Wilhelm Lützow
Wilhelm "Willy" Lützow (born May 19, 1892 in Esslingen am Neckar , † 1916 ) was a German swimmer .
Wilhelm Lützow started for the Magdeburg swimming club from 1896 . At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, Lützow competed on the 200-meter chest course and on the 400-meter chest course. In the preliminary and intermediate runs from July 7th, the same five swimmers qualified for the finals on July 12th: the Swede Thor Henning , the British Percy Courtman and the three Germans Walter Bathe , Wilhelm Lützow and Kurt Malisch . Bathe won gold over 200 meters ahead of Lützow and Malisch; Bathe won over 400 meters in front of world record holders Henning and Courtman, Lützow did not finish this race.
Wilhelm Lützow fell in the First World War .
He was a member of the Ghibellinia fraternity in Stuttgart.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Web links
- Willy Lützow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lützow, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lützow, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Esslingen am Neckar |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1916 |