Fredy Müller

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Alfred "Fredy" Müller (* 8. June 1905 in Elk , then East Prussia , German Empire ; † 17th March 1959 in Berlin ) was a German athlete who mainly in the years around 1930 as a middle distance 800 Meters active was.

Müller started for Zehlendorf 88 Berlin and trained there under Willi Duttke . Together with Kurt Schmidt , Herbert Langkutsch and Müller, he formed a 3-by-1000-meter relay that immediately became Brandenburg champion in 1924. With Willy Schumann and Max Tarnogrocki , Fredy Müller managed to set the world record for club relays on this route in 1925 at the German Championships in 7: 44.5 minutes. Otto Peltzer , the German record holder over 800 meters, was Müller's greatest competitor at that time and both took part in the IX , alongside Max Tarnogrocki and Hermann Engelhard . Olympic Games 1928 in Amsterdam part. The team-internal duel with the world record man over 880 yards was decided by Müller in 1: 53.8 minutes, but was eliminated in sixth place in his semifinals , as was Peltzer, who has not yet recovered after a metatarsal fracture. Still third in 1928 , Müller was in the final sprint at the German championships in 1929 - after a controversial photo finish decision - German champion ahead of Peltzer, which he defended at the championships the following year in Berlin's Grunewald Stadium . Also in 1930 he became student world champion at the competitions held in Darmstadt .

Müller was one of the torch-bearers for the 1936 Olympic flame.

His son Hans-Werner Müller, himself a hockey player, was the first chairman of Zehlendorf 88 from 1969 to 1999 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Chronicle of Athletics. Zehlendorfer Gymnastics and Sports Club from 1888 e. V., accessed on July 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Max Tarnogrocki. Sports Reference LLC., Accessed July 9, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Whitsun is a big celebration - Zehlendorf 88 is celebrating its 125th anniversary with a sports festival. German Road Races eV, accessed on July 9, 2018 .

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SURNAME Müller, Fredy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Ełk , East Prussia , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1959
Place of death West Berlin