Boris Schmidt

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Boris Schmidt (* 4. December 1962 ) is a German sports official and former basketball - referee . As an active referee, Schmidt led games in German national leagues for over 30 years and was also used in international games. Because of his many years of activity, he was one of the best-known representatives of his profession in Germany. The qualified sports teacher works full-time as the managing chairman of TSG Bergedorf , heads the Hamburg Basketball Association (HBV) and, since his retirement in 2015, has been an active referee for the Federal Basketball League's referee department .

Career

Towards the end of his childhood, Schmidt was involved in tennis and water polo in the management of sporting competitions and also signed up for a referee course in basketball at the age of 15. After two years, Schmidt was able to whistle his first games in the third highest German regional league at the age of 17. During his studies at the Sports University in Cologne , which he finished in 1987 as a certified sports teacher, he was also active in the men's national league from 1985 with games in the 2nd basketball league . After completing his studies, he returned to his home in Hamburg and became managing director of TSG Bergedorf , where he was appointed full-time CEO in 2010. One year after his return to Hamburg, Schmidt directed a game in the basketball Bundesliga for the first time in 1988 . From 1990 he also led international meetings; In addition to a friendly international match between Germany and the United States with NBA professionals in preparation for the 2004 Olympic Games and a Euroleague Women final, his participation in the Summer Universiades was one of his highlights when he led the 2001 and 2013 finals .

As a youth coach at TSG Bergedorf, he led the A-youth of his club to third place in the German championships in 2000. One of his protégés in Bergedorf was the future professional trainer Martin Schiller .

In a sport that is practiced by people of above-average height, especially in the top-level sports sector, Schmidt was the smallest person on the field as referee with a body length of almost 170 cm in the majority of games. The often strong physical contrast to the players, who towered over Schmidt by significantly more than a head length, did not influence him in his game management and rule interpretation. Instead, Schmidt was seen as strong-willed and consistently followed the line of rule interpretation he represented. He was known for quickly punishing protests by players and coaches with technical fouls , which is why club officials often warned them about Schmidt before the game started. This also made him an attractive figure among viewers and fans. In the second half of his active career in particular, Schmidt had earned the respect of the players through his consistent stance and was honored as referee of the year in Germany in 2006.

In 2010, Schmidt was awarded the Golden Badge of Honor of the German Basketball Association (DBB).

After Schmidt had exceeded the international age limit of 50 for referees, he resigned from the game management at the end of the 2014/15 basketball Bundesliga after 525 appearances in the top German men's division. In addition to his full-time work, the management of the HBV and the seat in the referee committee of the DBB, Schmidt, as the successor to Harald Steinhoff, then took over the referee department of the professional, independently organized men's basketball league, where he was responsible for the referee appointments of the Games of the BBL is responsible.

In March 2017 Schmidt was elected chairman of the “ Freiburger Kreis ”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Christian Jeß: Boris Schmidt: withdrawal of a stimulus figure. NDR , October 13, 2015, archived from the original on February 3, 2016 ; accessed on February 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Werner Langmaack: "Oh God, he's again". Die Welt , October 13, 2013, accessed February 2, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Kai Schiller: The Nowitzki the referee. Hamburger Abendblatt , June 2, 2007, accessed on February 2, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Marc Bädorf: 30 Bundesliga parquet. (PDF; 7 MB) In: DBB-Journal 43, February 2015. Deutscher Basketball Bund , February 2015, pp. 34, 35 , accessed on February 2, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Toni Rodriguez passes the FIBA ​​referee examination. German Basketball Association, accessed on August 4, 2019 .
  6. ↑ http://www.tsg-bergedorf.de/pics/medien/1_1500975733/Pressespiegel_25.07.17.pdf
  7. ↑ Via Bergedorf to the motherland of basketball. July 14, 2020, accessed on July 14, 2020 (German).
  8. ^ A b BIG appetizer: Interview with Boris Schmidt. In: BIG # 21. Basketball in Germany: big-basketball.de, August 19, 2013, accessed on February 2, 2016 (interview as pre-publication).
  9. ↑ Presidium of the German Basketball Federation elected for another four years. German Basketball Association, accessed December 31, 2018 .
  10. ↑ “The Freiburg district must continue to be a motor in the future.” In: freiburger-kreis.de. Retrieved January 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Boris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports official and former basketball referee
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1962