Jens Morgenstern

Jens Morgenstern (2019)

Jens Morgenstern (* 1965 ) is a German luge trainer and sport functional .

Life

Morgenstern comes from Zwickau . He discovered his passion for the sport of luge at an early age and at the age of 9 he started luge himself; As a 13-year-old he was involved in the construction of the Zwickau luge track at the Westsachsenstadion . He attended the children's and youth sports school in Oberwiesenthal and then completed vocational training with a high school diploma as a machining specialist , before studying sports science at the German University for Physical Culture in Leipzig . From 1991 to 1994 he worked as the Saxon state coach and from 1994 to 2006 as the North Rhine-Westphalian state coach tobogganing. He then worked as branch manager of the KreisSportBund Hochsauerlandkreis and until 2019 as honorary president of BSC Winterberg for a total of six years . In this function he participated in the implementation of sporting events in the Winterberger Veltins-Eisarena and was a multiple jury member of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation . In addition, he was a board member from 2014 to 2019 and chairman of the city marketing association Winterberg from 2015 to 2017.

At the beginning of March 2019, the shareholders of Wintersport Altenberg (Osterzgebirge) GmbH (the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains District Office , the city of Altenberg (Ore Mountains) and the Luge, Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association for Saxony) appointed Jens Morgenstern as Matthias' successor on June 1, 2019 Benesch as managing director of the operating company, which u. a. to the care of the luge and bobsleigh Altenberg care. He took up the post as planned.

Sources and further reading

Web links

Commons : Jens Morgenstern  - Collection of Images

• Uta Schirmer: Change of managing director at Wintersport Altenberg GmbH - Jens Morgenstern will take over from Matthias Benesch on June 1, 2019. In: wia-altenberg.de. Wintersport Altenberg GmbH, June 1, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ex-Zwickauer runs the Altenberg bobsleigh run. In: radiozwickau.de. Radio Zwickau , June 1, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Sandra Schmitt, Paul Senske: Farewell after many years of collaboration: The sports center says thank you. In: veltins-eisarena.de. Sportzentrum Winterberg Hochsauerland GmbH, May 31, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019 . 
3. ^ Ralf Hermann: City Marketing Association Winterberg says goodbye to Jens Morgenstern. In: winterberg.de. City Marketing Association Winterberg, March 4, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019 . 
4. ↑ New boss at the ice channel. In: saechsische.de. Sächsische Zeitung , March 1, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Jens Morgenstern becomes Benesch's successor in Altenberg. In: ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation, March 4, 2019, accessed June 3, 2019 . 
6. ^ Andreas Szabo: New boss for bobsleigh run in Altenberg. In: radiodresden.de. Radio Dresden , June 1, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019 .