Günther Bosch

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Günther Bosch (born March 1, 1937 in Brașov , German Kronstadt , Kingdom of Romania ) is a Romanian-German former tennis player and today's tennis coach. He was the national coach of the DTB for the youngsters and became known as the personal trainer of Boris Becker when he won Wimbledon for the first time in 1985.

biography

The Transylvanian Saxon Bosch played tennis in the Romanian Davis Cup team, but was only the Romanian "number three" player in the shadow of Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac . His studies at the Sports University of Bucharest after his active career ended with his thesis "The Psychology of the Impact".

In 1974 Bosch, at the time the youth coach of the Romanian federation, resigned after a youth tournament in Saarbrücken ; his wife Rodica and daughter were only allowed to leave the country two years later.

As a national coach, he discovered the tennis talent Boris Becker during a sighting in Biberach in 1976 . At the request of Becker's parents, he took over the care of Boris, who called him "Güntzi". For this position, Bosch gave up his job as national coach for German tennis offspring in 1984. At the same time, Ion Țiriac took over the position of sports manager for Becker. Together they led Boris Becker to win Wimbledon twice in a row, in 1985 and 1986.

In 1987 Boris Becker and Günther Bosch parted ways after Becker, contrary to expectations, failed in the round of 16 at the Australian Open . The German tennis star justified the separation with the words: "I need a trainer who doesn't look after me day and night."

Bosch later worked as a book author, newspaper columnist, and television commentator. In 1999 he opened the Günther Bosch Tennis Academy in Bernau-Wandlitz .

Bosch lives in Monte Carlo and recently back in Berlin . Since autumn 2005 he has been responsible for promoting talent at LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin ("Rot-Weiß Tennis School").

Works

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from the list of famous people from Transylvania on sibiweb.de
  2. ↑ What happened on ... , Wissen.de (viewed February 28, 2007)
  3. ↑ ( Günther Bosch turns 75 - "Tennis is my life" )
  4. ↑ Ernst Podeswa, "Do you want a car or training at Bosch?" , Der Tagesspiegel , May 10, 1999 (online version viewed February 28, 2007)
  5. ↑ LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), website (viewed February 28, 2007)
personal data
SURNAME Bosch, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Romanian tennis player and tennis coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Brașov , Kingdom of Romania