Gustav Wegner

Gustav Wegner (born January 4, 1903 in Jarotschin , Posen province ; † June 7, 1942 in Taborki , Soviet Union ) was a German athlete who won the pole vault at the European Championships in 1934 (4.00 m). Coming from a large family, he had prepared for a university degree through teacher training seminars. He graduated from the Prussian University for Physical Education in Spandau and came to Halle in 1927 as a trained gymnastics, swimming and rowing instructor. In 1932 Richard Conrad hired him as his first assistant in university sports. In 1934 he went to Naumburg as an educator at the Napola (today the Schulpforta State School). On June 7, 1942, he fell as a first lieutenant and company commander on the Eastern Front. The Gustav Wegner Stadium in Northeim is named after him .

From 1929 to 1931 he improved the German record in the pole vault several times, and he was the first German pole vaulter to exceed the height of four meters.

German records in detail

• 3.855 m, June 29, 1929, Halle
• 3.995 m, July 21, 1929, Breslau
• 4.055 m, June 28, 1930, Breslau
• 4.12 m, June 28, 1931, Amsterdam

According to the amateur regulations of the time, Gustav Wegner was not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games as a sports teacher, and his records were also controversial at times. To distinguish it from the hurdler and decathlete Erwin Wegner , it was occasionally written as Wegener .

Gustav Wegner belonged to the sports club VfL Halle in 1896 . In his playing days he was 1.77 m tall and 68 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