Karl Weber (doctor)

Karl Weber (born August 10, 1942 in Wangen im Allgäu ) is a German sports doctor, sports scientist and functionary. In 1999 he was President of the German Tennis Federation .

Life

Weber first completed a degree in sports science in Cologne, which he completed in 1966 as a certified sports teacher. He then completed a medical degree in 1974.

In 1986 Weber was appointed professor at the Institute for Movement and Neuroscience at the German Sport University in Cologne . From 1991 to 1995 he was Vice Rector of the university. He has now retired .

Weber, an active tennis player since he was eleven, worked for the German Tennis Association from 1989 to 1997 as a consultant for sports science and a member of the examination board for A-trainers. In 1999 he was its president for one year.

Publications (selection)

• Tennis fitness: health, training, sports medicine. BLV-Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich / Vienna / Zurich 1982.
• Tennis from an internal and sports medical perspective. Publisher Hans Richarz, Sankt Augustin 1987.

Literature and web links

• Karl Weber in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
• Toralf Blitzer: The presidents of the German Tennis Association. From: Deutscher Tennis Bund (Ed.): Tennis in Germany. From the beginning until 2002. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-428-10846-9 . Pp. 288-292
• President from 1902 until today. German Tennis Association, accessed January 30, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Univ.-Prof. em. Dr. Karl Weber. Sport University Cologne, accessed on January 30, 2015 .