Gerhart Hecker

Between 1953 and 1956 Gerhárt Hecker was an athlete of Miskolci Haladás, and later from 1957 to 1962 of MAFC. He competed in middle and long-distance running and the steeplechase. In 1960, he won the national championship title in the 3000m steeplechase, and won the team championship in the 4x1500 m (1957), the 5000 m (1958, 1960) and cross country running (1961). In 1958, he ran a national record in the 1,500 meters. Between 1957 and 1961, he appeared 11 times in the Hungarian national team. In 1957, he finished third at the Universiade in Paris. In 1960, he was eliminated in the preliminaries of the 3,000 m steeplechase at the Roma Olympics.

In 1958, he obtained a diploma in mechanical engineering from the Budapest University of Technology. In 1985 he obtained a technical doctorate, and then an engineering-teaching diploma. At the University, he was an assistant professor at the Institute of Thermal and System Technology and then at the Department of Energy.

Personal Bests: Mar – unknown; 3000S – 8:42.4 (1958).