Lutz magic

Olaf Beyer (right) leads in the 800 meter run at the GDR championships in 1981 in front of Andreas Busse (center) and Lutz Zauber

Lutz Zauber (born August 9, 1958 in Berlin ) is a former German athlete who won four championship titles of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Zauber entered the European Junior Championships in 1977 and finished twelfth in the 1500 meter run . In the 1978 indoor season he was runner-up in the GDR behind Jürgen Straub , and in 1979 he took third place. In 1981 he again came second in the hall, this time behind Günther Ruth . At the GDR cross-country championships in 1981, Zauber won his first championship title in the middle distance. In 1982, Zauber won the GDR indoor championships over 1500 meters and defended this title a year later. In 1983, one month after his indoor title, he also won cross-country skiing. In the open-air season, Zauber never really prevailed, from 1981 to 1983 he took fourth place three times in the GDR championships over 1500 meters, in the 800-meter run a fifth place was his best place in 1982. Zauber started a total of eleven times in the national jersey, but did not take part in major international championships.

Lutz Zauber competed for SC Dynamo Berlin . With a height of 1.81 m, his competition weight was 68 kg. Zauber married the middle distance athlete Angelika Kuhse , their son Falko Zauber is also a track and field athlete.

Best times

• 800 m: 1: 47.47 min, August 18, 1982, Potsdam
• 1000 meters: 2: 17.0 min, May 26, 1982, Berlin
• 1500 m: 3: 39.49 min, August 19, 1981, Zurich
  • Hall: 3: 38.84 min, February 20, 1982, Budapest

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898-2005. 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 (published by Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft )