Gunther Belitz

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Gunther Belitz athletics
Full name Gunther Belitz
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday April 4th 1963
Career
discipline High and long jump
100 meter run ( T42 )
status not active
Medal table
IPC logo (2004-2019) .svg Paralympic Games
gold 1992 Barcelona Long jump J1
bronze 1992 Barcelona 100 m run TS1
silver 1996 Atlanta Long jump F42
bronze 2000 Sydney High jump F42

Gunther Belitz (born April 4, 1963 ) is a former German athlete and gold medalist of the Paralympics . He is editor-in-chief of the German magazine Handicap .

Career

Gunther Belitz was appointed with his achievements in the short running distances as well as in the high and long jump in the German national athletics team for handicapped people, with which he took part in international competitions such as the Paralympic Games and World Championships for the disabled. He had his first major success at the Paralympic Summer Games in 1988 , where he reached the final round in the long jump.

At the 1992 Paralympic Summer Games in Barcelona , he won the long jump in his performance group J1. In addition to this success, he won a bronze medal in the 100-meter run at these Paralympics .

Belitz also won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Athletics for the disabled in 1994 with the German national team for disabled people in the 100-meter run in the T 42 group in 15.48 seconds.

After all, he was also successful at the Paralympic Summer Games in 1996 and 2000 as a member of the German national team. In 1996 he won a silver medal in the long jump, while in 2000 he was third in the high jump.

For winning a medal in 1992 he received the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 13, 1993 from Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The athletics team in Sydney , on paralympics.de, accessed on March 25, 2020
  2. ↑ Imprint , on handicap.de, accessed on March 25, 2020
  3. ↑ a b Gunther Belitz , on paralympic.org, accessed on March 25, 2020
  4. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport ... on June 13, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the silver laurel leaf .. .
  5. ↑ Silver bay leaf for the medal winners from Sydney - Awarded on February 2, 2001 in Bonn , on dosb.de, accessed on March 25, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Belitz, Gunther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete, gold medal winner of the Paralympics
DATE OF BIRTH April 4th 1963