Jürgen Palm

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Jürgen Palm (born June 25, 1935 in Solingen , † August 16, 2006 in Rapid Springs ) was a German sports official . He became known in particular as a co-founder of the “ trim yourself movement ”.

Life

Palm volunteered as a children's gymnastics supervisor in the Solingen Gymnastics Association from the age of 16. He passed his Abitur in 1955 and then studied at the German Sport University in Cologne . After completing his diploma, he worked in the school service, but took up the position of Federal Youth Secretary of the German Gymnastics Youth as early as 1958 and in this position became the successor of Ommo Grupe . In 1960, Palm took up his position as a full-time public sports advisor at the German Sports Association (DSB). As part of this activity, he was responsible, in particular in collaboration with Jürgen Dieckert, for the elaboration and implementation of the "trim yourself movement", which was developed at the behest of the then DSB chairman Willi Daume . He has been called the "trim father of the nation". As an author or co-author, Palm brought out several books on the subject of popular sport, including "Exercise with - stay fit: Practice for the exercise instructor" (1965), "Sport for everyone" (1971), "Trimm Dich amochen" (1972) and " An active beauty program is good for your appearance ”.

Palm campaigned for the establishment of an international mass sports association, which happened in 1991 with TAFISA . He took over the office of president, which he held until 2005. He was then appointed Honorary President of TAFISA. A prize was also named after Palm, which was awarded as the most important award by TAFISA, including Walther Tröger and Gudrun Doll-Tepper .

In 1989 he was involved in the introduction of the “Integration through Sport” program. In 1991 his doctoral thesis on "Sport for All: Approaches from Utopia to Reality" was accepted in Budapest. In the further course of his professional life he was made an honorary professor. In 1998 he left the service at the German Sports Association. Nevertheless, he remained active as a sports official, launching the “Sport is Germany good” campaign in 2002 and the “Star of Sports” award in 2003.

In articles and essays that were published in compilations as well as the magazine of the General German University Sports Association , the magazine of the German Olympic Society (“Olympic Fire”) and other specialist journals, Palm dealt with topics such as “The human being and movement in the virtual world ”, fitness sport,“ animation in recreational sport ”“ Olympic idea and sport for everyone ”,“ Sport as economic and social capital ”“ The sports club - profit-oriented service company or ideal world of experience? ”and“ What does sport mean for society ". In 1997 he brought “participation in the sports club. Workbooks for modern club management ”.

In 2004 he received the "Dwight D. Eisenhower Fitness Award" from the US Association for Sports Art, History and Literature American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA).

Palm suffered a heart attack while in the United States in August 2006 and died in Rapid Springs. On the occasion of Palm's death, Thomas Bach described him as "one of the great pioneers of popular sport in Germany and around the world".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In memory of the "trim father of the nation". In: dosb.de. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The co-founder of the trim movement turns 80. In: sportwissenschaft.de. January 3, 2019, accessed June 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Wildor Hollmann: Obituary for Prof. Dr. Jürgen Palm. (PDF) In: GERMAN ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR SPORTMEDIZIN, Volume 57, No. 10 (2006). Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Jürgen Palm, the "trim father of the nation" would have been 80 years old - Prof. Detlef Kuhlmann. In: German Road Races. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Jürgen Palm: Exercise - stay fit: Practice for the trainer . Hamburger Sport-Bund, 1965 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Jürgen Palm: Sport for everyone . DSB, 1971 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Lilo Palm: Exercise on the weekend (=  Deutscher Sportbund, Trimm Dich durch Sport, 17 ). 1st edition. German Sportbund, 1972 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Jürgen Palm: Good for your appearance: a program of active beauty care (=  Deutscher Sportbund, Trimm Dich durch Sport, 46 ). 1st edition. German Sportbund, 1987 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Tribute to Prof. Dr. Jürgen Palm. (PDF) In: TAFISA 1991–2011; 20 Years For An Active World. The Association For International Sport for All eV (TAFISA), accessed June 12, 2019 .
  10. ↑ 16th TAFISA World Congress in Warsaw - Prof. Dr. Jürgen Palm appointed TAFISA Honorary President. In: dosb.de. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  11. ↑ EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Receives TAFISA Jürgen Palm Award | TAFISA. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Tafisa awards | TAFISA. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Interview with Prof. Jürgen Palm, former managing director of the German Sports Confederation. In: dosb.de. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Juergen Palm: Sport for All: approaches from Utopia to reality (=  Sport science studies ). 1st edition. Hofmann, 1991, ISBN 3-7780-6451-7 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  15. ↑ a b The German Olympic Sports Confederation mourns the loss of the “fitness father of the nation” Jürgen Palm. In: dosb.de. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Juergen Palm: Man and movement in the virtual world . In: Olympic fire . tape 50 , no. 6 , 2000, ISSN  0471-5640 , p. 9–13 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  17. ↑ Juergen Palm, Hans-Georg Ilker, Manfred Ramme: Fitness as a club task - competition with commercial people . 1990, ISBN 3-88020-212-5 , pp. 48–59 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  18. ↑ Juergen Palm: Animation in Recreational Sports - Expectations of the Participant . In: Sports practice in schools and clubs . tape 23 , no. 12 , 1982, ISSN  0173-2528 , pp. 223–224, 238 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  19. ↑ Juergen Palm: Olympic Idea and Sport for Everyone: The pillars of modern movement culture . In: Olympic fire . No. 3 , 2005, ISSN  0471-5640 , p. 8–11 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  20. ↑ Juergen Palm: Sport as economic and social capital . 2003, ISBN 3-932079-79-5 , pp. 27–38 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  21. ↑ Juergen Palm: The sports club - profit-oriented service company or ideal world of experience? In: Olympic fire . No. 3 , 1996, ISSN  0471-5640 , p. 9–15 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  22. ↑ Juergen Palm: What sport means for society . In: Olympic fire . No. 2 , 2002, ISSN  0471-5640 , p. 27–29 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  23. ^ Juergen Palm: Collaboration in the sports club. Work books for modern club management . Deutscher Sportbund, 1997, ISBN 3-89152-065-4 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
  24. ^ Dwight D. Eisenhower Fitness Award. In: ASAMA // The American Sport Art Museum & Archives. March 13, 2015, accessed June 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Palm, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports official
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 2006
Place of death Rapid Springs