Helmut Körnig
Helmut Körnig ( born September 12, 1905 in Glogau, Silesia, † March 5, 1973 in Dortmund ) was a German athlete who three medals for the German team won the sprint at the Olympic Games:
- The bronze medal in the 200 - meter sprint at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam
- The silver medal in the 4 x 100 -meter relay at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam (along with Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben / Helmut Körnig as cage rotor )
- The silver medal in the 4 x 100 -meter relay at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (along with Friedrich Hendrix, Eric Borchmeyer and Arthur Jonath / Helmut Körnig as first runner ).
On August 19, 1928, he presented - on a straight 200 - meter track (on a 600 - meter track ) - 20.9 s record on a German, who was only in 1954 improved by Heinz Fütterer. His best time in the 100 meters was 10.4 s, with the world record he set a European record and aufstellte. 1928 in 40.8 s and 40.6 s in 1932 he was presented with a national relay world record, in 1929, he improved with the season of the SC Charlottenburg Berlin in 40.8 s the club world record in the 4 x 100 -meter relay race.
In German championships he won in 1926, 1927 and 1930, over 100 meters, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1930, over 200 meters and 1927, 1929 and 1930 with the 4 x 100 - meter relay. In 1930 he won the gold medal on all three sprints at the World University Games. Helmut Körnig launched until 1926 for the VfR Silesia Wroclaw, then he moved to SC Charlottenburg Berlin. In his playing days, he was 1.75 m tall and weighed 66 kg.
Grainy ended his active career in 1934 after a typhoid disease. Doctorate in law worked as an editor for the Berliner Tageblatt and was assistant director at the UFA. After the war he was Speaker of the Allied Military Government in Westphalia, in 1950, he was consultant for film, radio and image DGB. From 1953 he headed the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund as board member and later as Managing Director. Shortly before retirement, he died in 1973. The in his tenure, built on the site of the Westfallenhallen Athletics Hall was renamed after his death in Helmut - grained hall.