Adolf Metzner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adolf Metzner

German athlete

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1910

Place of Birth: Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1978

Profession: physician, sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Adolf Metzner (25 April 1910 in Frankenthal – 5 March 1978 in Hamburg) was a German athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
After finishing his career due to Achilles tendon rupture he became a carpenter in the Bavaria region of Germany.
In 1947 he worked with Ernst Gadermann to develop the first telemetric measurements of the ECG in athletes.