Sepp Renggli

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Josef “Sepp” Renggli (born April 1, 1924 in Kriens ; † January 9, 2015 ) was a Swiss sports journalist and author.

At the age of eight, Sepp Renggli decided to become a sports reporter. After graduating from school he did a commercial apprenticeship, then was employed as a secretary for the newspaper Sport . He succeeded in moving to the editorial office after initially being entrusted with writing small articles.

Then Renggli went to Radio Beromünster . There he initiated popular programs such as “Café Endspurt”, “Sport und Musik”, “Auto-Radio Schweiz” and the “Grand Prix Brunnenhof” music competition. From 1961 to 1986, Sepp Renggli was in charge of the “Sport and Tourism” department at Swiss radio, and from 1976 to 1989 he was director of the Zurich radio studio. From 1982 on he worked as a sports columnist, including for “ Weltwoche ”.

In the course of his professional life, Renggli reported on 47 events of the Tour de Suisse , 16 Olympic Games, cycling, skiing, bobsleigh and rowing world championships, the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia . In 1994 he was awarded the gold medal of the Swiss Sports Journalists' Association. He wrote 29 sports books, the last of which, “Our Most Beautiful Victory”, appeared after his death.

Sepp Renggli was married and had two sons who also became sports journalists. He died in 2015 at the age of 90. In its obituary for the “legendary sports reporter”, the NZZ praised him as a “master of word games” and “avant-garde in sport”. Another obituary read: "Without pictures, but in a pictorial language, Sepp Renggli conveyed the victories and defeats in the world of sports, the moments of jubilation, the seconds of horror and the dramas on and next to the games and Arenas. His voice was the voice of thrilling sport. "

Publications (selection)

  • With Arnold Wehrle: Mexico 68th Olympic Summer Games 1968. Gloria-Verlag, Bergdietikon 1968.
  • The Rössli-Spurt ... and another 66 sports stories. With cartoons from JÜSP. Nebelspalter-Verlag, Rorschach 1989, ISBN 3-85819-143-4 .
  • With Toni Nötzli: Joseph Voegeli: A life for two wheels. The story of the most successful sports manager in Switzerland. Züri-Woche, Glattbrugg 1992, ISBN 3-9520302-0-1 .
  • The slalom bastards. Habegger, Derendingen 1992, ISBN 3-85723-313-3 .
  • Beat Breu. Ringier, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-85859-287-0 .
  • Swiss cycling yesterday, today, tomorrow. Silva, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-908487-36-6 .
  • The Olympic Shepherd's Hour. The incidental from the most beautiful incidental. Anecdotes, episodes and stories from 60 years of sports journalism. Seetal-Medien, Hochdorf 2005, ISBN 3-906978-03-6 .
  • With Thomas Renggli: kick-off. Football stories, football history. Aktiv-Verlag, Stans 2007, ISBN 978-3-909191-38-3 .
  • With Hanspeter Born and Martin Born : Hugo Koblet - The “Pédaleur de charme” . 2nd Edition. AS Verlag , Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-909111-18-3 .
  • With Thomas Renggli: Swiss winter sports heroes. From the beginnings till now. Faro, Lenzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-03-781008-8 .
  • With Martin Born: Tour de Suisse. 75 years 1933-2008. Edited by Peter Schnyder . AS-Verlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-909111-53-4 .
  • With Martin Born: Oerlikon Racecourse. 100 years of fascination with cycling. Edited by Peter Schnyder. AS-Verlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-909111-95-4 .
  • Our best win. Memories of epoch-making Swiss sports triumphs and bitter defeats. Werd & Weber, Thun / Gwatt 2015, ISBN 978-3-03818-055-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sports journalism legend Sepp Renggli has passed away. In: srf.ch. January 9, 2015, accessed January 27, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Sepp Renggli - a radio legend is dead. In: srf.ch. January 9, 2015, accessed January 27, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Hans-Dieter Gerber: Sepp Renggli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 20, 2015 , accessed January 27, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b Claudio Klages: Ad multos annos! Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 1, 2014, accessed on January 27, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Sepp Renggli - born to be a sports journalist. In: srf.ch from April 1, 2014, accessed February 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ Alex Bänninger: The man of the living word. January 9, 2015, accessed January 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Renggli, Sepp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Renggli, Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sports journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Kriens
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2015