Karl-Heinz Sturm

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Karl-Heinz Sturm (born February 28, 1924 in Delitzsch ) is a former German tennis player and sports official . He was president of the German Tennis Association of the GDR .

Life

Sturm was an active tennis player from 1938. He did military service during World War II and was a prisoner of war from 1944 to 1946 .

After his return from captivity, he completed a sports teacher degree at the Martin Luther University (MLU) Halle (Saale) . In 1953 he became a research assistant, later head of the study department at MLU Halle. The university professor worked as a young trainer for the company sports community (BSG) Chemie Buna Schkopau and as chairman of the commission for the promotion of young talent of the German Tennis Association (DTV).

In the 1950s he was five times GDR champion in tennis singles (1951, 1952, 1954, 1955 and 1956).

Sturm was Vice President from 1966 to 1974, then President of the German Tennis Association of the GDR from 1974 to 1987. He was also a member of the federal executive committee of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation and was a member of the SED . In October 1981 he was awarded the Badge of Honor for Physical Culture and Sport of the German Democratic Republic . After the fall of the Wall in the GDR , he became managing director of a multimedia company in Berlin in 1992 .

Fonts (selection)

  • Tennis: technique, tactics, training . Sports publishing house, Berlin 1964.
  • Teaching program for the training of level 1, 2 and 3 trainers. Special theory, methodology and practice . German Tennis Association of the GDR, Berlin 1969.
  • New tennis textbook . Sportverlag, Berlin 1964 (3rd edition, 1982; translation into Portuguese: Ténis . Ed. Estampa, Lisbon 1982).

literature

  • Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X , p. 317.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 914.
  • Ulrich Kaiser, German Tennis Association (Ed.): Tennis in Germany. From the beginning to 2002. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 978-3-428-10846-6 , p. 299.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berliner Zeitung , October 15, 1981, p. 6.
  2. ↑ Federal Archives - DY 12 German Gymnastics and Sports Association (DTSB), 2.6.28 German Tennis Association of the GDR
  3. ↑ Berliner Zeitung , October 10, 1981, p. 6.
  4. ^ According to the commercial register in: Berliner Zeitung , 11. December 1992, p. 20.
personal data
SURNAME Sturm, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German tennis player and sports official, President of the German Tennis Association of the GDR (DTV)
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Delitzsch