Siegfried Schmitt

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Siegfried Schmitt (born September 8, 1915 in Offheim , † December 5, 1988 in Darmstadt ) was a German athlete.

Life

Schmitt ran in 1938 with the 4 x 100 meter relay (Siegfried Schmitt, Heinrich Herrwerth , Karl Neckermann , Günter Köster ) of the Post-SV Mannheim German annual best in 41.6 s. In the following year, the Mannheim squadron (Siegfried Schmitt, Heinrich Herrwerth, Feuerstein, Günter Köster) won the German championship title in 42.4 seconds . He also took part in the University World Championships in 1939, where he won gold with the relay and made it into the intermediate run over 100 meters.

He became director of studies at the Georg Büchner School in Darmstadt and was involved with ASC Darmstadt . The Darmstadt Sports Foundation has been awarding the Siegfried Schmitt Prize for youth development since 1989.

Personal best

  • 100 meters: 10.8 s, August 6, 1939 in Hanover
  • 200 meters: 21.7 s, June 24, 1939 in Mannheim
  • 110 meter hurdles: 15.7 s, July 3, 1939 in Mannheim

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.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Post-Sport-Gemeinschaft Mannheim  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.psgmannheim.de  
  2. ↑ Wilfried Raatz: 60 years asc Darmstadt , www.asc-darmstadt.de 2012
  3. ^ Siegfried Schmitt Prize
personal data
SURNAME Schmitt, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Offheim
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 1988
Place of death Darmstadt