Wolfgang Fischer (athlete)

Wolfgang Fischer
nation	BR Germany
birthday	February 27, 1928
place of birth	Chemnitz-Grüna ,  German Empire
size	175 cm
Weight	67 kg
date of death	November 25, 1987
Place of death	Marbach am Neckar ,  Germany
Career
discipline	Hurdles
Best performance	400 m hurdles: 51.8 s
society	Stuttgarter Kickers Sportvg Feuerbach MTV Ludwigsburg
Trainer	Helmut Dorn
Medal table
German championships 2 × 1 × 2 ×
German championships silver Hamburg 1954 400 m hurdles gold Frankfurt am Main 1955 400 m hurdles silver Berlin 1956 400 m hurdles silver Düsseldorf 1957 400 m hurdles bronze Hanover 1958 400 m hurdles bronze Berlin 1960 400 m hurdles

Wilhelm Wolfgang Fischer (born February 27, 1928 in Chemnitz-Grüna ; † November 25, 1987 in Marbach am Neckar ) was a German hurdler .

biography

Wolfgang Fischer fled the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany at the end of 1953 , where he joined the Stuttgarter Kickers . A year later he started as a West German athlete at the European Championships over 400 m hurdles , but retired in the preliminary run. A few weeks earlier he had secured the silver medal in the same discipline at the German Championships . The athlete was also successful at the Württemberg championships and was able to win the gold medal in all three hurdles (110 m, 200 m and 400 m). A year later he became German champion in the 400-meter hurdles at the German Championships in Frankfurt am Main . This was followed by two more silver and bronze medals at German championships and participation in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome . He started in the 400 meter hurdles , but retired in the preliminary run. Two years later he still managed to win the gold medal in this discipline at the South German championships.

In 1963 he married the sprinter and hurdler Renate Renz , who also started for the Stuttgarter Kickers.

Web links

• Wolfgang Fischer in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )