Willi Kürten
Willi Kürten 
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| Full name | Wilhelm Jakob Kürten | ||||||||||||
| nation |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| birthday | April 4, 1908 | ||||||||||||
| place of birth |
Düsseldorf , German Empire.svg){kind=small}
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| size | 172 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg | ||||||||||||
| date of death | July 18, 1944 | ||||||||||||
| Place of death |
Ternopil , Soviet Union.svg){kind=small}
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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 )
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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 |