Rainer Schubert (athlete)
Rainer Schubert (born October 12, 1941 in Dresden ; † August 13, 2014 in Bad Kreuznach ) was a German athlete who twice reached an Olympic final in the 400-meter hurdles .
Schubert began his sporting career at TSV Laichingen and TSV Süßen . For his studies he then switched to TSV 1860 Munich . Schubert won four German championship titles in the 400 meter hurdles: 1965 , 1967 , 1968 and 1969 ; In 1972 he took second place behind Dieter Büttner . Schubert ran his personal best of 49.15 seconds in the run-up to the 1968 Olympic Games near Mexico City, in the final he finished seventh in 49.30 seconds. In the semifinals, the Italian Roberto Frinolli had beaten his European record from the preliminary run, in the final, the silver medalist Gerhard Hennige improved the German record. Four years later the 1.90 meter tall Schubert reached the final again at the Olympic Games in Munich and finished fifth in 49.65 seconds. In total, Rainer Schubert competed in the German national jersey in nineteen competitions. In 1969 he was part of the German squad for the European Championships in Athens , but could not start because of the boycott of the DLV team.
Schubert graduated as a graduate engineer shortly before the Olympic Games in 1968 and was already working as a civil engineer in his own company in 1972.
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
- Gustav Schwenk: Rainer Schubert went his own way . Obituary in Athletics No. 37/2014 of September 10, 2014, page 11
Web links
- Rainer Schubert in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schubert, Rainer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 2014 |
| Place of death | Bad Kreuznach |