Joaquín Blume

Joaquín Blume ( born June 21, 1933, Barcelona, † April 29, 1959 in the provinces of Teruel) was a Spanish Turner and namesake for the International Festival flower Gran Canaria.

Life

Origin

Joaquin was born in 1933 the son of a German gymnastics teacher from Bremen and a Catalan pianist in Barcelona. The father was the head of a " Gimnasios " (Turn school), then Spain for an innovation. He practiced gymnastics according to classical principles German Gymnastics Rules and Scandinavian findings than optimum physical exercises, in strict discipline and harmonious body control. Early on, he also coached his son in this sport; the success was overwhelming, Achim soon became a champion of his school. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the Blume relocated first to Bavaria, then to Hanover, which Joaquin grew up trilingual - Spanish, Catalan and German. After 1939 the family succeeded to return to Spain.

Death

On April 29, 1959 on the flight Barcelona - Madrid, Joaquin Blume crashed into a DC-3 of Iberia along with his wife and other teammates in extreme weather conditions in a rugged mountain region of the province of Teruel near the village Valdemeca (170 km from Madrid ) from. There were no survivors. Goal of his flight was Las Palmas, where he was to open the first Gran Canaria Festival.

Sporting successes

In 1952, the Spaniards introduced the first time at the Olympic Games in Helsinki. He finished in 56th place in the all around. Then the policy slowed his career: Since 1956, Soviet troops intervened in Hungary, Spain said the Olympic participation from Melbourne in 1956. A year later, Joaquin Blume was at the second Gymnastics European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics, the 20 - took place May 21, 1957 in Paris, Europe's best all-rounder and beat the favored Russians Yuri Titov, the later years of the FIG President. He also won gold medals on pommel horse, the rings and the parallel bars. On stretching, he took second place.

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