Eduard Friedrich

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Eduard "Edi" Friedrich (born May 1, 1937 in Kaunas , Lithuania ; † April 22, 2015 in Weiskirchen , Rodgau ) was a German gymnast , gymnast trainer and sports official .

Life

After fleeing Lithuania, Friedrich grew up in Lutherstadt Wittenberg . As an outstanding gymnast ( GDR youth master in apparatus gymnastics ), he studied from 1951 (preliminary studies) to become a certified sports teacher at the German University of Physical Culture (1959, additionally with a trainer diploma in apparatus gymnastics). He initially worked as a young trainer in the GDR before he switched to the Eimsbütteler Gymnastics Club in the Federal Republic of Germany just in time for the construction of the Wall as a full-time gymnastics teacher and manager . 1965 to 1975 he was head coach of the German Gymnastics Federation , said winning the gold medal on high bar by Eberhard Gienger was one of the highlights of his career as a coach at the World Cup 1974th From 1969 on, he was deputy chairman of the coaching committee on the honorary bodies of the newly organized federal committee for competitive sports . In 1975 he switched full-time to the Federal Committee for Competitive Sports, where he was the director of the coaching committee responsible for all national coaches and organized the introduction of the Olympic training centers based on the model of the sports clubs in the GDR. From 1980 to 1984 he was also honorary vice-president of the Hessian Gymnastics Association . After the Summer Olympics in 1988 , he moved back to the German Gymnastics Federation as sports director and was responsible for the cooperation and integration of gymnasts in the GDR. When this was successful, he became the director of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Olympic base in Rostock from 1992 to 2002 . At the same time, he became vice-president of the state gymnastics association on a voluntary basis from 1994 and as president of the state gymnastics association for 12 years from 1996, and he was responsible for the steady upward development to become the second largest sports association in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. From 2000 to 2002 and from 2004 to 2008 he was a member of the board of the German Gymnastics Federation, where he represented the interests of top-class sport based on international standards, which had a hard time in the recreational sport-oriented association. His books on apparatus gymnastics made it clear that he mastered the entire spectrum from beginner to top gymnast. After leaving the offices in the gymnastics association, he returned to Hesse . He died as a result of a fall injury in his hometown.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gienger's trainer Eduard Friedrich is dead . In: n-tv.de , April 23, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2015.
  2. ^ Eduard Friedrich on his 75th birthday . In: gymmedia.de , May 1, 2012, accessed on July 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : Sport and Politics. From gymnastics father Jahn to state amateur. Torch bearer, Hanover 1975, ISBN 3-7716-2087-2 ; H. Nickel: Obituary for Eduard Friedrich. Competitive sport 45 (2015), 4, 9.
  4. ↑ Swantje Scharenberg : The Decline of Artistic Gymnastics: Errors in the System? Kirchentellinsfurt: Knirsch-Verlag, 1992
  5. ↑ Ex-DTB sports director Eduard Friedrich has passed away . In: gymmedia.de , April 22, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2015.
  6. ^ Eduard Friedrich, Manfred Nilsson: Apparatus gymnastics I. Basics: Training, technique, tactics. rororo sports books. 1979: ISBN 3-499-17028-0 ; Eduard Friedrich, Peter Brüggemann: apparatus gymnastics II, competition: training, technique, tactics. Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1981.
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedrich, Edi; Friedrich, Eddy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gymnast, gymnast trainer and sports official
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaunas , Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2015
Place of death Weiskirchen , Rodgau , Hesse , Germany