Eugene Bertsch
Eugen Bertsch (born May 22, 1907 in Gronau, Oberstenfeld , † May 3, 1980 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ) was a German marathon runner .
At the Košice Marathon in 1936, he was fifth.
In 1938 he became the German marathon champion with his personal best of 2:37:25 h . At the European Athletics Championships in Paris he was third at 37 km, but then lost two minutes after a collision with a cyclist and was sixth in 2:45:21 h.
Eugen Bertsch started for VfB Stuttgart .
literature
- Karl Lennartz : marathon run. Part 3. Verlag Werbung UM Sport, Lohmar 2007, ISBN 978-3-9811512-1-3 , p. 1100
Web links
- Athlete portrait at the ARRS
- Eugen Bertsch in the trackfield.brinkster.net database (English)
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| SURNAME | Bertsch, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gronau, Oberstenfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1980 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Charlottenburg |