Adolf Metzner
German sprinter
Adolf Metzner (25 April 1910 in Frankenthal – 5 March 1978 in Hamburg) was a German athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. After finishing his career due to Achilles tendon rupture he became a carpenter in the Bavaria region of Germany.[1] In 1947 he worked with Ernst Gadermann to develop the first telemetric measurements of the ECG in athletes.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adolf Metzner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's 400 metres
- 1934:
Adolf Metzner (GER)
- 1938:
Godfrey Brown (GBR)
- 1946:
Niels Holst-Sørensen (DEN)
- 1950:
Derek Pugh (GBR)
- 1954:
Ardalion Ignatyev (URS)
- 1958:
John Wrighton (GBR)
- 1962:
Robbie Brightwell (GBR)
- 1966:
Stanisław Grędziński (POL)
- 1969:
Jan Werner (POL)
- 1971:
David Jenkins (GBR)
- 1974:
Karl Honz (FRG)
- 1978:
Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG)
- 1982:
Hartmut Weber (FRG)
- 1986:
Roger Black (GBR)
- 1990:
Roger Black (GBR)
- 1994:
Du'aine Ladejo (GBR)
- 1998:
Iwan Thomas (GBR)
- 2002:
Ingo Schultz (GER)
- 2006:
Marc Raquil (FRA)
- 2010:
Kevin Borlée (BEL)
- 2012:
Pavel Maslák (CZE)
- 2014:
Martyn Rooney (GBR)
- 2016:
Martyn Rooney (GBR)
- 2018:
Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)
- 2022:
Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)
- 2024:
Alexander Doom (BEL)
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