Hansi Vienna
Hansi Vienna 
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| Nationality: |
 Germany
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| Birthday: | February 23, 1968 |
| Resignation: | 1998 |
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| Best placement: | 12 (November 1993) |
| Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) | |
Johann "Hansi" Vienna (born February 23, 1968 in Novosibirsk , Russian SFSR ) is a German squash trainer and former squash player.
Career
Hansi Wiens was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, where his father had to work in a salt mine as a prisoner of war for 27 years. It was not until 1972 that the Vienna family was able to emigrate back to Germany. He has a total of five siblings. After graduating from secondary school, he completed an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic and advanced training as a computer technician.
After a relatively unsuccessful time with the juniors, in which he played for Paderborner SC , Hansi Wiens became one of the dominant squash players on the German squash scene in the active area. In 1988 he won his first German championship title and repeated this success eight times until 2002. For the German national team , he played a total of 146 games. Hansi Wiens was also active as a professional player and reached twelfth place in November 1993, his best place in the world rankings. On the professional tour he won several tournaments, including the New Zealand Open .
From 1996 to 2003 Hansi Wiens ran a squash center in Bonn , before he took a job as a trainer on Mallorca for three years . There he met his future wife Valeria Vinnikova, with whom he has a daughter and a son. In 2007 the couple moved to Toronto before moving to Hanover , New Hampshire in the United States shortly afterwards . There Hansi Wiens got a job as an assistant trainer at Dartmouth College . After just one year, he was promoted to head coach and is responsible for all training issues within the Ivy League .
successes
- Vice European champion with the team: 1990, 1993, 1994
- German individual champion : 9 titles (1988− 1993 , 1995, 1996, 2002)
- Sportsman of the year in Paderborn : 1992
Web links
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
- Profile at dartmouthsports.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Married To The Coach? The Strange Journey of Dartmouth's Valeria Wiens ( Memento from July 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Hansi Wiens on munzinger.de. Retrieved February 22, 2013
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vienna, Hansi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vienna, Johann (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German squash player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Novosibirsk , Germany |