Norbert Haupert (born 2 April 1940, in Schifflange) is a retired Luxembourgish athlete and currently a politician, sitting in the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

for the

Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party ( lb, Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei, french: Parti populaire chrétien-social, german: Christlich Soziale Volkspartei), abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party f ...

. Like Josy Barthel before him, Haupert spanned the divide between sport and politics by heading the

Luxembourg Athletics Federation The Luxembourg Athletics Federation (french: Fédération Luxembourgeoise d’Athlétisme), abbreviated to FLA, is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Luxembourg. It was founded on 11 November 1928, replacing the Federation of Luxemb ...

and the

Luxembourgian Olympic and Sporting Committee The Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee (french: Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois, nl, Luxemburgs Olympisch en Sportcomité, german: Luxemburgisches Olympisches und Sportkomitee, lb, Lëtzebuerger Olympesche a Sporting Comité) ...

. As an athlete, he ran middle distance, dominating Luxembourgian middle distance running in the early 1960s and twice doubling up to win both the 800 metres and

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

at the Luxembourgian national championships. He also won the bronze medal at the 800 metres at the 1963 World Student Games. He represented Luxembourg at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. In addition to sitting in the Chamber, Haupert has been a member of the Mondercange communal council since 1 January 1999.

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, - Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) from Sud Councillors in Mondercange Christian Social People's Party politicians Luxembourgian male middle-distance runners Luxembourgian sportsperson-politicians Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Luxembourgian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Luxembourg Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) 1940 births Living people People from Schifflange Universiade medalists for Luxembourg Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade {{Luxembourg-politician-stub