Willi Kürten
Willi Kürten | |||||||||||||
Full name | Wilhelm Jakob Kürten | ||||||||||||
nation | German Empire | ||||||||||||
birthday | April 4, 1908 | ||||||||||||
place of birth | Düsseldorf , German Empire | ||||||||||||
size | 172 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg | ||||||||||||
date of death | July 18, 1944 | ||||||||||||
Place of death | Ternopil , Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
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discipline | Hurdles | ||||||||||||
Best performance | 400 m hurdles: 54.1 s | ||||||||||||
society | Düsseldorfer SC 99 , DSD | ||||||||||||
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Wilhelm Jakob "Willi" Kürten (born April 4, 1908 in Düsseldorf , † July 18, 1944 in Ternopil , Soviet Union ) was a German hurdler .
biography
Willi Kürten was German runner-up in the hurdles in 1931 , 1932 and 1936 . At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , he was eliminated over 400 m hurdles in the semifinals.
Kürten died on the Eastern Front in 1944 during World War II .
Web links
- Willi Kürten in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kürten, Willi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kürten, Wilhelm Jakob |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hurdler |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1944 |
Place of death | Ternopil , Soviet Union |