Günther Heinze (sports official)
Günther Heinze (born July 26, 1923 in Dresden - Blasewitz ) is a former high-ranking sports functionary of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1981 to 1992 he was a member of the International Olympic Committee and in 1990 President of the National Olympic Committee of the GDR .
Life
Günther Heinze was born in Blasewitz in 1923 and completed an apprenticeship as a machine fitter after attending primary school in Dresden. At that time he was involved in athletics and basketball . In 1941 he became a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), and in the same year he was drafted into the Air Force . Most recently in the rank of private he was from 1944 to 1949 in Soviet captivity .
After his return to Germany in 1949 he became chairman of the district sports committee of Dresden. In 1950 he began studying at the German University of Physical Culture (DHfK) in Leipzig , which he graduated in 1952 as a certified sports teacher. In 1951 he was a member of the GDR basketball team. From 1952 to 1954 he was head of department and from 1954 to 1957 deputy chairman of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport at the GDR Council of Ministers . In the latter position he was responsible for science issues and international connections.
In the National Olympic Committee of the GDR he worked from 1955 to 1972 and from 1982 to 1989 as vice president, from 1973 to 1982 as general secretary and from 6 January to 15 June 1990 as acting president. From 1981 to 1992 he was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), of which he was made an honorary member upon retirement.
Günther Heinze also headed the basketball section of the German Sports Committee from 1952 to 1955 . In addition, he was a member of the Presidium of the Basketball Association of the GDR from 1955 to 1970 and of the Presidium of the Volleyball Association of the GDR from 1970 to 1984. From 1957 to 1989 he was Vice President for International Relations of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation , the central mass organization in the GDR for the field of sport.
Heinze is married and has three children. He is a member of the Society for the Protection of Civil Rights and Human Dignity eV and lives in Berlin.
Awards
- 1960 Honorary title Honored Master of Sport
- 1966 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Medal
- 1971 Silver Cross of Merit for Finnish Sports
- 1972 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- 1974 Decoration of Honor for Physical Culture and Sport of the German Democratic Republic
- 1976 Gold Medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit
- 1980 and 1988 Gold Star of Friendship of Nations
- 1985 Honorary doctorate from DHfK Leipzig
literature
- Heinze, Günther. In: Klaus-Jürgen Schönfelder: Olympic Lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-323-00106-0 , p. 102.
- Volker Kluge , Olaf W. Reimann: Heinze, Günther . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- International Olympic Committee - Members - Günther Heinze (English, with picture)
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnd Krüger : Sport and Politics. From gymnastics father Jahn to state amateur. Torch bearer, Hanover 1975, ISBN 3-7716-2087-2 .
- ↑ Congratulations on the 91st birthday in akzente , No. 7/8 2014 .
- ↑ About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Gold medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit. In: New Germany . September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (online at ZEFYS - newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , free registration required).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinze, Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports functionary, President of the NOC of the GDR and member of the IOC |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden - Blasewitz |