Rudi Lüttge
{{Short description|German racewalker (1922–2016)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Rudi Lüttge
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Rudolf Wilhelm August Lüttge
| nationality = German
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1922|12|19}}
| birth_place = Ilsenburg, Germany
| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|df=yes|2016|09|23|1922|12|19}} }}
| death_place = Bad Schwartau, Germany
| residence = Braunschweig, Germany
| sport = Athletics
| event = Racewalking
| club = Büssing Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
| retired =
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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Rudi Lüttge (19 December 1922 – 23 September 2016) was a German racewalker, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Career
Lüttge competed for the clubs BSG Büssing Braunschweig (from 1938 to 1941) and Eintracht Braunschweig (from 1941 on). During his career, he won 16 national championships – 11 in individual competitions and five with the racewalking team of Eintracht Braunschweig.{{cite book | author = Kurt Hoffmeister | title = Meister und Medaillen. Braunschweigs Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa-, Deutsche Meister 1946–1986 | year = 1986 | language = German | publisher = Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig | location = Braunschweig | page = 18}}
In 1948, Lüttge set an unofficial world record in the 30 kilometres race walk in Braunschweig's Eintracht-Stadion.{{cite web | url = http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-44419526.html | title = Locker auf der Straße: Wer zum Sport nichts taugt | language = German | publisher = Der Spiegel | date = 9 October 1948 | accessdate = 27 October 2015}} The record was never recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations, as the German Athletics Association had not yet been readmitted as a member after World War II.{{cite book | first = Kurt | last = Hoffmeister | title = Zeitreise durch die Braunschweiger Sportgeschichte: 180 Jahre Turnen und Sport in Braunschweig | year = 2010 | language = German | isbn = 978-3-8391-0712-6 | page = 77}}
Lüttge competed in the 50 km walk at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished 13th.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/rudi-luttge-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224400/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/rudi-luttge-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Rudi Lüttge}}
In 1988, he was inducted into the hall of fame of the Lower Saxon Institute of Sports History.{{cite web | url = http://www.wp12060650.server-he.de/index.php/hall-of-fame.html?person=289 | title = Hall of Fame / Ehrenportal | publisher = nish.de | language = German | accessdate = 27 October 2015}} He died on 23 September 2016 at the age of 93.{{Citation | title = Geher-Legende Rudolf Lüttge ist gestorben | language = German | newspaper = Braunschweiger Zeitung | page = 29 | date = 28 September 2016}}
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Category:German male race walkers
Category:German national athletics champions
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for West Germany
Category:Sportspeople from Braunschweig
Category:People from Ilsenburg