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Reiner Witte (born March 15, 1955 ) is a German lawyer and former handball goalkeeper . From 2008 to 2014 he was President of the League Association of the Handball Bundesliga .
Witte learned the handball game at ATSV habenhausen under coach Hinrich Schwenker . At TV Grambke-Bremen he played in the handball Bundesliga ; he played five international matches for the German national team .
The lawyer was for many years chairman of the North German handball association and since 2002 vice-president law of the German Handball Federation (DHB) . At the Bundestag of the DHB in October 2008, he no longer ran for this post.
In June 2008, Witte was elected as the successor to the resigned Bernd-Uwe Hildebrandt as President of the League Association of the Toyota Handball Bundesliga without a dissenting vote. Witte emphasized: “I'm looking forward to my job, which is full of perspectives and challenges. Anyone who knows me knows that as league president I will stand up for the interests of all clubs in the 1st and 2nd leagues ”. After he did not run for re-election in 2014 for personal and health reasons, Uwe Schwenker was elected as his successor.
Witte is married and has two children, he lives in Langwedel (Weser) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ eurohandball.com: Reiner Witte's curriculum vitae (PDF file; 396 kB)
- ↑ www.toyota-handball.de
- ↑ tagesspiegel.de: Witte is the new President of the Handball Bundesliga , accessed on May 10, 2019
- ↑ www.focus.de
- ↑ handball-world.com: Uwe Schwenker new President of the Handball Bundesliga on July 3, 2014, accessed on July 3, 2014
- ↑ www.thw-provinzial.de
- ↑ www.branchen-info.net
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| SURNAME | Witte, Reiner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, President of the League Association of the Handball Bundesliga, handball goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1955 |