Ewald Roscher

Ewald Roscher
nation	BR Germany
birthday	November 19, 1927
place of birth	God gave ,  Czechoslovakia
date of death	January 21, 2002
Place of death	Karlsruhe ,  Germany
Career
National squad	since 1958
Medal table
National medals 1 × 0 × 0 ×
German championships gold 1959 Warmensteinach singles

Ewald Roscher (born November 19, 1927 in Gottesgab , Czechoslovakia ; † January 21, 2002 in Karlsruhe ) was initially an active ski jumper himself , then the national coach of ski jumpers in Germany and Switzerland. As such, he was known worldwide as the ski professor of Baden-Baden , his place of residence.

Career

Roscher began Nordic skiing and ski jumping at the age of six. However, he later switched to alpine skiing. At the age of 14 he became the Reich winner in the combination of downhill and slalom.

On January 6, 1953, Roscher was in the squad for the inaugural competition of the Kreuzbergschanze in front of 8,000 spectators. At the Easter jumping competition in Klingenthal in 1959 , he was the first West German jumper to take part in a competition in what was then the GDR . In the same year he became German champion (in Warmensteinach / Fichtelgebirge) and then ended his active career as a ski jumper. A year later he was appointed coach of the German national ski jumping team by the DSV . From 1960 to 1968 Roscher looked after the German athletes.

During these years he was significantly involved with Wolfgang Happle , Georg Thoma , and Heini Ihle in the development of a new jump ski that, with 250 grams of lead, glued invisibly to the end of the jump ski, had 20 cm more front skis and thus revolutionized the jumping ability of jumpers . Roscher experienced his heyday after 1968 as coach of the Swiss team, where he celebrated great successes with Hans Schmid and Walter Steiner .

After the Olympic Winter Games in 1980 Roscher returned to the DSV and achieved respectable successes with his jumpers, especially from 1984 with Dieter Thoma , whose uncle Georg Thoma he had already trained at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley . Roscher was the one who nominated Dieter Thoma as the youngest participant for the Four Hills Tournament 1984/85.

Until 1988 Roscher was head coach of the German jumpers until he was replaced by Rudi Tusch . He was a man who never minced words in his life. This characteristic had repeatedly brought him problems with the DSV. His best-known saying is: 20 percent of a jumper is talent, 80 percent is hard work .

From 1988 to 1992 Roscher still worked as a junior coach at DSV. He also worked in biomechanics and as a television commentator for ZDF.

Private

Roscher grew up as one of four children in northern Bohemia. His father was already active as a Nordic skier. He died in the Black Forest ski marathon. Roscher's pedagogical streak was discovered during his school days. In his later home town of Baden-Baden, he learned the profession of painter, which his father had already practiced. He later acquired the master's degree, but he rarely practiced the profession.

Roscher, who has three children himself, trained in other sports in addition to his work as a ski jumping trainer or expanded his knowledge in the field of psychology. In addition to archery, he also focused on autogenic training as well as muscle relaxation and yoga techniques.

Bruno Moravetz later characterized Roscher as an educator and educator for young people .

Web links

• Ewald Roscher in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Ewald Roscher in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
• Ewald Roscher on The-Sports.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ewald Roscher is dead . N-tv. January 22, 2002. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of December 30, 1987