Heinz Fütterer
West German athlete (1931-2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heinrich Ludwig Fütterer (14 October 1931 – 10 February 2019) was a German athlete. He mainly competed in sprint events. His best time in the 100 meters was 10.2 seconds, which equaled the world record held by Jesse Owens and a number of other sprinters. In 1954 he won two gold medals at the European Championships in Bern, Switzerland, in 1958 he won the relay with Germany.
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He won the bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Fütterer died on 10 February 2019 in Illingen, Germany, aged 87.[1]