Ludwig Vesely (athlete)

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The grave of Ludwig Vesely at the Vienna Central Cemetery

Ludwig Vesely (also Ludwig Wessely ; * August 20, 1903 , † July 31, 1986 ) was an Austrian decathlete . In 1930 he took third place in the decathlon in the annual world best list. It was also among the top 10 in 1925 (6), 1928 (9), 1929 (7) and 1931 (10).

Athletic career

He began his sporting career as a football player at the WAC (Vienna Athletics Club), from 1920 he played in the first team as a defender. In 1923 he began with the decathlon training under the coach Ludwig Mang. In 1923 he took part in the Austrian decathlon championships for the first time and took 6th place. In 1924 he spent three months preparing for the season with the Hungarian decathlete Elemér Somfay in Budapest and won his first championship title over 110m hurdles on his return to Vienna . Two more Austrian championship titles followed in the pentathlon and the decathlon in his first successful season.

At the Olympic Games in 1928 he was seventh in the decathlon. In 1932 he was unable to take part in the Olympic Games because of pleurisy, although he would have been qualified.

His Austrian record in the decathlon of 1931 (6464 points according to today's rating) was not improved until 1958, in Vienna his record lasted until 1969. In his career he won 21 Austrian championship titles and set 14 Austrian records. He resigned from the decathlon at the end of 1933, but competed in individual disciplines until the Second World War .

He also worked as a functionary, referee (timekeeper) and trainer. In December 1934 he was elected vice-president at the general assembly of the ÖLV . In 1949 he became a men's sports warden at the ÖLV. After the Second World War, he worked as a trainer at the WAC until the mid-1950s. One of the most famous athletes he trained was Elfriede Steurer , who took part in the Olympic and European championships twice .

He died on July 31, 1986 at the age of 83.

Top performances

100 m 11.2 s, 400 m 51.4 s, 1500 m 4: 39.5 min, 110 m H 15.2 s, high jump 1.70 m, pole vault 3.50 m, long jump 7.06 m, shot put 13.92 m , Discus throw 42.21 m, javelin throw 56.65 m.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ In the book by Kamper and Graf he is called Vesely throughout; in the Olympic database Sports-Reference his name is Wessely.
  2. ↑ Erich Kamper, Karl Graf: Austria's athletics in names and numbers . Pp. 44 and 45
personal data
SURNAME Vesely, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wessely, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian decathlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1903
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1986