Rudolf Langer

Rudolf Langer ( born March 29, 1939 in Sprottau, Lower Silesia ) is a former track and field athlete from the German Democratic Republic, who participated in 1964 in the Olympic Games.

Langer belonged from 1961 to 1967 in the shot put to the best athletes in the GDR. 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1966, he won the league title in 1962 behind Peter Gratz and 1967, he finished second behind Dieter Prollius and 1965 he finished third. In the hall he won in 1964, 1967 he was runner-up behind Hans -Peter Gies, 1966 and 1969, he was third at the Indoor Championships. At the European Championships in 1962, he finished with 16.95 m square 14, at the Olympic Games in 1964, he reached with 17,29 m eleventh place.

Langer surpassed in 1961 with 17,34 m the GDR record of Fritz cooling, but was replaced in May 1962 by Dieter Think. In July 1962, he surpassed Think with 17,96 m, on 21 September 1962, he was with 18.03 m of the first East German shot putter about 18 meters. Just four days later, Langer improved to 18.48 m, sparking Dietrich Urbach as owner of the all-German cup record from. 1963 Long improved the overall German record three more times up to 18.62 m. In 1964, he lost the whole of Germany to record Urbach, 1966 he was replaced Dieter Hoffmann as DDR - record holder from.

Rudolf Langer started for the construction of SC Magdeburg. A trained fitter had a competition weight of 105 kg at a height of 1.91 m. He married Johanna Lüttge the putter.