Dieter Kürten
Dieter Kürten (born April 23, 1935 in Duisburg ) is a German sports reporter .
Career
Kürten is best known for moderating the current sports studio on ZDF , for which he has worked since 1963. But he also appeared as a reporter and presenter at soccer games, world championships and the Olympic Games . Among other things, he commented for ZDF on the final of the 1980 European Football Championship and the semifinals of the 1990 Football World Cup between Germany and England, which the German team won on penalties ("... and he shoots! And that's it ...!").
Kürten moderated the current sports studio between October 21, 1967 and September 30, 2000 a total of 375 times, earning himself the nickname Mr. Sports Studio . On October 16, 1971, he moderated “the current sport studio”, in which a chimpanzee Maria Weissmüller, the last wife of the former Olympic swimming champion and Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmüller , tore the wig off her head. Kürten has two younger brothers, including the film editor Achim Kürten . He is married but lives apart from his wife. With her he has two daughters and a son. In 2012 he suffered a heart attack on the street in Wiesbaden, but was rescued by an emergency nurse who happened to be present.
In the 1980s he tried his hand at show business temporarily. Again on ZDF in 1983 he ran the series Ganz schön brave (director: Dieter Pröttel ). However, the format was only briefly successful with six episodes.
social commitment
Dieter Kürten is the patron of the Second Breath - Living with Lung Cancer campaign and has been an ambassador for Kindernothilfe for many years . He is also involved in the Tour of Hope, a charity bike tour for children with cancer.
Awards
- 1974: Tie Man of the Year
- 1979: Golden gong for the international match report : Federal Republic of Argentina
- 1981: Golden Camera in the Outstanding Sports Reporter category
- 2012: Hessian journalist award for life's work to date
- 2012: Hessian Order of Merit on ribbon
Web links
- Dieter Kürten in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Cup semi-finals 1990 Germany-England . Video. Online on Youtube.com. (Video not available)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kürten, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports reporter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |