Peter Kraus (athlete)

Peter Kraus
Full name	Peter Friedrich Wilhelm Kraus
nation	BR Germany
birthday	July 17, 1932
place of birth	Berlin ,  German Empire
size	173 cm
Weight	64 kg
date of death	15th January 2016
Place of death	Straßlach-Dingharting ,  Germany
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	100 m: 10.5 s 200 m: 21.1 s
society	CSV Marathon Krefeld PSV Munich VfB Stuttgart
Medal table
German championships 1 × 2 × 2 ×
German championships silver Düsseldorf 1951 100 m gold Düsseldorf 1951 200 m silver Augsburg 1953 100 m bronze Augsburg 1953 200 m bronze Augsburg 1954 200 m

Peter Friedrich Wilhelm Kraus (born July 17, 1932 in Berlin ; † January 15, 2016 in Straßlach-Dingharting ) was a German sprinter .

biography

In 1949 Peter Kraus started athletics. Without training, he started at a sports festival in Bad Tölz over 100 meters, which he ran in 11.7 seconds. Then he joined VfL Munich . A year later he became German youth champion over 100 meters with a time of 11.0 seconds .

After Kraus won silver over 100 meters and gold over 200 meters at the German Championships in 1951 , he took part in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki . He started over 200 meters and started in the 4 x 100 meter relay . Over 200 meters he was eliminated in the quarter-finals and in the relay in the preliminary stages.

Two years later he started at the European Championships in the 4 x 100 meter relay . However, this was disqualified in the run-up.

Kraus was married to the high jumper Antonie Butz . His father was the owner of a horse stud, which is why Kraus was also active as a jockey on the side .

Web links

• Peter Kraus in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )