Hermann Schiechtl

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Hermann Schiechtl (born January 5, 1924 in Munich ; † February 1, 2016 there ) was a German civil engineer, ice dancer and president of the German Ice Skating Union .

Life

Hermann Schiechtl studied civil engineering in 1942/43 and from 1946 to 1948 and graduated in 1948 with a degree in engineering from the Technical University of Munich . He was initially employed at Hochtief AG . From 1957 to 1975 he was in charge of the construction department for structural and civil engineering at Lech-Elektrizitätswerke AG in Augsburg and at the same time was technical director of Schwäbische Kraftwerks- undversorgung GmbH in Augsburg. In 1976 he became an authorized signatory and head of the construction department of Bayerische Wasserkraftwerke AG in Munich and its board member. At the same time he took over the construction management of Lech-Elektrizitätswerke AG. In 1989 he retired.

He held numerous professional honorary positions, such as 20 years on the board of the German Association for Water Management and Cultural Building ; he was the founding president of the DVWK regional association of Bavaria.

He was married to Erika geb. Burger; there was a son from the marriage.

Ice dancing

Together with his later wife Erika Burger, he was active in the ice dance discipline of the 1950s in Munich EV and was Bavarian champion and third at the German figure skating championships in 1952 .

Hermann Schiechtl became a board member of the German Ice Skating Union DEU in 1954, at that time still a member of the German Ice Sports Association . He was a board member of the German Ice Skating Union and the German Ice Sports Association for 20 years. From 1989 to 1997 he was President of the Organizing Committee for Figure Skating Munich (OKEM).

In 1957 he was elected to the committees of the World Association of the International Skating Union ISU , from 1957 a member of the board and from 1980 to 1984 Vice President of the ISU.

He was particularly committed to the 1976 introduced recognition of ice dancing as an Olympic discipline .

honors and awards

  • Honorary Chairmanship of the German Ice Skating Union (1974)
  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1977)
  • Austrian Olympic Medal (1978)
  • Médaille de la jeunesse, des sports et de l'engagement associatif of the French Republic (1980)
  • Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1980)
  • Honorary member of the Bavarian Ice Sports Association (1980)
  • Silver Cross of Merit of Finnish Sports (1983)
  • Golden Ring of Honor with Diamond from the Bavarian Ice Sports Association (1984)
  • Honorary member of the German Ice Sports Association (1984)
  • Honorary Vice-President of the International Skating Union ISU (1984)
  • Medal of Merit of the Federal Association of German Hydroelectric Power Plants V. (1993)
  • Rudolf Schmick Prize of the Hydropower Working Group in Bavaria (1998)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Schiechtl's obituary notice , Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 27, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c d e "Hermann Schiechtl, DEU Honorary President and Grand Seigneur of Figure Skating turns 90" ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , German Ice Skating Union, January 5, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eislauf-union.de
  3. ↑ a b "Hermann Schiechtl 90 Years" , Society for the Promotion of Abwassertechnik eV (GFA), December 22, 2013
  4. ^ German figure skating championships until 1963 , accessed on March 6, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Schiechtl, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer, ice dancer and President of the German Ice Skating Union
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Bavaria , Germany
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2016
Place of death Munich , Bavaria , Germany