August Heitmann

August Heitmann (* 1907 in Kalymnos, Greece, † 1971 in Santiago de Chile ) was a German swimmers. He won the 1926 and 1927 European champion title in the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay.

Born in Greece Heitmann started until 1924 for the first Bielefeld SV, 1925, he moved to Magdeburg Swimming Club 1896. 1926 and 1927 he was German champion in the 100 meters freestyle. Heitmann took in 1926 the first European Swimming Championships in Budapest. The single season decision to the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay, swam the German squadron August Heitmann, Joachim Rademacher, Friedel mountain and Herbert Heinrich in 9:57,2 minutes to victory against the Hungarians and the Swedes. The following year, at the European Swimming Championships 1927 in Bologna Heitmann won the 100 meters freestyle in 1:03,4 minutes the bronze medal behind the Swede Arne Borg and the Hungarian István Bárány. The German squadron defended in the same cast as 1926 in 9:49,6 minutes the title from the Swedes and Hungarians. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 Heitmann difference over 100 meters freestyle from in the semifinals. The medal chance in the season missed Karl Schubert, August Heitmann, Friedel mountain and Herbert Henry by disqualification in the flow.

Two years after the Olympic Games wandered Heitmann of Barcelona, ​​where he lived in the meantime, after Chile.