Klaus Willimczik

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Klaus Willimczik (born April 23, 1940 in Königsberg ( East Prussia )) is a German sports scientist and former athlete . As a sports scientist, he has made an outstanding contribution to the theoretical foundation of sports science .

Life

Willimczik was German champion over 110 meter hurdles in 1961 and 1963 and started for USC Mainz, where he was trained by Berno Wischmann . He became a sports scientist when sports science was founded in the early 1970s. Doctorate in philosophy at the Philosophical Faculty of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz with a historical-philosophical topic. He completed his habilitation in 1971 at the University of Frankfurt with a biomechanical thesis on the 110-meter hurdles and in the same year became professor of sports science at the TU Darmstadt . From 1971 to 1973 he was also director of the institute for physical exercise at the TH Darmstadt. From 1980 to 2005 he researched and taught at Bielefeld University . He has been retired since 2005. Since 2007 he has been visiting professor at the University of Darmstadt.

Act

Willimczik's main concern was, on the one hand, to establish a close connection between (sports) practice and theory and, on the other hand, between empirical and theoretical work. On the one hand, the PhD philosopher wrote a four-volume scientific-theoretical justification for an interdisciplinary sports science, which at the beginning of the 1970s was (initially only) intended for educational and sports policy purposes. On the other hand, he carried out numerous empirical studies on movement theory and sport psychology. He drew his practical experience from competitive sports. He was multiple German champion in the 110 meter hurdles and national coach in this discipline. As President of the German Association for Sports Science (1979 to 1985) and as President of the Committee for German Physical Education (1981 to 1983), he successfully endeavored to establish and consolidate the paradigm of an interdisciplinary sports science institutionally.

Award

In 1999 Willimczik was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Sports Science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz .

Bibliography (monographs, selection)

  • 1968: Scientific theoretical aspects of a sports science , Frankfurt / M .: Limpert.
  • 1983: Movement theory (together with Klaus Roth), Reinbek: Rowohlt, ISBN 3-499-17048-5 .
  • 1989: Biomechanics of Sports (Ed.), Reinbek: Rowohlt, ISBN 3-499-18601-2 .
  • 1999: Statistics in Sport: Basics - Procedures - Applications , Hamburg: Feldhaus.
  • 2001: Sports science interdisciplinary: history, structure and subject matter of sports science , Hamburg: Feldhaus.
  • 2002: Social science research methods in sports science (Ed., Together with Roland Singer), Hamburg: Feldhaus.
  • 2003: Interdisciplinary Sports Science, Volume 2: Research Programs and Theory Building in Sports Science , Hamburg: Czwalina, ISBN 3-88020-389-X .
  • 2010: Interdisciplinary Sports Science, Volume 3: Research Methodology and Responsibility in Sports Science , Hamburg: Czwalina, ISBN 978-3-88020-390-7 .
  • 2011: Sports science interdisciplinary, Volume 4: The sports science sub-disciplines in their position on sports science , Hamburg: Czwalina, ISBN 978-3-88020-391-4 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. em Dr. Dr. hc Klaus Willimczik
personal data
SURNAME Willimczik, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports scientist and athlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg