Kurt Krötzsch
Kurt Krötzsch (born January 31, 1909 in Lützen ; † missing since 1945) was a German gymnast. Krötzsch was a member of the national team.
Life
Kurt Krötzsch's father introduced the five-year-old to gymnastics. After attending the Lützen primary school, Krötzsch learned to be a cabinet maker. He initially started for the Lützen gymnastics club founded in 1861.
On May 9, 1937, he won second place at the German club championships in Münster behind TSV 1860 Munich with the gymnasts of TSV Leuna (in addition to Krötzsch, these were Alfred Müller , Arthur Kleine , Kurt Otto and Otto Freier ) .
He was able to repeat this success on January 23, 1938 in the festively decorated hall of the Leipzig Zoo, again behind the TSV Munich 1860.
From April 30th to May 9th 1939 he did gymnastics in several exhibition matches with the German warriors in Italy.
On April 16, 1939 he finally won the championship title with TSV Leuna in the German House in Flensburg and was the best individual gymnast.
Krötzsch was both German 1931 and 1940 around champion in gymnastics . In 1933 he won the eight fight at the German Gymnastics Festival in Stuttgart. At the Gymnastics World Championships in Budapest in 1934 , he won the bronze medal with the German team in the team all-around competition and in the floor exercise.
At the German championship in team gymnastics in the areas on April 27, 1941 in Essen, he was the best individual gymnast and achieved second place with the Gau Mitte in the team ranking behind the Gau Baden.
The sports hall of the Free Comprehensive School Gustav Adolf in Pestalozzistraße in Lützen is named after Kurt Krötzsch .
“A world-class athlete who was German champion six times was unable to take part in the 1936 Berlin Olympics because of an injury. The start in Tokyo in 1940 was denied to him because of the genocide on the battlefields of World War II. "
Krötzsch was captured in the Czech Republic during the Second World War and has been missing since 1945. There are rumors that his gymnastics style could be discovered in the Russian championship ranks after the end of the war.
The initiative for the memorial plaque also attached to the school came from the Lützen gymnastics club member Gerhard Kabitzsch in 2001.
literature
- Swantje Scharenberg : Kurt Krötzsch - an early professional among German master gymnasts? , in: H. Lange & L. Nordmann (eds.): Top sport: training - ethics - trainer education (interdisciplinary contributions to training pedagogy 3), Göttingen 2010, pp. 219–231.
Web links
- Kurt Krötzsch with Carl Steding ( Memento from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Results of the German gymnastics club championships 1938 in: Freiburger Zeitung of January 24, 1938.
- Results of the German Gymnastics Club Championships 1939 in: Badische Presse from April 17, 1939.
- Result of the final round of the German championship in team gymnastics in the areas 1941 in: Badische Presse on April 28, 1941.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of October 2, 2006.
- ↑ Jana Lehmann / Marion Schatz: Leuna - Life between Work and Garden City 1916 - 1945, Erfurt 2004, p. 118.
- ^ German gymnasts in Italy. Hamburger Anzeiger, March 30, 1939.
- ↑ a b c Heike Riedel: Portrait of Turnerringe next to the workbench. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, May 8, 2001.
- ↑ Holger Zimmer: Olympic champion at the inauguration. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, October 1, 2006.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krötzsch, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lützen |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1945 |