Jan-Jochen Rommel
Jan-Jochen Rommel (* 8. June 1969 in Hamburg ) is Vorstand- referee of the German Hockey Federation (DHB) and was from 1988 to 2003 referee in the hockey Bundesliga . Rommel is a banker and fully qualified lawyer, currently personal advisor to the board spokesman of the Hamburger Sparkasse and head of the board secretariat.
Jan-Jochen Rommel has been playing hockey at Germany's oldest hockey club, the Uhlenhorster HC, since his youth . As early as 1988 he was assigned game management in the women's Bundesliga. After a short time he made it to the elite league of men's hockey. Rommel was qualified as an international referee by the World Hockey Federation, FIH , and was classified as a so-called "Grade 1 Umpire" with the crown on the referee's badge. Among other things, he was a referee at the Champions Trophy and the Africa Cup. In 2004 Rommel announced his resignation as an active referee.
In 1993 Rommel succeeded Claude Seidler as junior referee assistant to the German Hockey Association. He held the office until 2003 and then proposed for election as his successor Michael von Ameln , who has held this office since then. Just two years later, Jan-Jochen Rommel succeeded Claude Seidler again: This time he was appointed to the board of referees and chairman of the DHB's committee for referees and rules .
Jan-Jochen Rommel is the son of the former president and current honorary president of the DHB Wolfgang Rommel and his wife Lilo. The two younger Rommel siblings were national hockey players.
Since 2004 Rommel has been "Umpire Manager" for the World Hockey Federation FIH and trains referees in other national associations in which support from the World Hockey Federation is advisable. In December 2006 he was appointed to the international referee commission of the FIH by the World Hockey Federation until 2010.
In addition, he gives lectures and seminars at the Sparkasse Academy in Northern Germany and trains savings bank specialists.
Web links
- German Hockey Association
- Portrait of the German Hockey Association
- Referee in the German Hockey Association
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rommel, Jan-Jochen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rommel, Jan-Jo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hockey player and referee, board member of the German Hockey Association |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |