Martin Jellinghaus

Martin Jellinghaus (born October 26, 1944 in Lauf an der Pegnitz ) is a former German athlete and Olympic medalist who was one of the world's best 400-meter runners in the late 1960s and early 1970s . His greatest success is the bronze medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City with the 4 x 400 meter relay (3: 00.5 min, European record, together with Helmar Müller , Gerhard Hennige and Manfred Kinder ; Martin Jellinghaus as Final runner). In the 400-meter run of these Olympic Games, he was fifth (45.3 s). In the semifinals he set Carl Kaufmann's European record in a time of 44.9 seconds .

In 1969, the then student of dentistry stood on the list of the Liberal Student Union of Germany and the Humanist Student Union for a seat in the student parliament of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. At the European Championships in 1969 he was one of the spokesmen for the German team who campaigned for a boycott because they saw themselves cheated by the German team management and the international association. He waived a possible medal over 400 m.

On April 14, 1972, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for his sporting successes .

Martin Jellinghaus was a member of the TV Lauf from 1961 to 1963, of 1. FC Nürnberg from 1964 to 1966, belonged to TSV 1860 Munich from 1967 to 1969 , from 1971 to SV Bayer Leverkusen and from 1980 again to LG Lauf-Pegnitzgrund . In his playing days he was 1.87 m tall and weighed 81 kg.

Jellinghaus has three children.

More Achievements

• 1969, European Championships : 3rd place with the 4 x 400 meter relay (3: 03.1 min, together with Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske , Ingo Röper and Gerhard Hennige ; Martin Jellinghaus as final runner)
• 1971, European Championships : 1st place with the 4 x 400 meter relay (3: 02.9 min, together with Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske . Thomas Jordan and Hermann Köhler ; Martin Jellinghaus as third runner); 400-meter run: Eliminated in the intermediate run
• 1972, Olympic Games 1972 : 7th place in the 200-meter run (20.65 s)
• A total of seven German championships in the stadium and two in the hall.

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
• Professional: Martin Jellinghaus . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , 1969, p. 136 ( Online - Jan. 27, 1969 ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arnd Krüger : A Cultural Revolution? The Boycott of the European Athletics Championships by the West German Team in Athens 1969, in: European Committee for Sports History (Ed.): Proceedings Fourth Annual Conference . Volume 1. Florence: Universitá 1999, 162 - 166.
2. ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 67 (pdf , 1.86 MB)
3. ↑ Martin Jellinghaus