Peter Schumm

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Peter Schumm (born October 28, 1942 in Hildesheim ) is a German athlete and multiple world, European and German champion in different age groups in sports walking .

Live and act

Schumm began his sporting career in the late 1950s as a long-distance runner at DLC Aachen . His best times at the time were under 17:00 minutes for the 5000 meter run . After being late for the start of a planned running event in 1975, he spontaneously registered for a later walking competition. Since he nevertheless achieved third place completely unprepared, he saw his future in sports while walking and began to specialize in this discipline in terms of training methods. Since he could hardly find suitable training partners especially for this discipline in the DLC as a pure running club at the time, he switched to the athletics department of the Alemannia Aachen in 1986 . Here he celebrated numerous regional and national successes together with the other walkers and won numerous German championships , as well as European and world championship titles in the various age groups , both in the individual and in the team classification. In addition, he always took top places in many other competitions, including West German, North Rhine and District Championships, and set many new course records for his respective age group.

Over the years, Peter Schumm has received various awards for his outstanding sporting achievements by his club and the North Rhine Athletics Association and has received, among other things, the gold pin from the German Athletics Association (DLV) and from the city of Aachen, in addition to several prizes in both 2007 and 2018 the Aachener Karlssiegel.

Successes (selection)

Schumm was already successful in the younger senior age group and qualified as a walker several times in the 1970s and 1980s for the German Athletics Championships over 20 kilometers, which at that time were still subject to a qualification standard within the main championships. However, he achieved his greatest successes especially in the older age groups from the age group 60 to the current age group 75. In his special disciplines, three and five kilometer walking on the track and in the hall as well as the three, five, ten and twenty kilometer street competitions He kept getting new personal bests. These currently stand, for example, for the 3 km run at 16: 31: 5 minutes, set up in 2009 in Erfurt, for the 5 km run at 27:40:59 minutes in 2008, set up in Dortmund, for the 10 km Street walking at 59:46 minutes and for the 20 km street walking at 2:04:13 hours, set up in Reichenbach in 2016.

In total, Schumm has won more than fifteen German championship titles and more than 25 international medals at world and European championships both individually and with the team, as well as many more first and foremost places at West German, North Rhine and district championships. In addition, it can often be found among the “Top Ten” of the district, NRW or DLV annual best lists.

In detail, his most important successes are 3rd place in the overall ranking with the team in the 20 km walk at the German Athletics Championships in 2005 in Dresden and at the German Athletics Championships in Naumburg in 2019 . He achieved fourth places in the overall ranking with the team over 20 km walking at the German Athletics Championships 2004 in Hildesheim and at the German Athletics Championships 2014 in Naumburg.

After Schumm had won the world championship title in the age group 60 in 10 km walking on the street with the team in 2006, he was again walking world champion in the age group M 75 in 2014 (10 km walking street team competition), 2018 (20 km walking street individual evaluation and 10 km walking street team evaluation) and 2019 (10 km walking street, individual and team evaluation).

Schumm won several titles as European champions in the age groups M 65 to M 75 in 2010 (20 km walking street team competition), 2011 (5 and 10 km walking street team classification), 2013 (3000 and 5000 m Track walking individual and team scoring), 2015 (10 km walking individual and team scoring), 2016 (10 km walking street team scoring), 2017 (20 km walking street team scoring), 2018 (3000 m walking track ; 5, 10 and 30 km walking street) and 2019 (short and long distance, individual and team competition).

Schumm won several titles as German champion in 2011 (5000 m track walking and 30 km walking), 2012 (3000 and 5000 m track walking, 10 km walking street), 2013 (20 km walking Walking), 2015 (3000 m walking in the hall and in the open air), 2016 (3000 m walking in the hall and in the open air and 10 km walking and 20 km walking in the street), 2017 (3000 m walking in the hall and in the open air as well 10 km walking and the 20 km walking street with a new German record in 2:11:12 hours), 2018 (10 km walking street) and 2019 (5000 m walking distance).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Congratulations Peter Schumm , press release from Alemannia Aachen on October 28, 2017
  2. ↑ Chronicle of the City of Aachen 2006
  3. ↑ Alfred Hermes: Strong NR team at the Senior World Championships in Malaga , press release of the LV North Rhine from September 19, 2018
  4. ↑ From world champion to double world champion , press release from Alemannia Aachen on April 8, 2019
  5. ↑ Another honor for Peter Schumm , press release of the Alemannia Aachen from May 11, 2014
  6. ^ Medal collection of the Alemannia goers , press release of the Alemannia Aachen from September 20, 2019
  7. ↑ The old master of walking , press release from Alemannia Aachen on May 11, 2017
  8. ↑ Alfred Hermes: Peter Schumm German master M 75 in train walking , press release of the LV North Rhine from August 19, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Schumm, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete and multiple age group champion in walking
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim