Karl Storch

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Karl Storch (born August 21, 1913 in Fulda ; † August 16, 1992 ibid) was a German athlete who won the silver medal in hammer throw at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki on July 24, 1952 (invalid - 56.45 - 58, 18 - 58.86 m - 57.80 - 58.38).

Storch was German runner-up in hammer throw in 1938 and 1939. At the war championships from 1941 to 1943 he was German champion, he wore the German national jersey 32 times. On September 28, 1952, the man from Fulda hurled the iron ball to 60.77 m, making it the first German to exceed the 60-meter mark. He also took part in the European Athletics Championships in 1954 in Bern in the hammer throw, but was unable to compete in the final after successfully qualifying due to an injury. Storch ended his sporting career at the age of 46. Storch first belonged to the Fulda gymnastics club , later he started for the SS sports clubs Fulda and Arolsen. After the Second World War he wore the SC Borussia Fulda jersey . He was 1.84 m tall and weighed 110 kg when he competed. After his sports career, he was the owner of a sports shop and a construction company in Fulda. Storch was also politically active, for example in the voter self-help (WSH), for which he was a member of the Fulda city council. He and his wife had four daughters.

Karl Storch was awarded the Rudolf Harbig Memorial Prize in 1954 . Karl-Storch-Straße in Fulda is named after him. In addition, on October 27, 1952, he received the Silver Laurel Leaf for his sporting success.

German championships

  • 1st place: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955
  • 2nd place: 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1957, 1958

literature

  • Karl Storch in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society
  • Michael Mott : Still defying the world's elite at 39 / Karl Storch (1913 to 1992) is Fulda’s greatest athlete, in: Fuldaer Zeitung , Jan. 17, 2007, p. 9 (series: Fuldaer Köpfe).

Individual evidence

  1. Life data according to Karl Storch in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ). In contrast, the Munzinger Archive names 1914 as the year of birth and August 19 as the date of death.
  2. Sports report of the Federal Government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - Printed matter 7/1040 - page 64