Peter Hertel (surgeon)

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Peter Hertel (born June 13, 1943 in Berlin ) is a German medic and former rowing athlete. He was also President of the German Society for Trauma Surgery .

Career

After graduating from high school, Peter Hertel studied medicine in Berlin. After graduating, he specialized in trauma surgery within medical science , with a focus on the treatment of sports accidents . So he developed a special method for the treatment of cruciate ligament tears. As chief physician of the trauma surgeon at the Martin Luther Hospital in Berlin-Grunewald , he treated numerous footballers from the German national football team, as well as basketball and handball players. Hertel is a specialist in surgery and trauma surgery at the Sanssouci Clinic in Potsdam .

Peter Hertel is married to Jutta Stöck , the daughter of the 1936 Olympic athletics champion, Gerhard Stöck . The two have a daughter and two sons. Son Ole Hertel was third in the German Championships in 1997 in the shot put.

Athletic career

Peter Hertel did rowing during his studies. He became a member of the Berlin rowing club . In 1965 he won the German championship in a four-man with a helmsman with a Berlin racing team consisting of Rüdiger Henning , Peter Hertel, Ulrich Luhn , Peter Kuhn and helmsman Uwe Trompler . In 1966, the same crew took second place. In 1966 Hertel also won the German championship in eighth . In 1968 Hertel took second place at the German championships in the four-man championship together with Michael Schwan , Ulrich Luhn and Peter Kuhn .

A first international success was winning the silver medal in a four with helmsman for Henning, Hertel, Luhn, Kuhn and Trompler at the European Championships in Duisburg behind the boat from the Soviet Union in 1965 . The following year, the four rowers belonged to the Germany eighth , which initially won the German championships. At the 1966 World Championships in Bled (Yugoslavia), the German eighth rowed the gold medal with the cast of Horst Meyer , Dirk Schreyer , Michael Schwan, Ulrich Luhn, Peter Hertel, Rüdiger Henning, Lutz Ulbricht , Peter Kuhn and helmsman Peter Niehusen . For the world championship title, Hertel and the eight crew received the silver laurel leaf .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date and place of birth from Klaus Amrhein: Biographical Handbook on the History of German Athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft, p. 452, article about his son Ole Hertel
  2. ↑ The Surgeon for Football Stars , Der Tagesspiegel , June 12, 2006
  3. ↑ Peter Hertel , Klinik Sanssouci, accessed on March 28, 2019
  4. ↑ German championships in four with a helmsman on rrk-online
  5. ↑ German championships in the eighth on rrk-online
  6. ↑ German championships in four without a helmsman on rrk-online
  7. ↑ European championships in four with a helmsman on sport-komplett.de
  8. ↑ World Championships in figure eight on sport-komplett.de
  9. ^ Sports report of the Federal Government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag, printed matter 7/1040, page 74
personal data
SURNAME Hertel, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic and former rowing athlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin