Heinz Vogel (journalist)

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Heinz Vogel (born October 24, 1922 in Paplitz / Province of Saxony; † May 15, 1994 in Berlin ) was a German sports journalist .

Life

The active medium-distance athlete Heinz Vogel completed his traineeship as a sports journalist at the Berliner Zeitung in the GDR from 1949 . Soon he was also writing for West German newspapers - under the pseudonym Heinz Sperling for the specialist magazine Leichtathletik , under the pseudonym Stefan Henry for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). After moving to the Federal Republic of Germany, Heinz Vogel joined the editorial team of the Sports Information Service (SID) in Düsseldorf in 1958 as the successor to Gustav Schwenk , where he soon became a member of the editorial board and made a name for himself as one of Germany's leading athletics experts. From 1972 to 1990 Vogel worked as editor-in-chief of athletics in Berlin. Vogel reported on all major sports competitions (World and European Championships, Olympic Games) of his time. In 1986 the German Athletics Association awarded him the Heinz Cavalier Prize (today DLV Media Prize).

Heinz Vogel was famous for the athletics archive he had compiled himself and his excellent memory for facts. He also made his archive available to science. The FAZ called him a “walking encyclopedia” in its obituary, but also praised his “humorous sarcasm”, which made him extremely popular among colleagues and athletes. Heinz Vogel introduced himself to an audience of millions in the TV quiz Der Große Preis by Wim Thoelke , where he appeared twice as an athletics expert.

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. German Athletics Promotion and Project Society, Darmstadt 2005.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnd Krüger : Periodization and selection of the athletes in the Olympic year. Competitive sport (magazine) 3 (1973), 2, 91-99; also published in Russian translation in: Ljogka Atletika. (Moscow) (1973) No. 9 and 10.
  2. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 18, 1994, p. 34
  3. ↑ Keyword "Heinz Vogel" in: Klaus Amrhein: Biographical Handbook for the History of German Athletics 1898-2005. 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005
personal data
SURNAME Vogel, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sperling, Heinz (pseudonym); Henry, Stefan (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Paplitz , Province of Saxony
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1994
Place of death Berlin