Romain Schockmel

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Romain Schockmel (born 1961 or 1962) is a former Luxembourg handball player and is now a functional . He has been chairman of the Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Handball (FLH) since 2016 , and Schockmel's main profession is a surgeon .

Career

Schockmel studied general medicine at the Free University of Brussels . For his specialist training he switched to the University of Liège , where he specialized in the areas of thoracic and vascular surgery and later headed the relevant department at the university hospital for two years. As of 2019, he runs a practice in Esch and is chairman of the Association of Luxembourg Vascular Surgeons. In the 2017 local elections , Schockmel, who lives in the Steinbrücken district, ran for a seat on the Monnerich local council for the social democratic LSAP , but was unsuccessful.

Handball

Schockmel also played for the Hessian club TV Hüttenberg during his active time . As of the beginning of 2019, he is the only Luxembourger to have played in the top German league . 1981 Schockmel was appointed to the national team for the first time , a total of 48 international appearances there and threw 119 goals. In May 2016 he was elected President of the Luxembourg handball association FLH as a member of HB Esch . He succeeded Dan Epps , who had made his office available.

Individual evidence

  1. Main page and brief introduction to Schockmel on his practice's website, accessed on October 19, 2019 (French)
  2. Romain Schockmel on the LSAP website, accessed on October 19, 2019.
  3. Local election results Monnerich 2017 on the website of the Luxembourg government, accessed on 19 October 2019.
  4. Fernand Schott: The stony way abroad - Luxembourg handball players in international performance centers. Tageblatt , January 3, 2019. Completely readable on the website of the Handball Dudelange club , accessed on October 19, 2019.
  5. Statistical overview of the Luxembourg national handball players on the FLH website, accessed on October 19, 2019.
  6. Schockmel new boss of the Luxembourg handball players. L'essentiel , May 2, 2016, accessed October 19, 2019.