Sigi Bergmann

Sigi Bergmann (2013)

Sigismund "Sigi" Bergmann (born January 3, 1938 in Vorau , Styria ) is an Austrian boxing expert as well as ORF and ATV sports presenter.

education

After attending the teacher training college, Bergmann worked as a primary school teacher for two years. He began to study history , German literature and philosophy and has been a doctor of history since 1964 . He wrote his dissertation on religious policy and the church reform attempts by Ferdinand I. He also completed a vocal degree. For several years he was a soloist in the cathedral choir of St. Stephan .

Bergmann became interested in boxing while still a student and began boxing himself.

Career

He began his journalistic career in the early 1960s for the Volksblatt of the ÖVP and in 1968 he switched to the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) as a salaried editor . For the station he presented the sports mosaic from 1969 to 1974 .

At the beginning of 1975 Bergmann was commissioned by the then sports director Teddy Podgorsky to present the ORF show Sport on Monday . He then moderated them from February 3, 1975 to March 23, 1992, 819 times and for 17 years. In order to show that art and sport are not mutually exclusive, but rather have many common connections, the miner interested in culture brought personalities such as Peter Ustinov , Helmut Lohner , Otto Schenk and also Plácido Domingo and José Carreras to his show.

In 2008, 2012 and 2016 he was sent by the ORF as a boxing commentator to the Summer Olympics to comment on them.

During his time at ORF, he moderated and commented on around 3,500 boxing matches, more than anyone else in the German-speaking world, commenting on all of the major matches of Muhammad Ali , of whom he was a fan. Bergmann worked in the ORF sports department for 40 years. He is considered a boxing expert with cult status and as " Heinz Prüller of boxing".

Since around 1967 Bergmann has had a deeply connected friendship with Hans Orsolics , whom he helped back into normal life as a supporter and mentor when he fell financially and socially after his career. He wrote the biography Orsolics Hansi Ko - Triumphs and Sorrows of a Boxer through his friend . Bergmann "made films with him, hid him from the police, visited him in prison and helped him to a regular existence."

In the episode heavyweight of the television series Trautmann , he played himself as a boxing commentator. Hans Orsolics also appeared in it as himself.

Since 2010, Bergmann has been working with his good friend Ferdinand Macek on various sports documentaries that are broadcast on ORF Sport +, e. B. Joe Tiger Pachler in the eye of the tiger , Sepp Puschnig the Karawankenbär and Karl Schnabl and the Olympic high-flyer team . In 2011 Ferdinand Macek (director and author) shot the film Heilwasser for the Grand Vizier with Sigi Bergmann .

Private

Bergmann is now retired and has been a grandfather several times, but is still active. The boxing expert has been married to Ingeborg Bergmann for more than 40 years, with whom he has two daughters and five grandchildren. His daughter Elisabeth is a journalist and his daughter Eva is a doctor . Since he retired, he has had more time for music, so he goes to the opera at least once a week. He is also on the board of trustees of the St. Margarethen Opera Festival .

Awards

• 2008: Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria

Fonts

• The religious policy and the church reform attempts of Ferdinand I. Dissertation . University of Vienna , Vienna 1964.
• Orsolics Hansi ko Triumphs and sufferings of a boxer. Seifert, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902406-25-5 .
• Toni Sailer Sunday child. Seifert, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-902406-57-6 .

Web links

Commons : Sigi Bergmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sigi Bergmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sigismund Bergmann's dissertation in Google Book Search . (Note: Sigismund Bergmann is often incorrectly named as Sigmund Bergmann .)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Paradise on the doorstep. ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1 S .; 967 kB) In: www.woche.at ,. Regional section Wolfsberg & Lavanttal. July 6, 2011, pp. 14-15. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The ORF legend Sigi Bergmann. (PDF; 30 kB) In: Brief description for the 2010 Gala of Humanity on September 4, 2010 for the benefit of the SOS Children's Villages. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
4. ↑ ^{a b c} State Secretary for Sports Lopatka honors sports journalist Dr. Sigi Bergmann. Dr. Sigmund Bergmann receives Gold Medal of Honor for services to the Republic of Austria.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Press release from the State Secretariat for Sport. February 19, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2011.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Wolfgang Kralicek: I am thinking of dance. Summer interview with Sigi Bergmann. In: Falter. Edition 33/2002, August 14, 2002 ( Memento of April 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ ^{A b} Christian Hackl: Hans Orsolics: "I am no always ned dead". Interview with Hans Orsolics and Sigi Bergmann. In: Der Standard , print edition, April 26, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
7. ↑ Book Description ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Seifert publishing house. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
8. ^ "Trautmann" heavyweight (2004). Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 . 
9. ↑ City! Magazine 72 from May 2008.