Peter Krebs (handball player)

Peter Krebs

Player information
Nickname	"Piet"
birthday	June 9, 1957
place of birth	Olsztyn
citizenship	German
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1978-1983	GWD Minden
1983-1990	TUSEM food
As of August 18, 2014

Peter "Piet" Krebs (born June 9, 1957 in Olsztyn ) is a former handball player and sports journalist.

player

Peter Krebs played in a total of 300 handball Bundesliga games from 1978 to 1990 and was German champion and cup winner several times during his active handball career with the GWD Minden and TUSEM Essen clubs . He was considered one of the best defensive players on the international stage. With GWD Minden, Piet Krebs won the German Cup in 1979 in his second year at the club. After moving to TUSEM Essen, the defense specialist celebrated five titles within four seasons with his teammates, including Alfreð Gíslason , Jochen Fraatz and Stefan Hecker . The era is still considered to be TUSEM Essen's most successful period.

journalist

Piet Krebs also studied journalism from 1983 to 1989 at the University of Dortmund . His diploma thesis dealt with the topic "Sport Bild - strategy and new development of a sports magazine". After completing his studies and his active handball career, Piet Krebs worked from 1992 to 2000 as head of service for Sat.1 television and in this role was also responsible for the sports program ran . In 2001, Krebs switched to what was then DSF ( German sports television ; today Sport1 ) as deputy editor-in-chief . From 2006 to 2009 he was also managing director of the operating company of the handball Bundesliga club HSV Hamburg . He then worked for various TV broadcasters' sports editors and was a regular guest lecturer at the "Medienakademie" in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich.

Piet Krebs lives on the Priwall on the Baltic Sea. He is married and has a son. His wife Gabriele Krebs was regularly in front of the camera as an expert for HSE24 and in 2017 she published the book Schicksal, schau mal - Vier Sternenkinder und ein Max .

Success as a player

• German champion (3): 1986 , 1987 , 1989 with TUSEM Essen
• DHB Cup winners (2): 1979 with GWD Minden, 1988 with TUSEM Essen
• European Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1989 with TUSEM Essen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Commercial Register of the AG Hamburg , HRB 91993 "HSV Handball Betriebsgesellschaft mbH"
2. ↑ The TuSEM era began 25 years ago . derwesten.de, October 25, 2016