Edward Luckhaus

Edward Luckhaus
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born(1910-08-31)31 August 1910
Hlukhiv, Chernigov Governorate, Imperial Russia
Died12 May 1975(1975-05-12) (aged 64)
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, West Germany
Sport
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump

Edward Gustaw Adolf Luckhaus (31 August 1910 – 12 May 1975) was a Polish athlete of German ethnicity. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

During World War II he volunteered to Wehrmacht, fought on the Eastern Front and was taken as prisoner of war, being incarcerated in the POW camp in Gomel.[2] After being released in 1948, he moved to Bavaria, where he lived with his family in Pfaffenhofen near Munich. He worked as a physical education teacher initially in the Benedictine monastery in Scheyern, later at the gymnasium in Pfaffenhofen.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edward Luckhaus Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Polski Komitet Olimpijski. "Luckhaus Edward Gustaw Adolf (1910-1975)". Biografie • Olimpijski.pl. Retrieved 23 December 2017.


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