Rudi Lüttge Explained

Rudi Lüttge
Fullname:Rudolf Wilhelm August Lüttge
Nationality:German
Birth Date:1922 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Ilsenburg, Germany
Death Place:Bad Schwartau, Germany
Residence:Braunschweig, Germany
Sport:Athletics
Event:Racewalking
Club:Büssing Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Pb:50 km – 4:38:40 (1952)
Weight:65kg (143lb)

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.[1]

In 1948, Lüttge set an unofficial world record in the 30 kilometres race walk in Braunschweig's Eintracht-Stadion.[2] 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.[3]

Lüttge competed in the 50 km walk at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished 13th.[4]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kurt Hoffmeister . Meister und Medaillen. Braunschweigs Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa-, Deutsche Meister 1946–1986 . 1986 . German . Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig . Braunschweig . 18.
  2. Web site: Locker auf der Straße: Wer zum Sport nichts taugt . German . . 9 October 1948 . 27 October 2015.
  3. Book: Hoffmeister, Kurt . Zeitreise durch die Braunschweiger Sportgeschichte: 180 Jahre Turnen und Sport in Braunschweig . 2010 . German . 978-3-8391-0712-6 . 77.
  4. Rudi Lüttge. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224400/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/rudi-luttge-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .
  5. Web site: Hall of Fame / Ehrenportal . nish.de . German . 27 October 2015.