Witold Anatoljewitsch Krejer
Witold Anatoljewitsch Krejer ( Russian Витольд Анатольевич Креер ; born October 12, 1932 in Krasnodar ; † August 1, 2020 ) was a Soviet athlete . He won the Olympic bronze medal in the triple jump in 1956 and 1960 . With a height of 1.80 m, his competition weight was 70 kg.
Career
At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , Krejer won the bronze medal with 16.02 meters behind the Brazilian Adhemar Ferreira da Silva and the Icelandic Vilhjálmur Einarsson . At the European Championships in 1958 , he was eliminated in qualification.
In 1960 at the Olympic Games in Rome, before the last attempt, the Pole Józef Szmidt led with 16.81 meters in front of Vladimir Gorjajew from Belarus with 16.63 meters and the colored American Ira Davis with 16.41 meters. Krejer achieved a distance of 16.43 meters in the last attempt. When Davis wanted to congratulate him, Krejer fended off the congratulations because Einarsson, who was now fifth, had one more try. The audience in the Roman Olympic Stadium misunderstood Krejer's gesture as racist and whistled Krejer mercilessly. Krejer didn't understand the whistles, he didn't even know that he was meant. A Soviet supervisor rushed to him and together they went to Davis to clarify the situation. But nothing could be explained to the audience, and after Einarsson could not improve, the whistling concert continued at the award ceremony. Goryayev led his weeping teammate out of the stadium after the award ceremony.
Krejer still took part in the European Championships in 1962 and the Olympic Games in 1964 , but both times did not get beyond the qualification.
He finished third in 1957 and second in the Soviet championships in 1958. In 1960 and 1961 he was Soviet champion, in 1962 a second place followed and in 1963 he was again third. He set his best performance of 16.71 meters in 1961.
After his active career, Krejer worked as a trainer. Among other things, he looked after the three-time Olympic champion Viktor Sanejew . From 1967 to 1980 Krejer was the Soviet national coach. Later he looked after Soviet and Russian jumpers. In 2000 he was the coach of the Russian Olympic team.
literature
- ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics , London 1988
- Rudolf Hagelstange : Roman Olympics , Munich 1960
- Ekkehard zur Megede : The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics , Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV
Web links
- Witold Anatoljewitsch Krejer in the Olympedia.org database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hagelstange, page 194–199
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krejer, Witold Anatoljewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Креер, Витольд Анатольевич (Russian); Kreyer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krasnodar |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 2020 |