Martin Lotz

Martin Lotz becomes GDR hammer throw champion in 1962

Martin Lotz (born May 28, 1938 in Benshausen ) is a former German athlete and Olympic participant who started for the German Democratic Republic . In 1966 he was eighth in hammer throw at the European Championships .

Lotz reached third place at the GDR championships in 1960, the following year he was second behind Horst Niebisch . In 1962 Lotz won his first GDR championship title, and in the elimination for the European Championships in Belgrade, Lotz and Manfred Losch from the GDR and Hans Fahsl from the FRG prevailed. All three throwers qualified for the final and then finished ninth (Fahsl), ten (Losch) and twelve (Lotz). In 1963, Lotz won the GDR championships again before Losch. In 1964 he was able to qualify together with Uwe Beyer and Hans Fahsl for the all-German team at the Olympic Games in Tokyo , but there he was eliminated as 18th in the qualification. After winning the title in 1965, Lotz took second place behind Manfred Losch at the GDR championships in 1966. At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 , Lotz threw the hammer to 63.16 m and finished eighth.

Lotz set a total of five GDR records from 1962 to 1965, three of which were also all-German records. His last record of 67.54 m was also his personal best. Martin Lotz started for the SC DHfK Leipzig , the trained toolmaker later worked for a long time as a technical draftsman. With a height of 1.91 m, his competition weight was 93 kg. Lotz married the discus thrower Ingrid Eichmann , who was second in the Olympic Games in 1964.

Similarity of names

In the 1970s in the Federal Republic of Germany, hammer thrower Hans-Martin Lotz, who was born in the Aurich district in 1947, was regularly featured in the results lists of the German championships.

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