Hans-Jürgen Wende
Hans-Jürgen "Bubi" Wende (born March 5, 1926 in Magdeburg ; † November 4, 2012 ) was a German handball player .
Life
Wende began playing handball at Komet Lemsdorf in 1942 . The center forward was the captain of the GDR national field handball team from 1952 to 1959. He scored the first four goals of a GDR handball selection in the premiere match of the field handball selection against Hungary on May 29, 1950 in East Berlin (final score 5: 5, another goal scorer Weidner). He celebrated his greatest success in 1959 when he was captain of the all-German team in Vienna and won field handball world championships. In the club he played for SC Aufbau Magdeburg, from which SC Magdeburg later emerged. He ended his career in 1959.
1959 Wende was honored with the GDR national team as team of the year . He also received the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.
literature
- Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. Berlin 2000 ISBN 3-89602-348-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ World champion captain Hans-Jürgen Wende dies ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , May 31, 1950, p. 5
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , June 27, 1959, p. 1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turn around, Hans-Jürgen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bubi (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 2012 |