Klaus Gerbig
Klaus Gerbig ![]() |
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birthday | May 6, 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
place of birth |
Kassel , German Empire![]() |
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size | 181 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
date of death | June 20, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of death |
Ruesselsheim , Germany![]() |
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discipline | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | 110 m hurdles: 14.2 s | ||||||||||||||||||
society | TG 1862 Rüsselsheim | ||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Helmut Dorn | ||||||||||||||||||
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Klaus Gerbig (born May 6, 1939 in Kassel ; † June 20, 1992 in Rüsselsheim ) was a German hurdler .
biography
Klaus Gerbig came from a family based in Rüsselsheim , but was born in Kassel due to the war . A year later the family returned to Rüsselsheim. After the war he joined the TG 1862 Rüsselsheim as a teenager . He began training with self-made starting blocks and three exercise hurdles. With his talent he managed to set a new European junior record over 200 m hurdles.
Gerbig won silver over 200 m hurdles at the German championships in 1959 and bronze over 110 m hurdles a year later . At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , he started over 110 m hurdles , but was eliminated in the preliminary run. 1961 and 1963 Gerbig was German champion in the 200-meter hurdles . In total he took part in six international matches. During one of these international matches in Helsinki he met his wife Katri Lindholm, with whom he had a son.
After his career he was active as a referee chairman and starter. In 1969 he founded the LC Rüsselsheim with seven other people and later worked as a trainer for SSV Raunheim. In 1985 the Rüsselsheimer received the silver needle from the German Athletics Association . In 1992 Gerbig died of cancer at the age of only 53.
Web links
- Klaus Gerbig in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Report from the website of the LC Rüsselsheim
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SURNAME | Gerbig, Klaus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hurdler |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1992 |
Place of death | Ruesselsheim |