Adolf Metzner

Adolf Metzner was a German sprinter, born Karl-Adolf Metzner on 25 April 1910 in Frankenthal and died on 5 March 1978 in Hamburg. He ran for Eintracht Frankfurt and won the 400 metres and the 4 by 400 metre relay at the 1934 European Championships. At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he reached the second round of the 400 metres and finished fourth with the German relay team. He was entered in both events at the 1936 Games but did not start. He was German champion in the 400 metres in 1931, 1932 and 1934, and set world records in relays and the decathlon. After his career he chaired his club, worked as a physician and university research assistant in Hamburg, and wrote for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit. Olympedia notes that he held rank in the Nazi Party and the SS and concealed this after the war.