Hans Engel (handball player)
| Player information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | "Poor iron" |
| birthday | September 1, 1948 |
| place of birth | Halberstadt , Germany |
| citizenship |
 German
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| Playing position | Left winger |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | Career ended |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| -1966 |
 Halberstadt locomotive
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| 1966-1982 |
ASK forward Frankfurt
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| National team | |
| Games (goals) | |
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GDR
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156 (230) |
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As of September 15, 2008 |
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Hans-Joachim Engel (born September 1, 1948 in Halberstadt ) is a former German handball player .
Career
Engel began his career at the local homeland club Lokomotive Halberstadt . In 1966 he went to the National People's Army , where he played in the second team of the Berlin Army Sports Club (ASK) from 1967. A year later he played with the first team in the league - at that time the top division of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). In 1969 ASK moved from Strausberg, east of Berlin , to Frankfurt (Oder) and the club was now called ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt . He stayed with the club until the end of his career in 1982.
Referred to in the "Game of Fate" Olympic qualifier between the national team of the GDR and the national team of Germany on 6 March 1976 in Karl-Marx-Stadt , he rejected the score of 11: 8 just before end of the game a penalty throw against Manfred Hofmann ; thus achieved the national team of the Federal Republic instead of that of the GDR after the first leg success (17:14) to participate in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal .
The qualified sports teacher Engel was a lieutenant colonel in the National People's Army. After the reunification in the GDR , he built two sports shops in Frankfurt (Oder). He is married to Helena and has a daughter and two grandchildren.
successes
- Vice World Champion 1974
- 3rd place at the 1978 World Cup
- European Champion Clubs' Cup 1975
- GDR champions in 1974 and 1975
literature
- M. Wagner: The seven meter discarded. In: Handballwoche 37, 2008, p. 29.
Web links
- E. Eggers: One second that decides for years. ( Memento from May 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Protzen is not "Eisenarms" Art. In: Märkische Oderzeitung from August 29, 2008
- ↑ www.handballmagazin.de, 7/2010 ( Memento from December 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engel, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engel, Hans-Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halberstadt |