Peter Hattig

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Peter Hattig (born March 23, 1939 in Dortmund ; † December 12, 2017 in Kirchhundem ) was a German national handball player and teacher.

Athletic career

Peter Hattig's sporting career began in 1961 when he moved from PSV Dortmund to TuS Wellinghofen . In 1971 he ended his sporting career.

As a member of the national handball team of the Federal Republic of Germany , he took part in the last field handball world championship in 1966 in Linz , Austria . With a 15:15 against the GDR team on the sixth match day, the selection was the tournament winner and secured the title of “Eternal World Champion”.

For winning the 1966 World Cup, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on July 3, 1966 .

His brothers Michael and Fritz were also successful Bundesliga handball players. After his active sports career, the latter became a handball commentator for ZDF and reported, among other things, on the 1978 World Cup final, which the Federal Republic of Germany won 20:19 against the Soviet Union.

Professional background

After finishing his sporting career, Peter Hattig studied social sciences , German , history and sport in Carbondale , Illinois ( USA ) and in Münster .

In 1992 he became headmaster at the Lennestadt high school , a position he held until he retired in 2003. Most recently he lived with his family in Kirchhundem.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the WAZ , accessed on December 20, 2017
  2. Jump up spirit, soul of man. In: come-on.de. Märkischer Zeitungsverlag GmbH & Co. KG, December 14, 2017, accessed on December 20, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Meinolf Wagner: Peter Hattig: The critical distance to handball remains. In: derwesten.de. April 14, 2015, accessed February 20, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Sports report of the Federal Government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag - Printed matter 7/1040 - page 59
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Horn: 90 years of high school in Lennestadt-Altenhundem - 40 years of the association of former students of the Lennestadt high school in Lennestadt 2001, p. 129.
  6. ^ High school in the city of Lennestadt. Time travel. 100 years of tradition, diversity, progress. Lennestadt, undated, p. 26.
personal data
SURNAME Hattig, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German handball player and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 2017
Place of death Kirchhundem