Rudolf Dobermann (14 December 1902 – 1 November 1979) was a German athlete. He competed in the long jump at the

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and finished 18th. His club was the Marienburger SC of Cologne.

Biography

Dobermann first trained in gymnastics and then changed to athletics, winning the German long jump title in 1925–1927; he finished third in the

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in 1930. Dobermann won the British

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title in the long jump event at the

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. He set a European record at 7.64 m in 1928. In 1930 he immigrated to

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, Brazil, where he first worked as a coach with the German School (''Escola Allemã''), with which he won the state college athletics championships (''campeonato collegial de athletismo'') of 1931. He was also one of the three coaches for the athletes of the state of São Paulo which participated in the Latin-American Championships (or Games) of the same year. From 1934 he was a coach and official with the

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. Later he became a businessman.

References

1902 births 1979 deaths Sportspeople from Iserlohn Athletes from Arnsberg (region) German male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany German emigrants to Brazil 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-longjump-bio-stub