Heinz Körvers
Heinz Körvers (born July 3, 1915 in Bönninghardt ; † December 29, 1942 near Stalingrad ) was a German handball player .
Körvers first played at MSV Hindenburg Minden , with whom he won the title at the German Championships in 1936. The goalkeeper became Olympic champion with the German national handball team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin . Between 1935 and 1941 he played a total of five international matches. In the course of his sporting career he also played for the Linforter Spielverein, with which he reached the German final two more times in 1939 and 1940 and in 1940 won his second championship title. Most recently he was active at MTV Braunschweig from October 1941 .
During the Second World War , his military service took him to the Eastern Front as a sergeant , where he died in the Battle of Stalingrad in late 1942 .
literature
- Ernst-Günther Poch: warn the fate of athletes! , 1991, pp. 21/22.
- Thomas Ohl: Heinz Körvers - Olympic Champion from Lintfort , in: Yearbook District Wesel 2010, p. 116 ff.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Körvers, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1942 |
| Place of death | at Stalingrad |