Karl-Heinz Becker (athlete)
Karl-Heinz Becker | |||||||||||||
nation | German Empire | ||||||||||||
birthday | June 19, 1912 | ||||||||||||
place of birth | Hamburg , German Empire | ||||||||||||
size | 172 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg | ||||||||||||
job | police officer | ||||||||||||
date of death | July 19, 2001 | ||||||||||||
Place of death | Hamburg , Germany | ||||||||||||
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discipline | Long-distance running , cross-country running | ||||||||||||
Best performance | 5000 m: 15: 06.2 min | ||||||||||||
society | SC Victoria Hamburg | ||||||||||||
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Karl-Heinz Becker (born June 19, 1912 in Hamburg ; † July 19, 2001 there ) was a German long-distance runner .
biography
Karl-Heinz Becker competed in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin over 1500 m , but retired in the preliminary run.
In 1936 and 1937 he was German champion with the 4 x 1,500 meter relay . In 1935 he won bronze in the cross-country team competition.
During the Second World War , Becker was taken prisoner by Russia, from which he was only released in 1948. After that he worked as a police officer. Becker was the brother-in-law of his teammates Max Syring and Walter Schönrock .
Web links
- Karl-Heinz Becker in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Becker, Karl-Heinz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German long-distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 2001 |
Place of death | Hamburg |