Karlheinz Joura

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Karlheinz Joura (* 1942 in Bohemia ) is a German pipe maker and former competitive athlete.

Career

Joura was born in Bohemia in 1942 . In 1946 his family fled from there and settled in Rostock , where he spent his childhood. As a young man he became a machinist and was a good athlete. 1961 Joura belonged to the GDR - Olympic squad of the diver . During this time, he and his teammate Klaus Konzorr spent four hours a day preparing for competitions and then working the rest of the day as a mechanic on the large ships in the Rostock port. In the meantime they forged their plan to flee to West Germany , which they put into practice in the fall of 1961. Joura and Konzorr hid on a foggy night in a Danish freighter that was anchored in the port of Rostock. They remained undiscovered and so they managed to escape to Kiel. When Joura arrived in West Germany, he settled in Bremen , where he had friends. He and Klaus Konzorr continued to practice diving successfully. They came very close to qualifying for the Olympics but didn't make it in the end.

Joura then gave up professional sport and became a qualified sports teacher. During this time he wrote some sports science articles.

In 1970 he began to smoke pipes and in 1974, as an autodidact, playfully made his first pipes for himself and his fellow teachers. He enjoyed this work so much that after a year his first pipe was offered to a German dealer. He gave up his previous profession as a qualified sports teacher within three years and since 1979 Joura has been working full-time as a pipe maker.

Today Joura is one of the best pipe makers in the world, whose pipes cost up to EUR 12,000. Joura lives in Bremen, is married and has three children. His son Fabian also makes freehand pipes in addition to his studies.

literature

  • Valck, Julie: La pipe , Solar 1987, p. 125.
  • Crole, Robin: The Pipe: The Art and Lore of a Great Tradition , Prima Publishing 1999, p. 108.
  • Hill, Stan: Europe's pipe maker: brands and models , Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Godbee, Kevin: Karlheinz Joura and His Love of Freedom. In: https://pipesmagazine.com . September 9, 2015, accessed March 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b In focus . In: Günther, Daniel (Ed.): Mitte- Das Bremer City Magazin . Bremen August 22, 2013, p. 14 .
  3. ↑ Borderline experiences A sport friendship in the shadow of the wall. In: https://www.deutschlandradio.de . October 3, 2004, accessed March 10, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Knecht, Willi: Gifted laurel; German athletes between East and West . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Berlin 1969, p. 27 .
  5. ↑ BIG AND LITTLE JUMPS - TWICE FOR GERMANY . In: Swimming World and Junior Swimmer . tape 11 , 1970, pp. 51 .
  6. ↑ a b Ross, Stephen A .: In Good Taste . In: Pipes and Tobaccos . 2005, p. 28 .
  7. ↑ Joura, Karlheinz: Comparative studies on the behavior of cardiopulmonary criteria of male people on different ergometers and on the treadmill . 1969.
  8. ↑ Joura, Karlheinz u. a .: Comparative spiroergonomic studies on the effect and significance of treadmill and bicycle ergometer loads . In: Sports doctor Sportmed. 1971.
  9. ↑ Ross, Stephen A .: In Good Taste . In: Pipes and Tobaccos . 2005, p. 29-30 .
  10. ↑ a b Joura, Karlheinz: How it all began. In: http://www.joura.de . Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Handcraft in family tradition made in Bremen. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Joura, Karlheinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pipe maker and diver
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Bohemia