Karl Kotratschek
Karl Kotratschek (born October 24, 1914 in Vienna ; † July 4, 1941 ) was an Austrian athlete . He was multiple Austrian and German champions in long jump and triple jump .
Life
Career
Karl Kotratschek was 1.84 m tall and weighed 73 kg.
- Triple jump
In 1935, Kotratschek, starting for Prague , was the first Austrian triple jump champion with a distance of 14.09 m . From the following year he started for ÖJK Vienna ; In 1936 and 1937 he was able to defend his title with a width of 14.11 m and 14.09 m respectively. At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 he landed in 23rd place with a width of 13.15 m. At the European Athletics Championships in 1938 , he won the bronze medal with a width of 14.73 m. In the same year, a few months after the annexation of Austria , he became German champion with a width of 14.82 m.
In the triple jump, Kotratschek set four Austrian records. His best length of 15.28 m, which he achieved on July 19, 1938 in Berlin, was only exceeded in 1974 by Helmut Matzner. This width was at the same time a German record for years and was not exceeded in this form until 1955 by Theo Strohschnieder .
- Long jump
In the long jump , Kotratschek was Austrian champion in 1937 with a width of 6.90 m and in 1938 with a width of 6.84 m.
Personal
In his place of residence Eichgraben in Lower Austria , Kotratschek had built an uphill cinder track for training on his property in Nagelbergstrasse .
During the Second World War he took part in the fighting on the North African theater of war as a member of the German armed forces . There he fell on July 4, 1941.
literature
- Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society
- Erich Kamper and Karl Graf: Austria's athletics in names and numbers . Graz 1986 ISBN 3-7011-7169-6
- Martin Kotratschek: Genealogy of the Kotratschek family (transfer of data from a family tree of the grandfather Rudolf Fuchs)
Web links
- Karl Kotratschek in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kotratschek, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1941 |
| Place of death | Africa |