Hermann Engelhard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German sprinter and middle distance runner
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Place of Birth: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
About Hermann Engelhard
- Hermann Engelhard (21 June 1903 – 6 January 1984) was a German middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
- He also helped the German team of Otto Neumann, Harry Werner Storz and Richard Krebs to win the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.Engelhard's brother Richard was an elite long-distance runner in the 1920s.
- In 1932 Engelhard married Ruth Becker, a German runner who set three world records in the 80 m hurdles and 4 × 200 m relay.
- Their son Bernd and daughter Petra also became short to middle-distance runners.
- After retiring from competitions Engelhard worked as an athletics coach in Württemberg and Hessen, along with his wife.
- He wrote books Leistungsschulung des Mittelstrecklers (How to coach middle distance runners, 1937) and Der Mittelstreckenlauf (Middle distance running, 1950).
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