Personal information | |
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Nationality | Polish |
Born | Hlukhiv, Chernigov Governorate, Imperial Russia | 31 August 1910
Died | 12 May 1975 Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, West Germany | (aged 64)
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Triple 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]