Christian Wopp

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Christian Wopp (born October 3, 1947 in Osnabrück , † April 27, 2012 in Oldenburg ) was a German sports scientist .

Life

Wopp studied sport, mathematics and education in Münster and Darmstadt ( teacher training course ). From 1970 to 1972 he was a member of the board of the General German University Sports Association , whose first full-time education officer he became in 1973. From 1975 to 1996 Wopp headed the Center for University Sports of the University of Oldenburg , he participated in the 1986 with the work "independence through sport from an action theoretical perspective" doctorate and become familiar with the work "analyzes and perspectives of leisure sports" in 1994 habilitated . In 1997 he received at the Institute of Sport and Sport Science of the University of Osnabrück , the Chair of Sport and Society , a position he held until his death.

Wopp was married and had two children.

Act

At the University of Oldenburg, Wopp redesigned the sports facilities together with Jürgen Dieckert , aligned the concept with recreational sports and opened up university sports to the Oldenburg population. At the University of Osnabrück he dealt with the analysis and planning of sports development. He developed future scenarios and project initiatives with several German sports organizations and municipalities, including Berlin , Osnabrück , Hamburg , Hanover and Oldenburg . In his research, Wopp dealt among other things with systematic trend research and the question of what the right sport is "for everyone" because high-performance sport can not be a model for the general population. One answer for him lay in the field of alternative play and movement culture of " pantomime , clowning , circus movement arts, shadow games , movement theater , new games , but also in Asian forms of movement and Afro dance ". Wopp also made an outstanding contribution to the connection between sport and culture. He founded a hands-on circus and a circus school in Oldenburg, organized juggling festivals and sports theater productions.

Wopp was spokesman for the Sports and Space Commission in the German Association for Sports Science and a member of the expert committee on sports development in the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB). From 2002 to 2004 he was dean of the Department of Education and Cultural Studies at the University of Osnabrück, from 2008 to 2010 spokesman for the department and since April 2010 a member of the Senate.

Fonts (selection)

  • The organization of university sports in the FRG. Series of publications on university sports 5. General. German University Sports Association 1974
  • Play volleyball and learn. Putty 1980
  • The little ski course book: for preparing, learning and Experience d. Skiing. Putty 1981
  • Sport and lifestyle. Documents on university sports 21. Ingrid Czwalina 1987
  • Independence in sport. Pahl-Rugenstein 1988 ISBN 978-3-7609-1222-6
  • With Reinhard Henning and Achim Schönberg: Leisure sports in the company and in the club. Pahl-Rugenstein 1990 ISBN 978-3-7609-0336-1
  • Sport of the future - future of sport. Meyer & Meyer Sport 1995 ISBN 978-3-89124-319-0
  • Development and perspectives of recreational sport. Meyer & Meyer Sport 1995 ISBN 978-3-89124-289-6
  • Future workshops in sport. Meyer & Meyer Sport 2000 ISBN 978-3-89124-636-8
  • With Jürgen Dieckert : Handbook of Leisure Sports. Hofmann 2002 ISBN 978-3-7780-1841-5
  • Handbook for Trend Research in Sports. What sport will we be doing tomorrow? Meyer & Meyer Sport 2005 ISBN 978-3-89899-182-7

Web links

  1. ^ Obituary Christian Wopp: Christian Wopp and the sport development of the German Association for Sport Science (sportwissenschaft.de); Retrieved June 19, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Wopp, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports scientist
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2012
Place of death Oldenburg (Oldenburg)