Otto Peltzer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Peltzer

German middle distance runner

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1900

Place of Birth: Drage, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Aug-1970

Profession: journalist, athletics competitor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Otto Paul Eberhard Peltzer (8 March 1900 – 11 August 1970) was a German middle distance runner who set world records in the 1920s.
Over the 800 m Peltzer improved Ted Meredith's long-standing record by 0.3 seconds to 1:51.6 min in London in July 1926.
Over the 1000 m he set a world record of 2:25.8 in Paris in July 1927, and over 1500 m Peltzer broke Paavo Nurmi's world record (3:52.6) and set a new one at 3:51.0 in Berlin in September 1926.
Peltzer was the only athlete to have held the 800 m and the 1500 m world records simultaneously, until Sebastian Coe matched the feat over fifty years later.