Adolf Gruber

{{short description|Austrian long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Dolfi Gruber | birth_name = | image = Zevende Internationale Marathonloop te Enschede, huldigin van de winnaars, vln, Bestanddeelnr 910-5968.jpg | caption = Pawson (2), Kantorek (1) and Gruber (3), Enschede Marathon (1959) | nationality = Austrian | sport = Athletics | event = Long-distance running/Marathon | club = Wiener AC / ATSV Auersthal | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|5|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vienna, Austria | death_date = {{death date and age|1994|1|7|1920|5|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Vienna, Austria | height =168 cm | weight =59 kg }}

'''Adolf Gruber''' (15 May 1920 – 7 January 1994) was an Austrian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1952, 1956 and the 1960 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/dolfi-gruber-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081007/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/dolfi-gruber-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Adolf Gruber Olympic Results |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref>

== Biography == Gruber won 33 Austrian titles over varying distances ranging from 3,000 metres to the marathon distance.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64897 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref> In addition to athletics he competed in football, cycling, speed skating and table tennis.<ref name=oly/> His personal best time in the marathon was 2:23:30.

After training in hotel management and then teaching, he was drafted into World War II where he was seriously wounded. He underwent 13 operations on his left upper arm following a wound inflicted by a amchine gun.<ref name=oly/>

Gruber finished second behind Colin Kemball in the marathon event at the British 1958 AAA Championships from Windsor to Chiswick on 28 June.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>

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