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Rudolf Hellmann (26 June 1926 – 31 December 2005) was a German politician and sports functionary. He was considered the most important sports politician in East Germany, alongside Manfred Ewald and Erich Mielke. Hellmann was born in Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. He was born as the son to a lathe operator and completed apprenticeship as a machine fitter from 1940 to 1943. He was then drafted into the Wehrmacht. Hellman voluntarly joined the Kriegsmarine in 1944 as a torpedo mechanic. He was eventually captured by British forces.

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  • Rudolf Hellmann (* 26. Juni 1926 in Chemnitz; † 31. Dezember 2005) war ein deutscher Sportfunktionär. Er galt neben Manfred Ewald und Erich Mielke als wichtigster Sportpolitiker der DDR. Hellmann wurde als Sohn eines Drehers geboren und absolvierte von 1940 bis 1943 eine Lehre zum Maschinenschlosser. Danach wurde er zum Militärdienst eingezogen. 1944 ging er freiwillig als Torpedomechaniker zur Kriegsmarine. Er kam in britische Kriegsgefangenschaft. 1946 wurde er Mitglied der KPD und mit ihrer Vereinigung mit der SPD der SED. Von 1947 bis 1950 war er als Schlosser bei der Deutschen Reichsbahn in Karl-Marx-Stadt beschäftigt. 1950 wurde er Instrukteur der FDJ im Reichsbahnamt Karl-Marx-Stadt und anschließend Landesleiter der . Seit 1952 gehörte Hellmann der Volkspolizei an und war Sektorenleiter der Abteilung Agitation und Propaganda der Zentralleitung der SV Lokomotive in Berlin. 1952/53 fungierte er wiederum als Sektorenleiter des Bereiches Agitation bei der Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik. 1954 wurde er zunächst Instrukteur für Jugend und Sport der SED-Bezirksleitung Halle, danach Instrukteur und ab 1960 Leiter der Arbeitsgruppe „Körperkultur und Sport“, die 1965 in „Abteilung Körperkultur und Sport“ umbenannt wurde, beim Zentralkomitee der SED. Diese Position behielt er bis zur Wende 1989. Hellmann fungierte als Sportberater für Walter Ulbricht, Erich Honecker und Egon Krenz. 1960 wurde er außerdem Mitglied der Leistungssportkommission. Ein Jahr später rückte er in den Vorstand des Deutschen Turn- und Sportbundes auf, aus dem er 1990 ausgeschlossen wurde. 1973 wurde er zum Vizepräsidenten des Nationalen Olympischen Komitees der DDR ernannt. 1960, 1964 und 1972 wurde ihm der Vaterländische Verdienstorden, 1970 der Orden Banner der Arbeit, 1976 der Karl-Marx-Orden. und 1980 der Große Stern der Völkerfreundschaft verliehen. 1987 verlieh ihm das IOC den Olympischen Orden. Seine Tochter ist die ehemalige Geräteturnerin Angelika Hellmann. (de)
  • Rudolf Hellmann (26 June 1926 – 31 December 2005) was a German politician and sports functionary. He was considered the most important sports politician in East Germany, alongside Manfred Ewald and Erich Mielke. Hellmann was born in Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. He was born as the son to a lathe operator and completed apprenticeship as a machine fitter from 1940 to 1943. He was then drafted into the Wehrmacht. Hellman voluntarly joined the Kriegsmarine in 1944 as a torpedo mechanic. He was eventually captured by British forces. Hellmann became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). He then became a member of the new Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), after the merger between the KPD and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1946 in the Soviet Zone. Hellman worked as a locksmith for the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1947 to 1950. He became an instructor for the Free German Youth (FDJ) at the Deutsche Reichsbahn office in Karl-Marx Stadt in 1950. He then became a regional manager (German: Landesleiter) of sports association SV Lokomotiv in Saxony. Hellman was a member of the Volkspolizei and served as the Sector Manager (German: Sektorsleiter) of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda of the central management of SV Lokomotiv in East Berlin from 1952. He again served as the sector manager of the Department of Agitation at the Sports and Technology Association in 1952–53. Hellmann became an instructor for Youth and Sports of the SED regional district administration in Bezirk Halle in 1954. He then became the head of the working group for Physical Culture and Sport (German: Körperkultur und Sport) of the SED Central Committee from 1960. The working group became the Department for Physical Culture and Sport (German: Abteilung Körperkultur und Sport) in 1965. Hellmann would serve as the Head of the Department for Physical Culture and Sport of the SED Central Committee until 1989. Hellmann acted as a sports consultant of Walter Ulbricht, Erich Honecker and Egon Krenz. He also became a member of the Competitive Sports Commission (German: Leistungssportkommission) in 1960. Helllmann was promoted to the federal board of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation (DTSB) a year later. He then served as the vice president of the East German National Olympic Committee from 1973 to 1989. Hellman was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in 1960, 1964 and 1964. He was also awarded the Banner of Labor in 1970, the Order of Karl Marx in 1976 and the Star of People's Friendship in 1980. Hellmann was also awarded the Olympic Order of the International Olympic Committee in 1987. As a result of political reform in East Germany, there was increasing public criticism of state subsidies for elite sports programs. This pressure led Hellmann to resign his position as vice president of the East German National Olympic Committee. A large majority of the delegates at the 17th conference of the federal board of the DTSB on 28–29 January 1990 in Kienbaum then voted to expel Hellmann, along with Manfred Ewald and others, from the presidium of the DTSB. Hellmann was convicted of crimes connected with the doping of East German athletes in 2000. He received a ten-month suspended jail sentence. Hellmann died in 2005. He is the father to German former gymnast Angelika Hellmann. (en)
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  • Rudolf Hellmann (* 26. Juni 1926 in Chemnitz; † 31. Dezember 2005) war ein deutscher Sportfunktionär. Er galt neben Manfred Ewald und Erich Mielke als wichtigster Sportpolitiker der DDR. Hellmann wurde als Sohn eines Drehers geboren und absolvierte von 1940 bis 1943 eine Lehre zum Maschinenschlosser. Danach wurde er zum Militärdienst eingezogen. 1944 ging er freiwillig als Torpedomechaniker zur Kriegsmarine. Er kam in britische Kriegsgefangenschaft. (de)
  • Rudolf Hellmann (26 June 1926 – 31 December 2005) was a German politician and sports functionary. He was considered the most important sports politician in East Germany, alongside Manfred Ewald and Erich Mielke. Hellmann was born in Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. He was born as the son to a lathe operator and completed apprenticeship as a machine fitter from 1940 to 1943. He was then drafted into the Wehrmacht. Hellman voluntarly joined the Kriegsmarine in 1944 as a torpedo mechanic. He was eventually captured by British forces. (en)
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