no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . may 2011 br tting & co. eb sport int . gmbh industry shoes founded 1946 headquarters k ps bavaria key people tobias dormann managing director number of employees 100 website www.br tting.com br tting is a german shoe manufacturer located in k ps bavaria . geka sport limited is a division of br ting . contents 1 history 2 products 3 quotes 4 references history edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . september 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message 1946 br tting was founded by shoe modeler eugen br tting in 1946 when he opened his first shoe factory . 1968 it was only one year later when br tting founded eb sport international which focused on track and field athletics . his plan for special shoes for different types of sports gained more and more popularity over the years . the scheme ranged from shoes for fencers weightlifters and boxers to wrestlers and runners . probably the most famous wearers were liesel westermann winner of the silver medal at the olympic games in the discus throw in 1968 as well as bernd kannenberg winner of the gold medal in 50 km race walking and peter mueller german box champion at that time . 1970 along with athletics coach arthur lydiard and various other athletes roadrunner a running shoe was developed by eugen br tting in 1970 . due to its characteristic lasts the roadrunner enjoyed an excellent reputation among the runners of that time . the siesta a recreational shoe which was based on the roadrunner was known for its adjustments to individual feet . 1972 in 1972 bruetting recognized the growing market for tennis equipment and launched a new line for tennis trainers . in the meantime gerhard krapp had founded geka sport limited in 1973 which was a competitor for br tting limited . in september 1984 bernhard meyer was appointed the second executive director of br tting . in conjunction with krapp they took over br tting limited in the mid nineteen eighties . renamed as eb sport schuh vertrieb gmbh the shoe production was continued . 1984 br tting worked from 1984 onwards as a modeler and business consultant for the company until his death in 1991 . in that year the company was renamed again and has been called br tting & co.eb sport int . gmbh since then . 2002 in 2002 gerhard krapp retired and bernhard meyer became the owner of br tting limited . 2007 after years of expansion br tting introduced eb kids a new brand which displaced the br tting s maus collection in the children s shoe division . bernhard meyer was succeeded by tobias dormann as executive director although he continues to serve as a consultant . products edit their best selling shoe is the roadrunner model followed by astroturfer marathon and multiplex which are still being hand made in germany . besides the hand made shoes bruetting is producing shoes in the following segments running tennis classic soccer indoor fashion kid s shoes wellness nordic walking trekking outdoor over size quotes edit from roadrunner to nike air eugen br tting and the dassler brothers were the pioneers . 1 for almost a decade the complete running elite were walking in br ttings from franz josef kemper manfred steffny werner gierke manfred l tzerich hans j rgen orthmann gerhard weidner and besides them thousands of others each and every single one of them had a pair of br tting s on ... 2 references edit vom roadrunner zum nike air . story by runners world about the beginning of running shoes . 9 . septemb 2008 . carl j rgen diem and condition he connected the world between foot and asphalt in condition nr . 3 1994 s. 48 51 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title br tting & oldid 720587300 categories shoe companies of germanycompanies based in bavaria1946 establishments in germanycompanies established in 1946hidden categories orphaned articles from may 2011all orphaned articlesarticles needing cleanup from september 2013all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from september 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 16 may 2016 at 20 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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