Werner Huth
Werner Huth 
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| Full name | Georg Werner F. Huth |
| nation |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| birthday | 1905 |
| place of birth |
London , UK
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| size | 180 cm |
| job | Appraiser |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| discipline | Two-man bobsleigh |
| society | Berliner SC |
Georg Werner F. Huth (* 1905 in London ; † unknown) was a German bobsleigh and motorcycle racer .
Career
Huth competed in numerous national and international motorcycle races in the second half of the 1920s and early 1930s. At that time, Breslau was named as the hometown .
In 1927 he was second in the 1000 cc class on a Harley-Davidson at the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring . As the European championship was held once in this category at the same time , he is the only runner-up European champion in history in the 1000 cc class to this day. In the race, which was held over 18 laps on the entire route ( north and south loop ) over 509.4 km, he was 16 minutes behind the winner Josef Giggenbach at the finish . Giggenbach arrived on his Bayerland with a 990 cm³ V2 built -in engine from JAP in 5: 58: 36.4 hours, which corresponded to an average speed of 85.52 km / h. Third place was Heinz Kürten on Andrees . Of the twelve machines that started, six drove the race to the end.
In 1930, Huth won the 500 cc race in a BMW at the Berlin AVUS in the AVUS race for motorcycles , which also hosted the Great Spa Prize of Germany . In 1931 he became German champion in the half-liter class at NSU .
With the III. At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , Werner Huth was the replacement athlete for the bobsleigh of pilot Max Ludwig , who won the bronze medal, but Huth was not used. In the two-man bobsleigh, he started as a push for Ludwig, with whom he won the German championship title the year before . They finished seventh in the games.
He was an expert by profession .
statistics
title
- 1931 - German two-man bobsleigh champion together with Max Ludwig
- 1931 - German 500 cc motorcycle road champion on NSU
Motorcycle racing victories
| year | class | machine | run | route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 500 cc | BMW |
AVUS race / Grand Spa Prize of Germany |
AVUS |
Web links
- Werner Huth in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Ford "Eifel" rally. www.archiv-akh.de, accessed on February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Paul Weyres. (No longer available online.) Www.harleysons.de, archived from the original on February 24, 2015 ; accessed on February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Vincent Glon: L'Histoire de la course moto - Palmarès des Championnats d'Europe (1924-1937 et 1947-1948). racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on February 2, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Vincent Glon: L'Histoire de la course moto; 5th partie: Les Grand Prix d'Europe. (1924-1937); 1927. racingmemo.free, accessed on February 2, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Thora Hornung: 50 years Nürburgring - curve labyrinth for experts. Görres-Verlag, Koblenz 1977.
- ↑ Olympic Games 1924–1936 ( Memento from October 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Huth, Werner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huth, Georg Werner F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bobsleigh and motorcycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |