Gert Metz
Gert Metz (born February 7, 1942 in Mainz ) is a former German athlete and Olympic participant who - starting for the Federal Republic - won the bronze medal with the German 4 x 100 meter relay at the European Championships in 1966 (39.8 p : Hans-Jürgen Felsen , Gert Metz, Dieter Enderlein , Manfred Knickenberg ). In the 100-meter run of these European championships, he was eliminated in the intermediate run.
Gert Metz also started at the Olympic Games in 1968 , but without medal success (100-meter run and 200-meter run : eliminated in the preliminary run; 4 x 100-meter relay: 6th place)
Successes at German Championships in the Federal Republic:
- 1964: 2nd place in the 60-meter run (hall)
- 1965: 1st place in the 60-meter run (hall)
- 1967: 2nd place in the 100-meter run, 2nd place in the 60-meter run (hall)
- 1968: 1st place in the 100-meter run
- 1969: 1st place in the 100 meter run
- 1970: 3rd place in the 100-meter run
- 1971: 3rd place in the 60-meter run (hall)
Gert Metz belonged to the USC Mainz sports club . During his competition time he was 1.76 m tall and weighed 72 kg.
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
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SURNAME | Metz, Gert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete and Olympian |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |