Heinz Mayr (born 20 October 1935) is a former German racewalker, who competed for West Germany in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. He competed for the clubs

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

, TSV Salzgitter and VfL Wolfsburg. He won the national championship in the

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in 1961, as well as four German racewalking team championships with Eintracht Braunschweig (also in 1961), Salzgitter (in 1969) and Wolfsburg (in 1973 and 1974).Leichtathletik – Deutsche Meisterschaften (Gehen – Herren – Teil 2)
at ''sport-komplett.de'' (Retrieved on 12 November 2015). Mayr competed in the

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at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he finished 13th.

Competition record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayr, Heinz 1935 births Living people Sportspeople from Braunschweig German male racewalkers West German male racewalkers German national athletics champions Olympic athletes of West Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Eintracht Braunschweig athletes VfL Wolfsburg athletes