Hans-Dieter Pophal

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Hans-Dieter Pophal, 1960

Hans-Dieter Pophal (born November 22, 1937 in Berlin ) is a German art jumper and trainer.

Athletic career

Hans-Dieter Pophal was GDR champion several times in jumping from the 3-meter board in 1958, 1960-1967. At the European Swimming Championships in Leipzig in 1962 , he was runner-up on the 3-meter board.

His mother-in-law Olga Jensch-Jordan trained him at TSC Berlin , where he achieved eighth place at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome . His greatest sporting success was fourth place at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo .

In 1963 he had already been awarded the title of Honored Master of Sport . He later worked as a trainer at TSC Berlin and as a swimming instructor.

In 1994, Hans-Dieter Pophal became the senior double world champion at the fifth FINA senior world championships in Montreal in 1994 . He set world records on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. He was also runner-up in the 10-meter tower world championship. At the VII. Senior World Championships of the FINA in Casablanca in 1998 he was three-time senior world champion (1-m board, 3-m board, 10-m tower). At the VIII. Senior World Championships of the FINA in Munich 2000 he was again senior World champion in his age group. In 2003 he was three-time European champion (1-meter board, 3-meter board, 10-meter tower) at the IX. Senior European Championships in Millau / Montauban

In 1999 he took part in the 77th Annual Gymnastics Festival in Freyburg (Unstrut) and was second as a gymnast in the B 60 age group.

Private

Pophal is married to Heidi Jensch , the daughter of Olga Jensch-Jordan, and has two daughters. In the early 2000s, he was promoting Doppelherz .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/w/wasserspringen/hst/26.html
  2. ↑ Results 3-meter board
  3. ↑ http://www.fina.org/project/docs/masters/ma_1994_dv.pdf  ( 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. Results of the V. FINA-WMA, PDF, English, accessed on June 25, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fina.org  
  4. ↑ http://www.natacioncostarica.com/documentos/7finaworldmasters.pdf  ( 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. Results of the VII. FINA-WMA, PDF, English, accessed on June 26, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.natacioncostarica.com  
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Results of the VIII. FINA-WMA, PDF, English, accessed on June 26, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mastersdiving.org
  6. ↑ http://www.ffnatation.fr/html/publications/nat_info/1229.pdf Natation Infos N ° 1229 FFN , results of the IX. Senior European Championships, PDF, page 15, in French, accessed on June 26, 2013
  7. ↑ http://www.gymmedia.com/freyburg/jahnturnen99/B60_B65_B70_B75_Em.htm#pophal Results of the 77th Jahnturnfest, accessed on June 26, 2013
  8. ↑ http://www.doppelherz.de
personal data
SURNAME Pophal, Hans-Dieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pophal, Hans-Dieter (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin