Karl-Heinz Losch

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Karl-Heinz Losch (born December 5, 1942 in Heilbronn ; † February 9, 2012 in Heilbronn- Kirchhausen ) was a German roller skater and later a local politician ( FDP ).

Life

Sports

Losch came to art skating through his two older sisters and began this sport at the age of seven at REV Heilbronn . He won his first world championship in 1958. By achieving a total of five world championship titles, he was considered the most successful roller skater of all time for many years and received an entry in the Guinness Book of Records . Since 1989 he has shared this title with the Italian Sandro Guerra , who also won five world championships. In 1967 he ended his sporting career. He later volunteered for the REV Heilbronn.

Education, work and family

The Heilbronn- from Böckingen originating Losch made in 1962, when he was already three times World Champion, at Heilbronner Justinus Kerner-Gymnasium the High School . In addition to his sporting career, he then did an apprenticeship as a carpenter in his parents' company and then studied architecture. After successfully completing the course, he married and from now on concentrated on his job and his family. He worked as a freelance architect. His wife Jutta, with whom he had three sons, died in 2002. He himself died on February 9, 2012 at the age of 69.

engagement

Losch had been a member of the Heilbronn municipal council since 1971 and was first deputy chairman of the FDP parliamentary group. He was also a member of the Heilbronn- Kirchhausen district advisory board . Shortly before Christmas 2011 he was honored by the mayor for 40 years of membership in the city parliament.

Figure skating results

Competition / year 1958 1959 1961 1962 1966
World Championship 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
German championships 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

Honors and prizes

Karl-Heinz Losch received the Silver Laurel Leaf in 1961 . In 1966 he received the Golden Mint of the City of Heilbronn.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kap: Former rollart king died at 69 . In: Heilbronn voice . February 14, 2012 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on February 14, 2012]).
  2. ↑ a b Karl-Heinz Losch at gemeinderat.stadt-heilbronn.de (accessed on June 10, 2011)
  3. ^ Sigrid Seeger-Losch: On the death of Karl-Heinz Losch at rev-heilbronn.de, February 13, 2012 (accessed on February 14, 2012)

literature

  • Nicolas Dorn: The down-to-earth sky striker . In: Heilbronn voice . March 10, 2011 ( from Stimme.de [accessed June 10, 2011]).
  • Sigrid Seeger-Losch: architect, city councilor and most successful athlete in Heilbronn. Karl-Heinz (Karlo) Losch (1942–2012). In: Christhard Schrenk (Hrsg.): Heilbronner Köpfe VII. Life pictures from four centuries. Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 2014, ISBN 978-3-940646-16-3 ( Small series of publications by the Heilbronn City Archives. Volume 61), pp. 255–278

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personal data
SURNAME Losch, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German roller skater and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2012
Place of death Heilbronn