Dietmar Schott

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Dietmar Schott (born July 20, 1937 in Cologne ) is a German sports journalist .

Professional background

Dietmar Schott, who grew up in Hamburg, initially worked as a freelance journalist for Norddeutscher Rundfunk and founded the magazine Der Jazzer . He played basketball at HSV himself . In 1962 he returned to Cologne, played basketball at ASV Cologne and started working as a sports editor at Westdeutscher Rundfunk . In June 1977 he became the right hand man of the patron Fritz Waffenschmidt at BSC Saturn Cologne . During Schott's tenure as manager and “man for all cases” with the Cologne basketball team, he won the DBB Cup in 1980, 1981 and 1983 as well as the German championship title in 1981, 1982, 1987 and 1988. Among other things, he was responsible for the engagement of the Israeli starter coach Ralph Klein in 1983 as well as responsible for Tony DiLeo , whom he brought to Cologne despite skepticism in the environment of the ladies series champion Agon Düsseldorf. "I was a manager, press spokesman, team supervisor, etc. I did everything there 100 percent on a voluntary basis, and above all: gladly!", He said in 2012, referring to his work at Saturn Cologne.

Schott's professional specialty was next basketball of equestrian sports . As a radio journalist, he became known through the Saturday radio show " Sport und Musik ", and he was also active on television. He presented over 2000 programs on the radio. In 1988, Schott succeeded Kurt Brumme as head of sports at WDR . In 1993 he broadcast the final of the European Basketball Championship directly and in full on radio. “That had never happened before and it was almost sensational at the time,” said Schott in 2012, looking back. In 2002 he retired. Sabine Töpperwien became the successor in the office of WDR sports director .

In his career, Schott has accompanied a large number of sporting events as a commentator. He broadcast the Prix ​​d'Amérique 32 times alone . There are also eleven Olympic Games and all horse competitions of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney .

Honors and offices

For his reports Schott was in 1990 with the Herbert Zimmermann Prize and New Zealand against 149 competitors with the world price excellent. He is Vice President of the German Equestrian Association . In 2003 he received the journalists' prize The Silver Horse .

Private

Together with his wife, Dietmar Schott has been breeding trotting horses at the Höhnchen Stud in Lohmar since 1974 ; his horses won over 300 victories. As an amateur harness racing driver, he has also made international appearances himself since 1962.

Publications

  • "Thank you!". The footballer Willi "Ente" Lippens . Klartext publishing company. Essen 2008. ISBN 978-3-89861-978-3
  • "Thank you!". The footballer Willi "Ente" Lippens. Audio book. Klartext-Verlagsgesellschaft 2012
  • Trotting made easy. - Manual for harness racing and trotting breeding - an introduction to a fascinating sport . 1992. Published by the main association for trotter breeding

literature

  • Manfred Erdenberger : 1938? No - legend ?: Yes !; Dietmar Schott on his 80th birthday, in: WDR Print, June / July 2017 issue, p. 50

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WDR: Always calm and competent: Dietmar Schott on his 80th birthday. July 20, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Dietmar Schott: Eleven years as if in a frenzy . In: Basketball Bundesliga GmbH (Ed.): 50 Years of the Basketball Bundesliga . Cologne, ISBN 978-3-7307-0242-0 , pp. 90-92 .
  3. ↑ Twilight of Heroes. The basketball legend Ralph Klein died at the age of 77 on j-zeit.de v. September 2008 ( Memento from September 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ a b c Christoph Büker: What does Dietmar Schott actually do? In: DBB-Journal 09, June 2009. Deutscher Basketball-Bund, accessed on December 29, 2018 .
  5. ↑ journalistenpreise.de

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personal data
SURNAME Schott, Dietmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne