Jürgen Haase

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Jürgen Haase
SC Leipzig
Coached byGünter Büttner
Achievements and titles
Personal best10000 m – 27:53.36 (1971)
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Budapest 10,000 m
Gold medal – first place 1969 Athens 10,000 m
Silver medal – second place 1971 Helsinki 10,000 m

Jürgen Haase (born 19 January 1945) is a former

long distance track runners in the 1960s and 1970s. Twice during this period, in 1966 and 1969, he was European champion in the 10,000 meters.[1]

Career

Haase trained with methods developed by Arthur Lydiard, the New Zealand trainer who was, at the time, still relatively unknown in Europe and was the surprise winner of the 1965 GDR 10,000 metres.

At the European Championships in 1966, his teammate

Puma. This episode became something of a political scandal, in the course of which Haase was pardoned by the GDR Sports authorities. May, on the other hand, was permanently banned from the GDR national team.[1][2]

Haase missed the

spike
of another runner at a competition in Paris.

After retiring from competitions in 1973, Haase was active in customer service and marketing of medical technology. He then graduated from the Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur und Sport (German College for Fitness Training and Sport) and became a coach at

reunification of Germany, Haase worked at the Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verbandes (German Track Federation).[1]

International races

East German championships

  • 10,000 m: 1st place – 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1973
  • 5000 m: 1st place – 1969, 2nd place – 1973
  • Cross-country running
    12 km: 2nd place – 1966, 1st place – 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1972
  • 3000 m indoor: 2nd place – 1965 and 1966, 3rd place – 1970

Records

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Jürgen Haase. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Volker Kluge (November 1999) Ein Blick zurück ganz ohne Zorn Archived 13 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Laufzeit. pp. 12–13