Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 16.05.1928 Date of Death | 06.07.2011 Country | Germany
Highlights
Practiced hockey and handball until the end of Secondary School in 1944
Diploma in Social Sciences
Mechanical Engineer
Contributes to setting up the East German Anti-Fascist Youth Movement in 1945, immediately after the end of World War II
Gets involved on a full-time basis in the East German Anti-Fascist Youth Movement as of 1950
Head of the Sports Division of the Free German Youth, in East Germany: 1953-1959
Works closely with the newly formed sports organisation of the German Democratic Republic in view of a greater involvement of youth in sports
Sets up and organises youth team cup competitions in collaboration with the basketball and volleyball sections
Elected President of the Basketball Section of the German Democratic Republic's Sports Committee in 1955
President of the East German Basketball Federation (DBV): 1958-1969
Under his leadership in the mid-60s the Women's National Team of the German Democratic Republic reaches significant success: Bronze medal in the 1966 European Championship in Romania, 4th place in the 1967 World Championship in Prague and 4th place in the 1968 European Championship in Italy
Treasurer and Member of the FIBA Central Board: 1960-1984
Vice President of the DBV and instrumental figure in the integration of the DBV into the West German Basketball Federation (DBB): 1969-1989
Distinctions & Recognitions
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Medal
Order of Merit for the Fatherland in Bronze
FIBA Order of Merit in 1994