Günter Köster
Günter Köster (born April 27, 1917 in Hanover , † October 22, 1997 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German athlete.
He was fourth over 100 meters at the German Junior Championships in 1937. In 1938 he ran the 4 x 100 meter relay of the Post-SV Mannheim German annual best time in 41.6 s in the adult area . In the same year he won bronze with the relay ( Heinrich Herrwerth , Günter Köster, Willi Garrecht , Karl Neckermann ) at the German Championships in Breslau . In the following year, the Mannheim squadron ( Siegfried Schmitt , Heinrich Herrwerth, Feuerstein, Günter Köster) won the German championship title in 42.4 seconds . He also took part in the University World Championships in 1939, where he won gold in the relay and came fourth over 200 meters.
Köster started for the Post-SV Mannheim and Eintracht Frankfurt . He was an engineer and, after the Second World War, initiated the construction of the first indoor athletics track in Frankfurt, where the first German indoor championships were held in 1954 .
Personal best
- 100 meters: 10.7 s, August 1, 1937 in Braunschweig
- 200 meters: 21.6 s, June 24, 1939 in Mannheim
literature
- Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Post-Sport-Gemeinschaft Mannheim ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Köster, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1997 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |