Rudolf Bortz

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRudolf•Bortz
Used nameRudolf•Bortz
Born22 June 1938 in Yushny, Kaliningrad (RUS)
Measurements176 cm / 72 kg
AffiliationsSportschützen Flensburg, Flensburg (GER)
NOC Germany
Nationality West Germany

Biography

Rudolf Bortz, born in Yushny in Kaliningrad, but expelled at the end of World War II, competed as a sports shooter at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games with the mixed German team. He finished 24th in the prone small-bore rifle event. He was also on the West German team at the 1963 Europeans, winning two gold medals in the individual prone small-bore rifle and the three-position event. He also claimed a third gold medal with the small-bore rifle team. One year earlier Bortz and the German team had earned a bronze at the Worlds.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1964 Summer Olympics Shooting GER FRG Rudolf Bortz
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men (Olympic) 24

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