Erich Riedeberger

Erich Riedeberger (born January 23, 1903 in Stötteritz ; † December 4, 1969 ) was a German gymnast and later a sports official.

Erich Riedeberger (1968)

Life

Riedeberger was Vice President of the German Gymnastics and Sports Association from 1957 until his death in 1969 and President of the German Gymnastics Association from 1958 to 1969 . He was also a functionary in the National Olympic Committee of the GDR for many years . On October 4, 1959 he was a member of the collective of the sports show for III. German gymnastics and sports festival, together with his wife Hilda Riedeberger and Alfred Dittrich, awarded the GDR national prize for “outstanding achievements in the fields of art and literature”. In 1963 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver and 1968 in gold.

As the organizer of the German Gymnastics & Sports Festival, he published several books about this event.

Works

• Leipzig is calling again! 1st German gymnastics and sports festival. Edited by the festival committee and organization office of the 2nd German Turn- u. Sports festival, Leipzig 1956
• Anthology of the mass exercises of the 2nd German gymnastics and sports festival in Leipzig in 1956. Compiled by Erich Riedeberger and Harry Kunze. Sports publishing house, Berlin 1956

literature

• Volker Kluge:  Riedeberger, Erich . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Commons : Erich Riedeberger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} German Gymnastics and Sports Association 1948–1993 . www.bundesarchiv.de. Accessed on August 2, 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ GDR 1959 . huis-md.de. Archived from the original on July 30, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 2, 2009. 
3. ↑ High Honor for Deserved Personalities , In: Neues Deutschland , November 29, 1963, p. 2
4. ^ New Germany, December 10, 1968, p. 2