page_title: Heinz Fütterer
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Heinz Fütterer / Early life
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Zentralbild Wen-Wlo. Deutsche 4 x 100m Staffel lief Weltrekord. Im Rahmen des Rudolf-Harbig-Gedenksportfestes am Sonnabend und Sonntag, dem 29. und 30.9.1956, in Dresden gab es die herausragende Leistung im 4 x 100m Staffellauf der Damen. In der Besetzung Erika Fisch (Bundesrepublik), Christa Stubnick, Gisela Köhler und Bärbel Mayer (alle DDR) wurde mit 45,1 Sek. ein neuer Weltrekord aufgestellt und die alte Bestleistung der sowjetischen Staffel um eine Zehntel Sekunde verbessert. UBz: Stabwechsel der gesamtdeutschen 4 x 100-m-Staffel der Herren. Der Karlsruher Heinz Fütterer (links) übergibt an den Hallenser Manfred Steinbach. Information added by Wikimedia users. Heinz Fütterer. → This file has been extracted from another image: File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-41708-0008, Heinz Fütterer, Manfred Steinbach.jpg.
context_page_description: Heinrich Ludwig Fütterer was a German athlete, who mainly competed in sprint events.
context_section_description: He was born in Illingen.
  Fütterer competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metre relay with his teammates Lothar Knörzer, Leonhard Pohl and Manfred Germar but didn't reach the 100 m final.
  In 1954 he won two gold medals at the European Championships in Bern, Switzerland, in 1958 he won the relay with Germany.
  His nickname was "weißer Blitz" ("white lightning") .
  His best time in the 100 meters was 10.2 seconds, equalling the world record held by Jesse Owens and a number of other sprinters. He ran the race in Japan (1954). His best in the 200 meters was 20.8 seconds. He was part of the German world record 4 × 100 m relay of 1958.
  Fütterer died in Illingen on 10 February 2019 at the age of 87.
caption: Fütterer in 1956
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