Manfred Bues
Manfred Hans Emil Paul Bues (born August 5, 1913 in Greifswald ; † September 4, 2012 in Kaiserslautern ) was a German athlete and sports scientist .
Life
Before the Second World War, Bues belonged to the sports club SC Charlottenburg . At the age of 24 he was able to do his doctorate . At the European Championships in 1938 he won the gold medal in 3: 13.6 minutes with Hermann Blazejezak , Erich Linnhoff and Rudolf Harbig in the 4 x 400 meter relay .
In his playing days he was 1.79 m tall and weighed 76 kg. Bues was a Soviet prisoner of war for five years and was unable to build on earlier achievements after his return home due to hunger edema . Nevertheless, in 1954 as a 41-year-old he reached over 400 meters for 49.8 s. Until his retirement, Bues worked at the Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium in Kaiserslautern . Together with the later DLV President August Kirsch and Karl Koch, the sports scientist wrote the book Athletic All-Around at the Federal Youth Games , which Bartels and Wernitz published in several editions from 1958 .
Personal bests
- 100 meters: 10.8 s, 1937
- 200 meters: 22.0 s, September 4, 1937 in Berlin
- 400 meters: 48.8 s, June 25, 1938 in Berlin
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.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan-Henner Reitze: Dr. Manfred Bues passed away , www.leichtathletik.de September 20, 2012
- ↑ Rudolf Harbig was way ahead of his time , accessed on April 28, 2012
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SURNAME | Bues, Manfred |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bues, Manfred Hans Emil Paul (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete and sports scientist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifswald |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th September 2012 |
Place of death | Kaiserslautern |