Rudi Lüttge

Rudolf "Rudi" Lüttge (born December 19, 1922 in Ilsenburg , † September 23, 2016 in Bad Schwartau ) was a German walker and Olympic participant .

career

Lüttge won a total of 16 German championship titles in his career, eleven of them in individual competitions and five in the team. From 1938 to 1941 he started for BSG Büssing Braunschweig, from 1941 he was a member of Eintracht Braunschweig .

Lüttge took for Germany at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki in the 50-km walk in part, where he finished 13th. In 1948, Rudi Lüttge set in the Braunschweig Eintracht Stadium with a time of 2: 27: 26.6 h. set a world record in 30 km walking. However, this record was never officially recognized by the IAAF , as the German Athletics Association had not yet been accepted as a member again after the Second World War .

In 1988 Lüttge was awarded the Lower Saxony Sports Medal.

successes

German champion in 50 km walking: 1951, 1952
German champion in 25 km walking: 1946, 1948, 1953
German champion in 10,000 m track walking: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
German team champion in 50 km walking: 1949, 1951 (with Eintracht Braunschweig)
German team champion in 25 km walking: 1947, 1948, 1953 (with Eintracht Braunschweig)

literature

Kurt Hoffmeister : Masters and Medals. Braunschweig's Olympic champion, world, European and German champion 1946–1986. City Library, Braunschweig 1986.

Web links

Entry on Rudi Lüttge in the Hall of Fame / honorary portal of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History
Rudi Lüttge in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Walker legend Rudolf Lüttge has died. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung. September 28, 2016, p. 29.
↑ Relaxed on the street: Those who are not fit for sport. In: Der Spiegel . October 9, 1948, accessed August 8, 2013 .
↑ Kurt Hoffmeister: Time travel through the Braunschweig sports history. 180 years of gymnastics and sport in Braunschweig. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-0712-6 , p. 77, ( online ).
↑ Rudolf Lüttge on nish.de, accessed on August 8, 2013.

personal data
SURNAME	Liege, Rudi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lüttge, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German walker and Olympic participant
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ilsenburg
DATE OF DEATH	23rd September 2016
Place of death	Bad Schwartau

[1] Walker legend Rudolf Lüttge has died. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung. September 28, 2016, p. 29.

[2] Relaxed on the street: Those who are not fit for sport. In: Der Spiegel . October 9, 1948, accessed August 8, 2013 .

[3] Kurt Hoffmeister: Time travel through the Braunschweig sports history. 180 years of gymnastics and sport in Braunschweig. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-0712-6 , p. 77, ( online ).

[4] Rudolf Lüttge on nish.de, accessed on August 8, 2013.