Rudi Lüttge
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rudolf Wilhelm August Lüttge |
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 19 December 1922 Ilsenburg, Germany |
| Died | 23 September 2016 (aged 93) Bad Schwartau, Germany |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Racewalking |
| Club | Büssing Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 50 km – 4:38:40 (1952)[1] |
Rudi Lüttge (19 December 1922 – 23 September 2016) was a German racewalker, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Career
Lüttge competed for the clubs BSG Büssing Braunschweig (from 1938 to 1941) and Eintracht Braunschweig (from 1941 on). During his career, he won 16 national championships – 11 in individual competitions and five with the racewalking team of Eintracht Braunschweig.[2]
In 1948, Lüttge set an unofficial world record in the 30 kilometres race walk in Braunschweig's Eintracht-Stadion.[3] The record was never recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations, as the German Athletics Association had not yet been readmitted as a member after World War II.[4]
Lüttge competed in the 50 km walk at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished 13th.[1]
In 1988, he was inducted into the hall of fame of the Lower Saxon Institute of Sports History.[5] He died on 23 September 2016 at the age of 93.[6]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rudi Lüttge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ Kurt Hoffmeister (1986). Meister und Medaillen. Braunschweigs Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa-, Deutsche Meister 1946–1986 (in German). Braunschweig: Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig. p. 18.
- ^ "Locker auf der Straße: Wer zum Sport nichts taugt" (in German). Der Spiegel. 9 October 1948. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ Hoffmeister, Kurt (2010). Zeitreise durch die Braunschweiger Sportgeschichte: 180 Jahre Turnen und Sport in Braunschweig (in German). p. 77. ISBN 978-3-8391-0712-6.
- ^ "Hall of Fame / Ehrenportal" (in German). nish.de. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Geher-Legende Rudolf Lüttge ist gestorben", Braunschweiger Zeitung (in German), p. 29, 28 September 2016