Michael Lederer (athlete)

Michael Lederer (born June 26, 1955 in Frankfurt-Höchst ) is a former German athlete .

His top sporting performance was the world record of 14: 38.8 min in the 4 x 1500 meter relay race on August 17, 1977 in Cologne (together with Harald Hudak , Karl Fleschen and Thomas Wessinghage ), which was not set until September 4, 2009 in Brussels by a Kenyan quartet ( William Biwott Tanui , Gideon Gathimba , Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono , Augustine Kiprono Choge ) was undercut by a good two and a half seconds (14: 36.23 min).

Michael Lederer started for the OSC Höchst (until 1975), ASC Darmstadt (1976-82) and again the OSC Hoechst. He is 1.79 m tall and weighed 59 kg at competition times. After the birth of his paraplegic son, he stepped up his voluntary activities at the Working Group for Paraplegics with Spina bifida / Rhein-Main-Nahe eV (ARQUE).

Personal bests

• 800 m : 1: 48.1 min, May 21, 1980, Darmstadt
• 1500 m : 3: 36.8 min, July 1, 1977, Düsseldorf
• 3000 m : 7: 51.4 min, May 1st 1976, Bonn
• 5000 m : 13: 44.8 min, August 14, 1976, Frankfurt am Main

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.