Hans-Joachim Grünwald
Hans-Joachim Grünwald (born August 20, 1931 in Schneidemühl , † November 19, 2014 in Berlin ) was a German sports official . For many years he was General Secretary of the German Ice Skating Association (DELV) and in 1990 General Secretary of the German Gymnastics and Sports Association (DTSB).
Life
Born in the Grenzmark Province of Posen-West Prussia , he and his family were relocated to Mecklenburg in 1945 after the Second World War . He attended grammar school in Wismar and graduated from high school.
From 1950 to 1952 he was a member of the state sports committee Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In 1952 he became a member of the SED . From 1952 to 1957 he worked for the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport . In September 1952 he was appointed head of the central organization office for the 4th GDR cycling tour and in October 1952 he was appointed general secretary of the cycling section of the German Sports Committee. He organized major events for the winter sports championships and was head of the organizing committee of the International Peace Tour in 1953 . From 1954 to 1957 he was head of the ice and roller hockey section and from 1957 to 1989 Secretary General of the German Ice Skating Association. He completed a distance learning course at DHFK Leipzig as a certified sports teacher .
In 1970 Grünwald participated in the decision to remove ice hockey from the GDR's Olympic funding .
From 1961 he was a member of the directorate of the International Ice Hockey Federation and from 1984 to 1988 a member of the Appeals Commission of the International Ice Skating Union (ISU). From 1986 to 1988 he was head of the summer sports department on the DTSB federal executive board, and from November 1988 to 1990 DTSB vice-president. In December 1989 he was elected chairman of the DTSB labor secretariat and in March 1990 he took over the office of general secretary of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation and participated in the takeover of the DTSB into the German Sports Federation .
Grünwald worked for his two sons' advertising company until he was 81 and died at the age of 83.
Awards
- 1960 DTSB Medal of Merit
- 1960 Honorary title Honored Master of Sport
- 1972 Medal of Honor for Physical Culture and Sport of the German Democratic Republic
- 1976 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and 1980 in gold
- 1988 Gold Star of Friendship of Nations
literature
- Volker Kluge : Grünwald, Jochen . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany , October 21, 1952, p. 6.
- ^ Neue Zeit , December 14, 1989, p. 2.
- ^ Obituary in the new Germany of November 29, 2014, p. 20
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grünwald, Hans-Joachim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grünwald, Jochen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schneidemühl |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th November 2014 |
| Place of death | Berlin |