Karl Kluge (athlete)
Karl Kluge (* 1925 ; † April 24, 2010 in Bremen ) was a German athlete. He was four times German champion, including in the 1500 meter run .
biography
Kluge trained at Werder Bremen from 1940 and into the 1950s . He ran over 400 m, 800 m, 1000 m and 1500 m. At the German youth championships in Breslau he was first over 800 m in 1: 55.5 min.
Over 1 mile he still holds the Bremen state record from 1952 today (as of 2019). Among other things, he had the following placements:
- German Athletics Championships 1946 in Frankfurt am Main: Second over 800 m in 1: 55.0 min behind Heinz Ulzheimer
- German Athletics Championships in Cologne in 1947 : Second over 800 m in 1: 54.3 minutes behind Heinz Ulzheimer
- German Athletics Championships 1949 in Bremen: First over 1500 meters in 3: 57.2 min and third place in the 3 × 1000 meter relay from Werder Bremen (Hans Wever, Schiffer, Karl Kluge) in 7: 37.2 min.
- German Athletics Championships 1950 in Stuttgart: First place with the 3 × 1000 meter relay from Werder Bremen (Hans Wever, Karl Kluge, Kurt Bonah ) in 7: 28.2 min.
- German Athletics Championships 1951 in Düsseldorf: First over 1500 meters in 3: 50.2 minutes ahead of Werner Lueg .
- German Athletics Championships 1952 in Berlin: Third over 4 x 400 meters in 3: 24.5 min with the Werder relay ( Kurt Bonah , Rolf Köster, Karl Kluge and Krone)
- German indoor athletics championships in 1955 in Kiel: First place for the 4 × 3 round of Werder Bremen (Werner Bazalla, Karl Kluge, Peters, Kurt Bonah).
He was married to the successful athlete Helga Kluge geb. Huhn, who ran over 100 m and won the women's 4 x 100 m relay at the German Athletics Championships in 1949 , together with Marga Petersen , Hannelore Mikos and Lena Stumpf , in 48.3 s, with a new German record time at that time . The season was also German champion with her in 1951.
Honors
- 2010: Honorary member of Werder Bremen
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- Chronicle of (Bremen) athletics from 1898
Individual evidence
- ^ Chronicle of (Bremen) athletics from 1898
- ↑ Bremen Athletics Association: Records and best performances by 2019
- ^ Werder Bremen press service: Werder mourning: honorary member Karl Kluge died , Bremen 2010.
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SURNAME | Kluge, Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1925 |
DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 2010 |
Place of death | Bremen |