Karl-Friedrich Haas (athlete)
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nation | BR Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
date of birth | July 28, 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 186 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
profession | Mechanical engineer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
date of death | August 12, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Nuremberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | 200 m: 21.0 s 400 m: 46.29 s |
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society | 1. FC Nuremberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karl-Friedrich Haas (born July 28, 1931 in Berlin ; † August 12, 2021 in Nuremberg ) was a German athlete who was successful in the 200 and 400-meter run and at the Olympic Games for the Federal Republic of Germany in an all-German Starting team won two medals:
- In 1952 he won the bronze medal in Helsinki with the German 4 x 400 meter relay (together with Hans Geister , Günther Steines , Heinz Ulzheimer / Karl-Friedrich Haas as the final runner). He finished fourth in the 400-meter run.
- In 1956 he was second in the 400-meter run in Melbourne . With the 4 x 400 meter relay ( Walter Oberste , Manfred Poerschke , Jürgen Kühl / Karl-Friedrich Haas as the final runner) he was fourth; in the 200-meter run, he was eliminated in the semifinals in fifth.
Career
Karl-Friedrich Haas started for 1. FC Nürnberg . In his playing days he was 1.86 m tall and weighed 72 kg. In 1964 he ended his sports career.
Haas came to Nuremberg as a child and grew up there. In 1947 he entered his first competition - in his father's sneakers. In 1958 he completed his engineering studies at the Technical University of Munich. He later worked for Siemens AG in power plant construction in many countries around the world. He was retired in 1995.
He married Maria Sturm in 1956 and had a son, Christian Haas (* 1958), who was also successful as a sprinter (relay bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships ).
In 1957, Karl-Friedrich Haas was awarded the Rudolf Harbig Memorial Prize after having been the flag bearer of the all-German team at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games the year before . He also received the Silver Laurel Leaf in 1952 .
Results
Olympic games
- 1952: 4 × 400 m (bronze)
- 1956: 400 m (silver)
European championships
- 1954: 4 × 400 m (silver), 400 m (4th)
- 1958: 4 × 400 m (silver), 400 m (bronze)
German championships (open air)
- 1951: 400 m (2nd)
- 1952: 400 m (1st)
- 1953: 400 m (1st), 200 m (2nd)
- 1954: 400 m (1st)
- 1955: 400 m (1st)
- 1956: 400 m (1st)
- 1957: 400 m (2nd)
- 1958: 400 m (2nd)
Web links
- Karl-Friedrich Haas in the Olympedia.org database (English)
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SURNAME | Haas, Karl-Friedrich |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | German athlete and Olympic medalist |
BIRTH DATE | July 28, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 2021 |
PLACE OF DEATH | Nuremberg |