Juerg Wartenweiler
Jürg Wartenweiler (born November 30, 1915 in Frauenfeld ; † November 9, 1976 in Küsnacht ) was the first professor of sports science and one of the founders of sports science biomechanics . He was a multiple Swiss university champion in swimming and later active in water polo .
Life
As the son of the writer and popular educator Fritz Wartenweiler , he received his primary school education at home. Then Wartenweiler attended the cantonal school in Frauenfeld, where he passed the Matura in 1934 . In 1934/35 he was trained as a gymnastics teacher at the Danish gymnastics school in Ollerup Sogn with Niels Bukh . From 1935 he studied natural sciences at the University of Basel and at the same time completed the gymnastics and sports teacher course I. In 1936 he moved to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zurich , where he completed a comprehensive teaching degree. From 1939 he worked as an assistant teacher for gymnastics in Winterthur and Zurich . In 1943 the doctorate to Dr. phil. at the University of Zurich (dissertation: growth and shape of the human foot ) with the main subject anthropology and human anatomy and the minor subjects psychology , geography , zoology and comparative anatomy. At the same time he qualified as a lieutenant / first lieutenant, where he was a training officer of the Bat. 84 served. In 1944 he also passed the diploma sports teacher examination II at the ETH Zurich .
After the end of the war he was an assistant teacher for geography and gymnastics at the secondary school for girls in Zurich from 1945 . From 1946 he was also a lecturer for physical exercise at the ETH Zurich and for girls' gymnastics at the Cantonal University College in Zurich. In 1947 he was appointed associate professor for the theory of physical exercise at the ETH Zurich and, as institute director, he was responsible for the training of certified sports teachers in Switzerland. Here he set up the biomechanics laboratory that met the requirements of the ETH for top international research. His research interest was the systematization of human movement, whereby he was also based on historical models from Leonardo da Vinci , which he tried to systematize with the most modern technology with regard to optimal learning paths . In 1967 he organized the 1st International Congress for Biomechanics at the ETH, from whose participants the International Society for Biomechanics was founded. The WorldCat contains 33 works by him. He died of cancer.
Awards
- 1970 Philip Noel-Baker Prize for research from the World Council on Sports Science and Physical Education
- 1973 Founding President of the International Society of Biomechanics
- 1975 admission to the National Academy of Kinesiology as a Fellow
- Since 1977 annual Jürg Wartenweiler Memorial Lecture of the International Society of Biomechanics
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Gygax and Arturo Hotz: 50 years of gymnastics and sport at the ETH Zurich . Zurich: ETH 1986.
- ↑ http://www.ethlife.ethz.ch/archive_articles/110620_Biomechanik
- ↑ Arnd Krüger : Trasybulos. Or why we have to start earlier with the history of sports science. In: N. GISSEL, JK RÜHL & J. TEICHLER (eds.): Sport as science. Hamburg: Czwalina 1997, pp. 57-74. ISBN 3-88020-308-3 .
- ↑ https://isbweb.org/about-us/general-information
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wartenweiler, Juerg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wartenweiler, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss biomechanics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frauenfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1976 |
| Place of death | Küsnacht |