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Woldemar Gerschler was born on 14 June, 1904 in Meißen, Germany, is an A west german male athlete. Discover Woldemar Gerschler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Occupation Athletics coach and theorist
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 14 June, 1904
Birthday 14 June
Birthplace Meißen, Germany
Date of death 28 June, 1982
Died Place Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Nationality Germany

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1904

Woldemar Gerschler (14 June 1904 – 28 June 1982) was a German athletics coach responsible for the German national middle-distance runners at the 1936, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.

He was one of the pioneers of interval training and coached several world-record holders such as Rudolf Harbig, Gordon Pirie and Roger Moens.

Gerschler was born in Meißen on 14 June 1904.

He obtained his Abitur in Meißen, and then studied German, History and Sport at Leipzig University under Hermann Altrock among others.

After he finished his studies, he spent some years teaching at a Gymnasium before becoming a professional coach.

In Dresden, he discovered the then unknown Rudolf Harbig and became his coach.

1930

Gerschler coached Rudolf Harbig to become the world's best in his events in the 1930s using the then new methods of interval training, of which Gerschler was a pioneer.

While working in Freiburg, Gerschler experimented with a system of short distance training runs, demanding of the athletes that they should run "so fast that the pace required in competition would seem moderate and achievable".

Interval training as practised in Freiburg was essentially physiologically oriented, being based on heart rates.

Gerschler also attached considerable importance to training during the winter, which had been previously neglected, saying that "long-distance runners should not deviate too far from the type of training they practised in summer".

1936

He also coached Käthe Krauß, who competed in the 1936 Olympic games.

In spite of being the German national coach, Gerschler coached world-record holding runners of other nations such as the Englishman Gordon Pirie (3000 metres and 5000 metres) and the Belgian Roger Moens (800 metres).

In this period he wrote his books on long jump and triple jump.

1939

Gerschler coached Harbig to several world records (e.g. in 800 metres in 1939), consequently he was appointed the German national coach.

1940

In Braunschweig, Gerschler also coached the athletes of the club who, especially in walking, were among the best in Germany in the late 1940s and early 1950s and won many German titles.

1947

After the Second World War, Gerschler also worked as a football manager for FC St. Pauli in 1947/48, and Eintracht Braunschweig in 1948/49.

1948

His pupil Rudi Lüttge set an unofficial world record in Braunschweig in 1948.

From 1948 onwards Gerschler also acted as Lehrwart of the Deutscher Leichtathletik Ausschuss, the predecessor of the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband.

1949

On 1 December 1949, at the instigation of Herbert Reindell, Gerschler was named director of the Institut für Leibesübungen (Institute for physical exercises) at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.

However, as he did not have a doctorate, he was only paid as an Akademischer Oberrat (senior member of the Academic Senate).

1971

He was only made a professor shortly before his retirement in 1971.

He was awarded the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg for his services to sport and the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany).