Richard Hartmann (sports official)

Richard Hartmann

Richard Hartmann (born July 15, 1914 in Munich , † September 15, 1984 in Berchtesgaden ) was a German sports official. From 1968 to 1984 he was President of the German Bobsleigh and Toboggan Association.

Life

Richard Hartmann was the rector of the primary and secondary school in Bischofswiesen from 1970 to 1978 . In 1952 he was a founding member of the Königssee winter sports club . From 1968 until his death he was President of the German Bobsleigh and Toboggan Association and Vice President of the International Luge Association . In 1968 he built the world's first combined bobsleigh and toboggan run in artificial ice on Königssee . It was a model for the railways in Sapporo , Oberhof , Innsbruck-Igls , Winterberg , Lake Placid and Sarajevo . Without these tracks there would be no Olympic bobsleigh and luge disciplines today. Hartmann was a board member of the National Olympic Committee.

Hartmann rests today in the Berchtesgaden mountain cemetery . In his honor, the Association awards the Richard Hartmann Prize.

Awards

Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
Badge of honor in gold from the Bavarian State Sports Association
Olympic medal of the Republic of Austria
Badge of honor in gold with diamonds from the International Luge Association

Publications

Book: Report me back ... - Richard Hartmann - BoD Verlag 2019

Web links

Commons : Richard Hartmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Richard Hartmann in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Individual evidence

↑ Deutsche Post Eisarena: Artificial ice bobsleigh & toboggan run on the Königssee. In: berchtesgaden.de. June 8, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019 .
↑ Of the unforgotten and the forgotten. In: stiftsland.de. May 28, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019 .
↑ BSD media prize for ARD toboggan commentator Peter Grube. In: fil-luge.org. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hartmann, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sports official, President of the German Bobsleigh and Toboggan Association (1968–1984)
DATE OF BIRTH	July 15, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich , Germany
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 1984
Place of death	Berchtesgaden , Germany

[berchtes-Deutsche-1] Deutsche Post Eisarena: Artificial ice bobsleigh & toboggan run on the Königssee. In: berchtesgaden.de. June 8, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019 .

[stiftsla-612-2] Of the unforgotten and the forgotten. In: stiftsland.de. May 28, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019 .

[fil-luge-BSD-Me-3] BSD media prize for ARD toboggan commentator Peter Grube. In: fil-luge.org. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .