Heinz Mertel
Heinz Mertel (born July 19, 1936 in Nuremberg ) is a German sports marksman who took part in the Olympic Games three times for the Federal Republic of Germany and won a silver medal.
Heinz Mertel was a police officer by profession. In 1968 he started for the Munich Police Sports Club , 1972 for the Schützengesellschaft Stadeln bei Fürth and 1976 for the fire protection company Der Bund in Munich. Mertel won his first German championship title with the air pistol in 1965, and by 1972 he had a total of nine championship successes in various pistol classes. With the free pistol , he won the silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games behind Grigori Kossych from the Soviet Union and ahead of Harald Vollmar from the GDR. Since Kossych and Mertel had each achieved 562 rings in the regular series, the gold medal was knocked out in the playoff, Kossych was more successful here with 30 rings compared to Mertel's 26 rings. In 1969 Mertel won the European championship with the air pistol. In 1970 he won the bronze medal with the team at the World Cup.
In 1972 Mertel increased his German record with the Free Pistol to 565 rings. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he only got 550 rings, with which he reached 16th place. Four years later, at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Mertel scored 560 rings. He finished fourth behind the two GDR shooters Uwe Potteck and Harald Vollmar and Rudolf Dollinger from Austria.
Heinz Mertel wrote a specialist book on pistol shooting together with Erwin Glock. In addition to his sporting activities, Mertel was a committed member of an association that dealt with weapon technology in the Wild West.
On November 27, 1968 he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf.
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Mexico 1968. Our team. Frankfurt am Main 1968
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Munich Kiel 1972. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1972
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1976
Web links
- Heinz Mertel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 76
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mertel, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |