Günter Traub
Günter Traub 
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| birthday | March 13, 1939 | ||||||||
| place of birth | Schweinfurt | ||||||||
| size | 182 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg | ||||||||
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| society | DEC "Frillensee" Inzell | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
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Günter Traub (born March 13, 1939 in Schweinfurt ) is a former German roller and speed skater . He was multiple world and European champion in roller speed skating. On December 11, 1965, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for his athletic achievements .
Günter Traub initially worked with his brother Jürgen in roller speed skating at ERV Schweinfurt . They were supported by the creation of a speed skating track in the Willy Sachs Stadium in 1960. At the same time, the brothers devoted themselves to speed skating from 1959. In 1963 Günter Traub was able to set a world record as a German athlete in Madonna di Campiglio in Madonna di Campiglio for the first time since the early days of this sport, namely in the "supreme discipline" of the great four-way fight. However, the record was taken from him by Knut Johannesen in Hamar, Norway, just hours later . At the end of his career, Günter Traub was able to set another world record in this discipline in 1968.
He competed in the Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1968 for the Federal Republic of Germany and the German team as a whole , and came eleventh as the best place. He reached twelfth place at the 1963 World Championships and sixth place at the 1962 European Championships and ninth place in 1963 and 1964. Günter Traub was able to set new German records on the distances from 1000 to 10,000 meters, he was four times German champion between 1961 and 1968, and twice runner-up.
From 1969 to 1970 he trained the US team in speed skating, which included Peter Mueller , Dianne Holum and Eric Heiden , among others . In 1970 Traub ended his career after a serious training accident in which he suffered 23 broken bones. After his recovery he became national coach of the Italian speed skaters and accompanied the team to the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo . In 1972, Traub switched to motorsport and became a fitness trainer for the international Ford auto racing team, which included Jackie Stewart , Niki Lauda , Jochen Mass and Hans-Joachim Stuck .
In 1999, at the age of 60, he returned to speed skating and became world champion in his age group. He also set a new world record. Between 2000 and 2002 he was able to become world champion again and reached a total of seven new world records in the age group over 60 years.
Today Traub lives in St. Moritz and worked there as a qualified sports teacher and mental trainer. He trained Juan Carlos of Spain , Michael Schumacher and Hubert Burda , among others . In 1990 he also made a brief guest appearance in the action film Fire, Ice & Dynamite , in which Roger Moore played the lead role.
Web links
- Homepage of Günter Traub
- Millions for medals Der Spiegel 6/1966
- Portrait in the Mainpost for his 75th birthday in 2014
- Günter Traub in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Sports report from the federal government to the Bundestag, printed matter 7/1040, page 57.
- ↑ https://www.mainpost.de/regional/schweinfurt/Radrennsport-Unternehmer;art742,7472722
- ↑ Interview with Günter Traub . www.fitnesstribune.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
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| SURNAME | Traub, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German speed skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schweinfurt , Germany |