Hubert Schwarz (extreme athlete)
Hubert Schwarz (born December 28, 1954 in Spalt ) is a German extreme athlete, author, speaker and mental coach for sport and management as well as entrepreneur in the field of dietary supplements. Schwarz began his professional career as a retail salesman. He later switched to social education and worked as a district youth worker in the Franconian region .
Sporting successes
From 1987 to 1989, Schwarz took part in various Ironman competitions. In 1988 he set his personal best at Ironman Europe with 9:43:23 hours (81st place). Since 1990 he has been looking for challenges on even longer distances and took part in Ultraman Hawaii in 1990 and in the Race Across America in 1991, 1992 and 1994 . In doing so, he set several records on ultra-long bike routes that were rarely ridden until then, for example in 1993 on the Route des Grandes Alpes , in 1993 with All around Australia and in 1995 when crossing Australia. Schwarz is still active as an extreme athlete to this day (2014), often for charitable purposes.
social commitment
By 1998 Hubert Schwarz had earned over DM 1.5 million for the benefit of various children's aid institutions. In March 1998 he and his wife founded what is now the Hubert & Renate Schwarz Foundation, which until 2014 had donated over 2 million euros to children's aid projects all over the world. In 2014, Hubert Schwarz received the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon for social commitment for his social activities.
Books
- On my own initiative . Econ Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-430-30007-0 .
useful information
At the Schwabacher Citylauf there is a gold-plated shoe from Hubert Schwarz as a challenge cup.
Web links
- Hubert Schwarz in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Literature by and about Hubert Schwarz in the catalog of the German National Library
- www.hubert-schwarz.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hubert Schwarz's personal website
- ^ Hubert Schwarz Foundation
- ^ Cross of Merit for Extreme Sportsman Hubert Schwarz . In: marktspiegel.de . ( marktspiegel.de [accessed on March 14, 2017]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Black, Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German extreme athlete, author and seminar speaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spalt , Bavaria |