Hans Geister
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| Born | September 28, 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | May 16, 2012 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hans Geister (September 28, 1928 – May 16, 2012) was a German track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres.[1] He was born in Duisburg-Hamborn.[2]
He was German 400 meters champion in 1951. In the same year he was part of the CSV Marathon Krefeld club team that won the British championship 4 × 440 yard relay. He competed in the 4 × 400 metre relay for Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Günter Steines, Heinz Ulzheimer and Karl-Friedrich Haas.[2] Im 1954 he was part of the German 4 × 400 meters relay team which won the silver medal in the European championships. Later on he served as an honorary club coach in Krefeld working, e.g., with Arnd Krüger.
References
[edit]- ↑ Bernhart, Silke (2012-05-21). "Olympia-Dritter Hans Geister verstorben" (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans Geister". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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