Klaus Steinbach

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Klaus Steinbach (born December 14, 1953 in Kleve ) is a German swimming athlete and sports official .

Life

Steinbach studied medicine at the Saarland University Medical Center from 1976 to 1983 in Homburg and received his doctorate in 1986. His dissertation is entitled Investigations into the value of bicycle ergometry for performance diagnostics and training control in swimming . The specialist in orthopedics as well as physical and rehabilitative medicine has been working for the Hochwald Clinics in Weiskirchen as chief physician since 1992 and since 1997 as medical director. On April 4, 2017 he was awarded the Saarland Order of Merit.

He is married with two children and lives in Lebach . His daughter Laura (* 1985) is the current German national handball player .

Klaus Steinbach's sister Angela was also a successful swimmer and participated in world championships and the Olympic Games.

Sporting successes

Klaus Steinbach was a successful swimmer, he won five European championship titles in various relay competitions, but had to admit defeat to his rival Peter Nocke in the individual race over 200 meters freestyle in 1974 (European championship in Vienna) and settle for second place behind his conqueror, with which he then was satisfied at the swimming world championships in 1975 in Cali world champion with the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , he won the silver medal in the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay and in 1976 in Montréal bronze with the 4 × 100-meter relay. Numerous German championship titles in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle were also among his successes.

When he ended his active sports career in 1980, he was able to book 25 national championship titles and 64 German and nine European records.

On November 11, 1972, he was honored with the silver laurel leaf in recognition of his athletic achievements.

Career as a sports official

Steinbach has been a member of the presidium of the National Olympic Committee (NOK) for Germany since 1997 and its president since November 3, 2002. His term of office ended with the merger of NOK and DSB to form the German Olympic Sports Confederation in May 2006, the first president of which was Thomas Bach .

Steinbach was Chef de Mission of the German team at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 , and has also been a member of the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2003 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcement of awards of the Saarland Order of Merit . In: Head of the State (ed.): Official Journal of the Saarland Part I . No. 21 . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, Saarbrücken May 24, 2017, p. 510 ( saarland.de [accessed June 28, 2017]).
  2. ^ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 77
personal data
SURNAME Steinbach, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete and sports official
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleve