehard Albrecht zur Megede (born November 19, 1926 in Reetz in der Neumark , † February 24, 2005 in Berlin ) was a German sports journalist and publicist.

Life

After attending secondary school in Arnswalde, he completed an internship at the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel in Berlin from 1946 , after which he was an editor there. From 1950 to 1963 he was the editor of the specialist newspaper Leichtathletik . From 1963 until his retirement in 1990 he was back at the Tagesspiegel . He also published in other newspapers, occasionally using the pseudonym Ehm Ohm . In addition, he wrote a four-volume standard work on the history of Olympic athletics.

In 1950, Zur Megede co-founded the Association of Track and Field Statisticans , the global association of athletics statisticians. On behalf of the World Athletics Federation IAAF , he compiled the first detailed list of the development of the world records in athletics.

Ekkehard's grave at Megede

Ekkehard zur Megede died in February 2005 at the age of 78 in Berlin. His grave is in the state's own cemetery in Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend (grave location: II-Ur 8-85).

Works

  • ... and then we broke up . Bartels and Wernitz, Berlin 1966
  • Development of the world records . Bartels and Wernitz, Munich-Berlin-Frankfurt 1972
  • The history of Olympic athletics. 1st volume: 1896-1936 . Bartels and Wernitz, Munich-Berlin-Frankfurt 1968
  • The history of Olympic athletics. Volume 2: 1948-1968 . Bartels and Wernitz, Munich-Berlin-Frankfurt 1969
  • Olympic athletics. Volume III . Justus von Liebig Verlag, Darmstadt 1984. ISBN 3873900785
  • The Modern Olympic Century. 1896-1996. Track and Field Athletics . Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV)

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics. 1898-2005. Volume 2: Lehnertz - Zylka. 3rd edition, 12. – 21. Hundred. German Athletics Promotion and Project Society, Darmstadt 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 491.
personal data
SURNAME To Megede, Ekkehard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zur Megede, Ekkehard Albrecht (full name); Megede, Ekkehard zur; Ohm, Ehm (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Reetz , Neumark
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2005
Place of death Berlin