Harm Beyer

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Harm Beyer (born June 28, 1936 in Hamburg ; † February 24, 2018 there ) was a German judge and swimming sports official .

Life

Harm Beyer was born on June 28, 1936 in Hamburg. He grew up in the Karolinenviertel . Like his two parents, he did not want to become a teacher. Instead, he was aiming for a career as a lawyer , "because as a lawyer you have so many options," he explained. From 1956 to 1960 he studied law at the Universities of Hamburg and Tübingen . From the spring of 1965 he was a judge at the Hamburg District Court . When he left the service in 2001, he held the position of supervising judge.

The young water sports enthusiast Beyer also began volunteering in clubs at the age of 18. He later became the youth leader of the Hamburg Swimming Association and in 1966 joined the youth committee of the German Swimming Association (DSV). In 1969 he became chairman of the Hamburg Swimming Association and in 1975 Vice President of the German Swimming Association, which at that time still resided in Munich. In 1977 he was elected to the head of the association. Beyer held the office of president until 1987. During his term of office, the World Swimming Championships in 1978 in West Berlin and the 100th anniversary of the DSV in Bonn in 1986 also fell. On the occasion of the anniversary celebrations, the World Swimming Federation FINA and the European Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN) met in Bonn. The latter awarded Germany the contract to host the 19th European Championships in 1989 . Beyer chose the delegates as treasurer of the LEN Bureau . Beyer remained in this office until 1994. He also served as Secretary General from 1992 to 1998 . In total, he was active in the European Swimming Federation for 20 years. He was also a member of the FINA Presidium from 1984 to 1996. He then headed the doping court of the World Swimming Association as chairman of the doping panel. Another big moment in Harm Beyer's functionary life was the 2002 European Championships in Berlin, for which he was responsible as head of the organizing committee.

The man who died on February 24, 2018, left behind a wife and two daughters.

Merits and controversy

Harm Beyer had "become known to the general public as one of the highest German sports officials". For two decades he shaped German and international swimming like no other.

The LEN's letter of condolence states:

“Such a devoted and hard-working figure, a man who dedicated so much of his life to the Aquatic World, he will be strongly missed and remembered, for his activity in LEN and at the German Swimming movement. [...] He led the so-called Structure Committee which had laid down the fundaments of the current organization of LEN, transforming our federation into a modern governing body in the world of sport. "

“Such a dedicated and hard-working personality, a man who has devoted so much life to water sports, will be very much missed and remembered because of his commitment by the LEN and the German swimming movement. [...] He headed the so-called structure committee, which laid the foundations of the current organization of the LEN and made our association a modern government body in the world of sports. "

- Paolo Barelli, LEN President : Letter of condolence to the DSV

However, the exuberant praise is also countered by harsh criticism. After her Olympic victory in Barcelona in 1992, Dagmar Hase accused Beyer of playing a double game because he was actually there for the fight against doping, but protecting the doping athletes and also speaking out in public for the release of doping substances. The attacked person then resigned, but stated that it had been his intention to pursue doping consistently, but that the association's management had prevented him from doing so. Only a short time later, Beyer openly propagated the controlled release of performance-enhancing preparations, because doping was already taking place all over the world.

Years later he made a name for himself in this regard. His statement that the ideals of Coubertin and Jahn would not apply more and we must now exploit organized the opportunities available to an unmatched create athletes potential, rated Klaus flower in his book The doping Republic as content and language of the Third Reich or close to the GDR . Beyer finally had to vacate his position on the FINA doping panel in 2009.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Wolfgang Philipps: Harm Beyer died. In: deutsche-wasserball-liga.de. February 26, 2018, accessed June 20, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d (HG): The DSV mourns Harm Beyer. Obituary. In: dsv.de. February 26, 2018, accessed June 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Uwe Bahnsen: Harm Beyer - A judge accounts. WELT talk with the supervising judge at the Hamburg district court about deficiencies and deficits in the judiciary. In: welt.de. May 14, 2001. Retrieved June 20, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Ralf Nehmzow: Judge Beyer: The judgments are getting worse and worse! After 35 years, the district judge is retiring - with a critical inventory of the Hamburg judiciary. In: Abendblatt.de. May 3, 2001, Retrieved September 10, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Beyer, Harm, p. 40 f .
  6. ↑ Paolo Barelli: LEN condolence on the death of Harm Beyer (PDF). (PDF; 83 KB) In: dsv.de. February 26, 2018, accessed June 20, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b (os): Dagmar Hase . German swimmer. In: Munzinger Internationales Sportarchiv . No. 48/1996 . Munzinger-Archiv GmbH, November 18, 1996, ISSN  0934-9707 ( munzinger.de [accessed on September 10, 2018]).
  8. ↑ a b Gerd Schneider: Two leading actresses in perfect dramaturgy. Swimming World Cup. In: faz.net. July 23, 2003, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  9. ^ After the indictment of Olympic champion Hase: Harm Beyer resigned. In: neue-deutschland.de. July 31, 1992, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Peter Hoepping: anti-doping symposium . In: Report. The swimming journal . No. 3/1992 , 1992, Beyer: Let die hypocrisy, p. 6 ( scribd.com [accessed September 10, 2018]).
  11. ↑ Klaus Blume: The doping republic. A (German-) German sports history . 1st edition. Rotbuch Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86789-560-6 , 3rd chapter. The simulated anti-doping fight. "Hypocritical Germany". Prof. Werner Francke, molecular biologist at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg (unpaginated).
  12. ↑ SID Multimedia : Beyer is not satisfied with the current controls. Harm Beyer called for the controls to be improved on the sidelines of the World Cup: "This is the only way to keep the evil within limits," said the former chairman of the FINA doping court. In: swimpool.de. Swimming Association North Rhine-Westphalia eV, January 8, 2009, accessed on September 10, 2018 .

Web links

  • Obituary of the DSV with a letter of condolence from the LEN attached as a PDF
personal data
SURNAME Beyer, Harm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judge and swimming sports official
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2018
Place of death Hamburg