Michael Spöttel is a German former marathon runner and author. As a runner, he won the 1978 Berlin Marathon, and came third in the marathon race at the 1983 Summer Universiade. He won West German National Championships in the marathon and 25 km race.
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Running career
editMichael Spöttel competed for TSV Verden, and LG Kreis Verden.[1] In 1977, he won the West German junior 10,000 metres, and team cross-country running titles.[1]
Spöttel won the 1978 Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:20:03, four minutes ahead of Michael Weiß who finished second.[2] In 1979, he won the marathon event at the West German National Championships in a time of 2:20:15.[1][3] In 1982, Spöttel won the 25 kilometres (16 mi) race at the German National Championships.[1]
He came third in the marathon race at the 1983 Summer Universiade.[1] In the same year, he won the Paderborner Osterlauf half-marathon event.[4] In 1984, he set the Lower Saxony regional marathon record, finishing in a time of 2:12:53.[1] That year, he set a personal best time of 2:12:51 at the Houston Marathon.[5] He competed in the marathon event at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics,[1] finishing 19th.[5]
Spöttel retired in 1990.[5]
Personal life
editSpöttel was born in Bad Nauheim, West Germany, and grew up in Bremen.[1] He studied ethnology in Munich, and also earned a PhD.[1] In 2015, he moved to Woltmershausen.[1]
Works
edit- Die ungeliebte "Zivilisation" (The unloved "civilisation"), Lang, 1995 (in German)
- Hamiten (Hamites), Lang, 1996 (in German)
- Max Weber und die jüdische Ethik (Max Weber and the Jewish ethics), Lang, 1997 (in German)
- Vergebliche Hoffnung (Futile hope), Alibri Verlag, 2006 (in German)
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Als Spöttel den Mauer-Fall verpasste". Kreiszeitung (in German). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Der BERLIN-MARATHON – Die Sieger und Siegerinnen von 1974 – 2014 – Teil 2" (in German). German Road Races. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Sturm-Talent der Saale Bulls: Wie Maximilian Spöttel mit dem Tod seines Vaters umgeht". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). 1 December 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Paderborner Osterlauf Half Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Seit 26 Jahren Marathon-Landesrekordler". Weser-Kurier (in German). 24 March 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Michael Spöttel". German National Library. Retrieved 16 July 2021.