Carl Kaufmann
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| Born | 25 March 1936 Brooklyn, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 September 2008 (aged 72) Karlsruhe, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprint running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Karlsruher SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carl Kaufmann (25 March 1936 – 1 September 2008) was an American born West German sprint runner.
Kaufmann initially specialized in the 200 m, but in 1958 changed to 400 m and won a European silver medal in the 4×400 m relay. Between 15 September 1959 and 6 September 1960 he set four
European records in 400 metres, reducing the time down to 44.9 s, which remained the record until the 1968 Summer Olympics
in Mexico City.
He competed for the
Joachim Reske, Manfred Kinder and Johannes Kaiser in the 4×400 m relay, where they won the silver medal.[2]
After retiring from competitions Kaufmann was running an amateur theatre in Karlsruhe, where he died aged 72.[2]
References
- ^ Otis , 1960 400 meter and 4x400m Olympic Champion. speedendurance.com. 13 September 2009
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carl Kaufmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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