Heinz Fütterer
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Heinrich Ludwig Fütterer (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 14 October 1931 – 10 February 2019[1]) was a German athlete, who mainly competed in sprint events.
Early life
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Fütterer competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metre relay with his teammates Lothar Knörzer, Leonhard Pohl and Manfred Germar but didn't reach the 100 m final.
In 1954 he won two gold medals at the European Championships in Bern, Switzerland, in 1958 he won the relay with Germany.
His nickname was "weißer Blitz" ("white lightning").[2]
His best time in the 100 meters was 10.2 seconds, equalling the world record held by Jesse Owens and a number of other sprinters. He ran the race in Japan (1954). His best in the 200 meters was 20.8 seconds. He was part of the German world record 4 × 100 m relay of 1958.
Fütterer died in Illingen on 10 February 2019 at the age of 87.
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Further reading
- Alfons Bitterwolf, Gustav Bitterwolf: Heinz Fütterer, der weiße Blitz. Biografie. Bitterwolf, Illingen/Rastatt 1955, ASIN B0000BGL0Q
- Michael Dittrich, Daniel Merkel: Der "Weiße Blitz" – Das Leben des Heinz Fütterer. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2006, Template:ISBN
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- 1931 births
- 2019 deaths
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- German male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- People from Rastatt (district)
- Athletes from Karlsruhe (region)
- 20th-century German sportsmen