Klaus Greinert
Klaus Greinert (born June 3, 1940 in Berlin ) is a former German hockey player and Olympic participant . He played a total of 72 times for the German men's national hockey team .
Life & Sports Career
Klaus Greinert started playing hockey at a young age at Z88 Berlin. At the age of 14 he moved to the Berlin Hockey Club , with which he celebrated his greatest national successes. Among other things, he won the title of German champion seven times with the Berlin Hockey Club. 1961/62/63/65 in the field and 1962/63/65 in the hall. In 1967 he moved to Münchner SC , where he played until the beginning of 1969 and helped bring the MSC to the top of German hockey. In 1969 he moved to SC SaFo Frankfurt .
From 1965 to 1968 he was the captain of the German national team, with which he first took part in the Olympic Games in 1960 and was seventh. Eight years later he traveled with the German team to the games in Mexico City . Here the team came fourth.
For his sporting achievements he was honored on December 24, 1963 by being awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf.
Klaus Greinert's wife Jutta Greinert b. Röchling was also a German national hockey player. The Greinert family is involved as a patron of the Mannheimer HC , which became German champions in 2017.
He worked for the Röchling Group , where he was chairman of the family council until 2010. From July 10, 1997 to 2017, he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rheinmetall AG.
Web links
- Klaus Greinert in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ List of national hockey players
- ^ Sports report of the federal government of September 29, 1873 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 60
- ↑ https://www.mannheim.de/de/nachrichten/stadt-empfaengt-hockey-meister-mhc
- ↑ Rheinmetall AG Supervisory Board
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greinert, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |