Heinz Schöbel

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Heinz Schöbel (born  October 14, 1913 in Leipzig ; †  April 26, 1980 ibid) was a German publisher , author and high-ranking sports official in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1955 to 1973 he was President of the National Olympic Committee of the GDR and was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1966 until his death .

Life

Heinz Schöbel was born in 1913 as the son of a metalworker in Leipzig , where he attended elementary school and played football in the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association . From 1928 to 1931 he trained as a bookseller in his hometown . From 1931 to 1935 he was an assistant at F. Volckmar KG. From 1938 he worked as a department head and authorized signatory at Leipzig's Paul List Verlag, which he headed from 1945. From 1934 to 1939 he was a member of the Reich Association of German Booksellers. From 1939 to 1945 he was a sergeant in an artillery regiment .

After the end of the Second World War he first became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), from 1946 he belonged to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). In 1949 he founded the specialist book publisher Leipzig , which he later headed. From 1968 to 1978 he was director of the German publishing house for basic industry .

From 1953 to 1958, Heinz Schöbel headed the football section of the German Sports Committee , from which the German Football Association of the GDR emerged in 1958 . From February 26, 1955 to March 16, 1973 he was President of the National Olympic Committee of the GDR . Unlike his predecessor Kurt Edel , he was able to diplomatically resolve the conflicts with the West German NOK for Germany over the nomination of an all-German team for the 1956 Olympics in the interests of the IOC. From 1957 to 1980 he was a member of the presidium of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation , the central mass organization in the GDR for the field of sport. In 1966 he was inducted into the International Olympic Committee (IOC), of which he was a member until his death. He died in his hometown in 1980.

Schöbel belonged to the first generation of sports officials who regretted the division of Germany and, among other things , called it unfortunate . He was valued internationally for his humanistic education and multilingualism, so that he was easier to place as a member of the IOC than his predecessor in office, Kurt Edel .

Awards

The German University for Physical Culture in Leipzig awarded Heinz Schöbel an honorary doctorate in 1960 . He also received the Patriotic Order of Merit three times as well as the Star of Friendship of Nations and the Order of the Banner of Labor .

Fonts (selection)

  • Olympia and its games. Sportverlag, Berlin 1965, 1967, 1971, 2000 and 2002 (also Urania, Leipzig 1976, 1980 and 1988)
  • The four dimensions of the Avery Brundage. International Olympic Editions, Lausanne and Stuttgart 1968

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1980/ore151/ORE151t.pdf
  2. ^ Heinz Schöbel: Memories of Melbourne 1956 (reprint from: 1957). Contributions to the history of sports No. 35, p. 46; http://www.sportgeschichte.net/files/pdf/Beitrag35.pdf
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : Sport and Politics. From gymnastics father Jahn to state amateur. Torch bearer, Hanover 1975 ISBN 3-7716-2087-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Schöbel, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports functionary, President of the NOC of the GDR and member of the IOC
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1980
Place of death Leipzig