Michael Huke

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMichael Helmut•Huke
Used nameMichael•Huke
Born30 March 1969 in Sondershausen, Thüringen (GER)
Measurements183 cm / 74 kg
AffiliationsTV Wattenscheid, Wattenscheid, Bochum (GER)
NOC Germany

Biography

Michael Huke was a German sprinter and a member of the 4x100 metres squad that was eliminated in the semi-finals at Atlanta 1996 after failing to finish. In 1991 and 1994 he was the German champion over 200, and with his home club TV Wattenscheid, won the 4x100 relay titles four times in 1991-93 and 1995-96. His son Maurice also became a successful national sprinter.

Huke was a trained industrial clerk and studied high-performance sports to go on and become a sports and history teacher. He became manager of TV Wattenscheid in 2009 with the responsibility for competitive sports co-ordination at the national high-performance sport centre at Wattenscheid.

Personal Best: 100 – 10.29 (1996).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1996 Summer Olympics Athletics GER Michael Huke
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) Germany AC h1 r2/3