Ludwig Koppenwallner

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Ludwig Koppenwallner (born January 12, 1921 in Munich ; † May 21, 2010 in Oberschweinbach ) was a German athlete and sports journalist .

Career

Ludwig Koppenwallner began his sporting career at Post-SV Munich . In 1939 he won the German Youth Championships in pentathlon , in 1940 he took third place in the German Championships in high jump with 1.90 m. In 1940 he also set his personal best in the high jump with 1.96 m. In 1942 he reached second place behind Ernst Schmidt at the German pentathlon championships . At the last German Athletics Championships during the Second World War, he again took third place in the high jump in 1943 and was also able to take third place in the decathlon .

After the end of the war, Ludwig Koppenwallner joined VfL Munich . In 1946 he was again runner-up in the pentathlon, this time behind Gerd Luther . In 1947 with 1.95 m and 1948 with 1.90 m he won the German championship title in the high jump, in 1948 he was also runner-up in the decathlon, again behind Gerd Luther. In the decathlon he took third place three times in a row from 1949 to 1951.

As early as 1946, Ludwig Koppenwallner began his career as head of the sports department at the Süddeutsche Zeitung , where he pioneered a liberal sports journalism that stood in contrast to the national socialist newspapers. Until 1981 he headed the sports section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung for 35 years, whose journalistic standard he shaped through his own work and the selection of his employees. The professional focus of his journalistic work was athletics, ice hockey and speed skating. In 1949 he wrote the book Laufwunder Rudolf Harbig with his sports mate Erhard Huhle .

Honors

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
  • Michael Gernandt: The pioneer. in Süddeutsche Zeitung on May 25, 2010
  • Fritz Steinmetz : 75 years of the German Athletics Championships. 1898-1972. Bartels & Wernitz, Berlin 1973 ISBN 3-87039-956-2

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personal data
SURNAME Koppenwallner, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete and sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 2010
Place of death Oberschweinbach