Richard Corts

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Corts (front) at the training camp in 1928

Richard Corts (born July 3, 1905 in Remscheid ; † August 7, 1974 there ) was a German athlete and Olympic medalist.

At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 he won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay together with Georg Lammers , Hubert Houben and Helmut Körnig , with Richard Corts running as second runner. He also took part in the 100-meter individual race at these Olympic Games , but was eliminated in the semifinals . On September 2, 1928, in Berlin, the German sprint relay with Jonath , Corts, Houben and Körnig undercut the US Olympic champion's world record in 40.8 s, but this improvement was achieved on a 600-meter track, i.e. with one curve less than at the Olympic Games.

In 1925 and 1928 Corts was German champion in the 100 meter run , where he started in 1925 for the Stuttgarter Kickers and in 1928 for the DSC Berlin . In his championship success in 1928 on July 15, 1928, he set his personal best in 10.4 s; this time set the world record of the American Charles Paddock , but was not officially recognized as a world record by the IAAF. At a height of 1.77 m, Corts had a competition weight of 68 kg. He died by suicide .

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ekkehard for Megede : Progression of World Best Performances and official IAAF World Records. London 1987, p. 151.
personal data
SURNAME Corts, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Remscheid
DATE OF DEATH 7th August 1974
Place of death Remscheid