Günter Böttcher

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Günter Böttcher (born July 24, 1954 in Kassel ; † October 4, 2012 in Bad Neustadt an der Saale ) was a German handball player and coach.

life and career

Böttcher grew up in Böddiger , where his family ran a farm, and graduated from the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Melsungen in 1972 . He then studied sports and geography in Marburg to become a teacher. In 1994 he was at the University of Kassel with his dissertation The importance of conditional abilities for indoor handball doctorate .

Böttcher started playing handball at Eintracht Böddiger and later moved to TSV Jahn Gensungen and then to the handball league for TV Hüttenberg . In 1979 he returned to the first division promoted TSV Jahn Gensungen. Shortly after his move, the back player suffered a cruciate ligament rupture and had to end his career as an active player. Immediately afterwards, the 24-year-old took over training at TSV Jahn Gensungen. He then worked as a trainer from 1988 to 1990 at 1. SC Göttingen 05 , at MT Melsungen and from 1993 to 2006 at HSG Gensungen / Felsberg . He also worked as a trainer in Bad Hersfeld and Rotenburg an der Fulda . In 1989 he led Göttingen to the 2nd Bundesliga North. Melsungen and Gensungen were promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga South under his leadership . Most recently, he coached the HSG Zwehren / Kassel from 2009 to 2012, with whom he made it to the state league.

In his career in the German national team , Böttcher completed a total of 36 international matches under coach Vlado Stenzel . At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , he finished fourth with Heiner Brand , Kurt Klühspies and Joachim Deckarm, among others .

Böttcher last worked as a lecturer at the Institute for Sport and Sport Science at the University of Kassel.

On August 8, 2012, Böttcher had a serious car accident in which he suffered pulmonary bruises, head injuries and fractured vertebrae, and has since been in a rehabilitation clinic, the first days of which were in a coma .

On October 4, 2012, he killed himself in this clinic itself . He left a wife and a daughter. In autumn 2006 he had already lost a son after a long illness.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f HSG Zwehren / Kassel cancels games: Günter Böttcher - committed in all his roles ; Article on hna-Online from October 5, 2012
  2. ^ University of Kassel: Dr. Günter Böttcher ( Memento from December 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Günter Böttcher: The importance of the physical abilities in indoor handball: a theoretical assessment and empirical investigation . Publisher: General University Library Kassel, 1998. Zugl .: Kassel, Univ., Dissertation, 1994. ISBN 3-88122-966-3 . Catalog entry in the German National Library
  4. ^ Mourning for Dr. Günter Böttcher ( Memento from October 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Ex-national player Böttcher takes his own life ; Article on welt.de from October 5, 2012
  6. ↑ BMW overturns on federal road: driver trapped for over an hour ( memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  7. ^ After an accident: No alcohol involved, Günter Böttcher on the mend ( memento from August 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Former national player Günter Böttcher is dead ; Announcement on Stimme.de from October 5, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Böttcher, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German handball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 2012
Place of death Bad Neustadt an der Saale