Bernd Kannenberg
Bernd Kannenberg ( born August 20, 1942 in Königsberg, East Prussia ) is a former German mountaineers and Olympic champion.
Starting for the Federal Republic of Germany, he won at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 in the 50 km walk gold in 3:56:11,6 h For this performance, the professional soldier was promoted to first sergeant unscheduled. He served, among others, the Bundeswehr Sports School in Warendorf. Another great success two years later succeeded him as he second in the 20 - km walk was in 1:29:38,2 at the European Championships in Rome h
In addition, Kannenberg was three times in his career German champion in the 50 km walk ( 1972, 1973, 1975) and in the 20 - km walk (1972, 1974, 1975 ).
He also participated at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal in the 20 - km walk, were, however, prematurely due to excessive pain. At the end of his career until 1978, ending his achievements by inguinal hernias due to his training of more than six hours a day and viral diseases were impaired in the abdominal muscles.
Bernd Kannenberg had begun at age 24 with the competitive sport tourers training and previously denied only fun runs. He started for the LAC Quelle Fürth. In his playing days, he was 1.75 m tall and weighed 72 kg.
In 1974, the Rudolf- Harbig Memorial Prize awarded him.