Wolfgang Dessecker

Wolfgang Dessecker
nation	BR Germany
birthday	August 18, 1911
place of birth	Stuttgart ,  German Empire
job	Pedagogue
date of death	March 26, 1973
Place of death	Stuttgart ,  FR Germany
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
Best performance	800 m: 1: 52.2 min
society	Stuttgart Kickers
Medal table
European championships 0 × 0 × 1 × International University Games 3 × 0 × 1 × German championships 3 × 5 × 1 ×
European championships bronze 1934 Turin 800 m  International University Games gold 1933 Turin 800 m bronze 1933 Turin 1500 m gold 1939 Vienna 800 m gold 1939 Vienna 1500 m  German championships bronze 1931 Darmstadt 4 × 1500 m gold 1933 Cologne 4 × 1500 m silver 1934 Nuremberg 800 m gold 1934 Nuremberg 4 × 1500 m silver 1935 Berlin 800 m silver 1936 Berlin 800 m gold 1936 Nuremberg 4 × 400 m silver 1936 Nuremberg 4 × 1500 m silver 1939 Darmstadt 3 × 1000 m

Wolfgang Dessecker (born August 18, 1911 in Stuttgart , † March 26, 1973 there ) was a German educator , athlete and Olympic participant.

Life

In the 1930s he was successful in the 800-meter run . At the European Championships in 1934 he was third with 1: 52.2 min. At the Olympic Games in 1936 , he finished fifth in the intermediate run with 1: 55.3 min and was unable to qualify for the final. Dessecker, who belonged to the Stuttgarter Kickers sports club , won three gold medals at the International University Games , a forerunner of the Universiade .

After his sports career he worked as a Waldorf teacher .

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Dessecker in the catalog of the German National Library

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society