Theo Bosch (engineer)
Theo Bosch (born September 22, 1929 in Bamberg ) is a German engineer and the developer of electronic distance measurement in athletics, which was officially used for the first time at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 and is still in use worldwide today.
education
Bosch's actual hometown, where he moved with his parents at the age of nine, is Landshut . From there, after graduating from high school, he went to study at the Technical University (TU) in Munich . In 1953 he became a graduate engineer, in 1956 he passed the state examination for the higher surveying administration and land consolidation service - as third best in Bavaria.
Scientific work
In 1963, his was carried Promotion to Doctor of Engineering at the Faculty of Civil and Surveying at the Technical University of Munich. "A contribution to the accuracy of the Bavarian land maps on a scale of 1: 5000" was the title of his dissertation. It was published by the German Geodetic Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. It was not the only scientific work: Bosch put a total of 37 publications on paper.
The surveying engineer, who headed the Landshut land surveying office from 1982 to 1994, became known far beyond the professional world through a pioneering act in which his two lifelong passions, sport and surveying, were combined: at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he acted as Head of Distance Measurement. The reason: In cooperation with the company Carl Zeiss , Oberkochen , he had developed an electronic method for precise distance measurement that was officially used for the first time at the Olympic Games in the Bavarian capital and has since been used worldwide in sports (his system was used by other companies accepted). His scientific work, which is behind the measuring method, was also published by the German Geodetic Commission under the title "The use of the Reg Elta 14 to determine throwing distance in athletics".
Bosch also came up with the idea of electronic distance measurement because, as an athlete, he himself knew how crucial centimeters can be for victory or defeat. This as a young javelin thrower . As a young athlete, he was twice the Bavarian javelin champion. From 1954 to 1963 he was one of the top German javelin throwers. The javelin discipline at the Olympic Games in Munich was also about centimeters. The German athlete Klaus Wolfermann won the gold medal in this discipline with a distance of 90.48 m. Wolfermann threw two centimeters further than the then favorite world record holder Jānis Lūsis , who reached 90.46 m in second.
Concerns shooting sports
The sport, especially the shooting sport, never let Bosch go in his whole life. For more than 60 years he has been a member of the Royal Privileged Fire Protection Society of 1425 (FSG) Landshut, in leading positions. For example, he acted as second marksman master from 1954 to 1963. From 1988 he headed the FSG - at that time as the successor to his father Hans Bosch - which celebrated its 575th anniversary in 2000. One of the highlights of his shooting life was the new construction of the club's own shooting range on Schützenstrasse in Landshut in 1992. In 2014, for reasons of age and health, he said goodbye to his position as first master shooter.
honors and awards
Bosch, who is an honorary member and honorary marksman of the FSG (3), has received numerous awards for his committed work: including the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon and the golden protector badge of Duke Franz von Bayern in recognition of his services to the Bavarian rifle and marks of honor from the Bavarian and German Schützenbund. He is particularly happy about a golden anniversary and the associated honor: In December 2014, the Technical University of Munich awarded him the golden TUM doctoral certificate and thus the golden TUM doctoral degree.
Individual evidence
- ^ Theo Bosch: A contribution to the accuracy of the Bavarian land maps on a scale of 1: 5000 (= German Geodetic Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences - Series C: Dissertations - No. 74). Publishing house of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich 1963; at the same time: Dissertation, Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Construction, December 6, 1963
- ↑ Theo Bosch: The use of the Reg Elta 14 to determine the throwing distance in athletics (= German Geodetic Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences - Series B: Applied Geodesy - Issue No. 185). Publishing house of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich 1971
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bosch, Theo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer, developer of electronic distance measurement in athletics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |