Viktor Siuda

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Viktor Siuda (* 26. April 1928 in Bielsko ; † 17th October 2019 in Braunschweig ) was a German athlete who with Eintracht Braunschweig from 1953 to 1958 four times German Champion in Team - Go was about 20 km and 50th

Life

As a 16-year-old war participant , Siuda became a Russian prisoner of war and was imprisoned in a prison camp in the Caucasus for four years before coming to Braunschweig.

Siuda began his sporting career at the Braunschweig Winter Sports Club before moving to Eintracht Braunschweig. Together with Rudi Lüttge , Horst Thomanske and other walkers, Siuda successfully took part in several German championships in the 1950s. In 1953, 1954, 1957 and 1958 he was German champion in team walking. His best placements in the individual were second place over 20 kilometers behind Hans-Wilhelm Neuhaus at the championships in 1956 and second place over 50 kilometers behind Claus Biethan in 1957 . From 1953 to 1958 Siuda competed in a total of ten competitions wearing the German national jersey.

In 1959 he opened the sporting goods store Sport Siuda in downtown Braunschweig . Due to his numerous, also international contacts, u. a. well-known footballers such as Uwe Seeler , Pelé or Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , but also the musician Udo Jürgens .

Viktor Siuda attracted particular media attention at the end of May 1967 when he covered the 328 km from Braunschweig to Essen on foot in five stages for the last away game by Eintracht Braunschweig at Rot-Weiss Essen . He finally arrived at the Georg-Melches-Stadion in Essen 20 minutes before the start of the game . The game ended 0-0, Eintracht Braunschweig was German football champion in the Bundesliga season 1966/67 .

Siuda was enthusiastic about sports all his life, was socially committed and supported his home club Eintracht Braunschweig through various campaigns, but also other Braunschweig sports clubs , such as B. local hockey teams. In 2012, he donated for a charity - auction a special hockey stick with all the signatures of the German Olympic team of men from 1972 .

See also

literature

  • Kurt Hoffmeister : 150 years of sport in Braunschweig. Braunschweig 1982, ISBN 3-87884-018-7 , pp. 153-154.
  • Kurt Hoffmeister: Masters and Medals. Braunschweig's Olympic champion, world, European and German champion 1946–1986. Braunschweig 1986, p. 56.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Viktor Siuda is 90 years old . In: Eintracht Magazin , Issue 3, April 2018, p. 6.
  2. ↑ Death announcements for Viktor Siuda
  3. ↑ Werner Balhauff: Eintracht Braunschweig. The fan report: football with tradition and passion. neobooks 2014, ISBN 978-3-7380-0875-3 .
  4. ↑ a b Frank Kornath: How's it going ... Viktor Siuda? »In 2028, Eintracht Braunschweig will again be German champions« In: inSport. Edition 7/2013, p. 15.
  5. ↑ a b c Athletics - German Championships (Walking - Men - Part 1) on sport-komplett.de
  6. ↑ Athletics - German Championships (Walking - Men - Part 2) on sport-komplett.de
  7. ^ Klaus Amrhein: Biographical Handbook on the History of German Athletics 1898-2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published via Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft, p. 1135
  8. ↑ a b Victor Siuda donated the 1.80m stick with the signatures of the 1972 Olympic champions on hockey.de
  9. ↑ Viktor Siuda: The man who went from Braunschweig to Essen on regionalsport.de
personal data
SURNAME Siuda, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielsko-Biała
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 2019
Place of death Braunschweig