Martin Romig

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Martin Anthony Romig (born September 8, 1967 in Newton (Massachusetts) ) is a German basketball official . He is the manager of the Bundesliga club Crailsheim Merlins .

career

Romig's parents, who came from Nuremberg , emigrated to Canada before moving on to the United States, where his father, a trained furrier , had taken a job in the fashion industry. Born in Newton  , Massachusetts , Romig grew up as a young child on Long Island , playing baseball and ice hockey before moving to Crailsheim with his parents . He came into contact with basketball through a working group at the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium in Crailsheim and in 1986 was one of the founding members of the basketball department of TSV Crailsheim . He graduated from the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, studied business administration in Nuremberg and ran a sports shop in Crailsheim.

Romig, whose nickname “Präse” goes back to an excursion to France, where he was addressed as the head of the TSV basketball team as president, has played a decisive role in the development of the Crailsheim basketball department since it was founded in 1986, which in addition to the game operations and the advancement of the Basketball also occasionally appeared as a café operator at the Crailsheimer Volksfest. This improved the department's finances and increased awareness. Under Romig as head of department and “doer”, TSV Crailsheim (later Crailsheim Merlins ) worked its way up league by league, in 2001 the team was promoted to the 2nd basketball league  . The first promotion to the basketball league followed in 2014 .

In July 2015, the operation of the professional team was transferred from TSV Crailsheim to the newly founded Crailsheim Merlins GmbH, Romig became the company's managing director. In 2018 the Crailsheimers achieved the second Bundesliga promotion in Romig's tenure.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Michael Körner: We know that we know nothing. In: Podcast: Basketball Department. Magenta Sport, March 10, 2020, accessed on March 10, 2020 (German).
  3. ^ PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .
  4. ^ A b Südwest Presse Online -dienste GmbH: Interview: Martin Romig on sustainability, moving to the Arena Hohenlohe and the first league . In: swp.de . May 26, 2014 ( swp.de [accessed July 28, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Merlins: It all started 30 years ago with the Crailsheim Merlins . In: swp.de . January 22, 2016 ( swp.de [accessed July 28, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Business Lounge Magazine - network magazine for decision-makers - networks with a difference. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .
  7. ^ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart, Germany: Basketball - Crailsheim Merlins: The magician's fairy tale . In: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de . ( stuttgarter-nachrichten.de [accessed on July 28, 2018]).
  8. ^ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Merlins: First team of the Merlins will be organized as a GmbH in future - unanimous vote . In: swp.de . July 1, 2015 ( swp.de [accessed July 28, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Extract from the commercial register for Crailsheim Merlins GmbH from Crailsheim (HRB 732322). Retrieved July 28, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Crailsheim: A magical season comes to an end with goose bumps . In: swp.de . May 8, 2018 ( swp.de [accessed July 28, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Romig, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Romig, Martin Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German basketball official
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Newton (Massachusetts)