Walther Tröger

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Walther Tröger (2012)

Walther Tröger (born February 4, 1929 in Wunsiedel ; † December 30, 2020 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German sports official .

Life

Tröger grew up in Breslau as the son of a councilor who did not return from World War II . His mother died shortly after the war. Tröger attended the Elisabet-Gymnasium in Breslau, after fleeing and the end of the war he made his Abitur in Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains . He then studied law from 1947 to 1951 at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg . He began his sports political career at the General German University Sports Association, who Tröger served as general secretary from 1953 to 1961 before moving to NOK as managing director (from 1963: general secretary). His unpretentious way of working made it possible to cooperate with the Federal Committee for Competitive Sports, which was created in 1969 . Since his time at the ADH, he has been a reliable contact for athletes. From 1983 to 1990 he was the sports director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Tröger was President of the National Olympic Committee (NOK) for Germany from 1992 to 2002 and from 2003 Honorary President of the NOK for Germany. From 1989 to 2009 he was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), since then an honorary member. Walther Tröger was Chef de Mission at the Olympic Winter Games eight times from 1976 to 2002 . During the 1972 Summer Olympics he was mayor of the Olympic Village in Munich . During the hostage-taking of Israeli athletes by the terrorist group Black September , Tröger was involved in the negotiations with the terrorists. Tröger has been chairman of the association and foundation board of the German Sport & Olympia Museum and on the board of the Deutsche Sporthilfe foundation . Tröger was Vice President of the German Basketball Federation from 1976 to 2006 and a member of the Sports Commission of FIBA from 1964 to 1994 . He was a member of the Academic Gymnastics Federation (ATB). The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi was his 26th as a sports official, which is an Olympic record .

In the human rights debate surrounding the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Walther Tröger took a position that many regarded as polarizing on the day the well-known Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia was sentenced . He told press representatives: "Anyone who violates the prohibition of prohibited advertising or propaganda in marked areas can be excluded immediately and after examining the individual case" and threatened: "Of course, he is free not to participate in the games if he is not ready to accept the rules. "

Tröger died at the age of 91 on December 30, 2020.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Walther Tröger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arnd Krüger : Coubertin débrouillardise and the modern elite sport, in: Ommo Grupe (ed.): Insights. Aspects of Olympic Sports Development. Festschrift for Walther Tröger . Schorndorf: Hofmann 1999, 202-206.
  2. ↑ http://www.dosb.de/en/olympia/olympische-news/detail/news/ioc_ehrenverbindungen_walther_troeger_wird_85/
  3. ↑ Tröger threatens Olympic starters. In: n-tv.de. n-tv Nachrichtenfernsehen GmbH, April 3, 2008, accessed April 5, 2008 .
  4. ↑ German IOC honorary member sports official Walther Tröger is dead. In: faz.net. December 31, 2020, accessed December 31, 2020 .
  5. ^ DAPD: Former top sports functionary Tröger has died. In: DAPD. Ringier-Reuter Holding, December 31, 2020, accessed on December 31, 2020 .
  6. ↑ http://monitorpolski.gov.pl/MP/2001/s/16/259/1
  7. ↑ Awarded the State Order of Merit on August 24, 2012. State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, August 24, 2012, archived from the original on August 12, 2016 ; accessed on March 8, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Tröger, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports official
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Wunsiedel
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2020
Place of death Frankfurt am Main