Stefan Kretzschmar

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Stefan Kretzschmar
Stefan Kretzschmar 2019.jpg

Stefan Kretzschmar (2019)

Player information
Nickname "Kretzsche, Kretsche"
birthday 17th February 1973 (age 47)
place of birth Leipzig , GDR
citizenship GermanGerman German
height 1.90 m
Playing position Left winger
Throwing hand right
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
1979-1985 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR
1985-1991 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR SC Dynamo Berlin
Clubs as active
from ... to society
1991-1993 GermanyGermany SV Blau-Weiß Spandau
1993-1996 GermanyGermany VfL Gummersbach
1996-2007 GermanyGermany SC Magdeburg
National team
Debut on October 8, 1993
against SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
  Games (goals)
GermanyGermany Germany 218 (821)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
5/2013–5/2013 GermanyGermany SC DHfK Leipzig (assistant trainer)

As of October 12, 2014

Stefan Kretzschmar (born February 17, 1973 in Leipzig ) is a former German handball player . He is director of sport for the handball Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin and works as a handball expert for Sky Germany .

Athletic career

Stefan Kretzschmar (2007)
Stefan Kretzschmar (2010)

At the age of six, Stefan Kretzschmar began to play handball. At the age of twelve he came to the training center in Berlin and later switched to the children's and youth sports school of SC Dynamo Berlin , where his coach Ulrich Fietkorn put him in the left wing position . Two years later he won the GDR youth championship with SC Dynamo Berlin and became a player in the youth team of the German handball association. In 1989 Kretzschmar became a player in the A-youth and later also in the junior selection of the German Handball Federation (DHB).

In the 1991/92 season he became a regular in the Bundesliga team of SV Blau-Weiß Spandau , which shortly before merged with SC Dynamo Berlin. With 125 goals, he was the club's most successful goalscorer and the sixth-best thrower in the Bundesliga Group North. In 1993 Kretzschmar moved to VfL Gummersbach (coach Heiner Brand ).

On October 8, 1993 he made his debut in the German national team against Switzerland (25:21) under national coach Arno Ehret . In the 1993/94 season he was the club's most successful thrower with 142 goals. He was also voted German handball player of the year for the first time in 1994 . In the same year he took part with the national team at the European Championship in Portugal (9th place) and was then elected to the "All-Star Team" (world selection).

In 1995 he was German handball player of the year for the second time and again the most successful thrower of his club (141 goals). In 1996 he took part in the Olympic Games in Atlanta with the national team and was kicked out of the national team in the same year by the new national coach Heiner Brand due to disagreements.

On July 1, 1996 Kretzschmar moved to SC Magdeburg and won the German Supercup with this club in 1996 . On October 31, 1997 he had his comeback against Norway in the national team under coach Heiner Brand. In 1998 he took part with the national team at the European Championship in Italy (3rd place). In Sweden he won the World Cup a year later with the national team and was then re-elected to the "All-Star Team". He also won the EHF Cup for the first time with SC Magdeburg this year and took part in the World Cup in Egypt (5th place). In 1999 he took part with the national team at the Supercup in Berlin (5th place) and with SC Magdeburg at the European Club Championship in Magdeburg (2nd place), where he was voted the best player of the tournament.

In the election for “Player of the Year 2000”, he finished second behind Daniel Stephan . In 2000 he took part with the national team at the European Championship in Croatia (9th place) and was the only German player in the European selection team in the game against Slovenia. He also took part in the same year with the national team at the Olympic Games in Sydney (5th place) and a year later at the World Cup in France (8th place). In 2001 Kretzschmar was with the SC Magdeburg winner of the EHF Cup and German champion of the 2000/01 season. He also won the German Supercup and the European Club Championship with SC Magdeburg and the Supercup in Riesa with the national team . In 2002 he took part in the European Championship in Sweden (2nd place) and took 2nd place in the DHB Cup with SC Magdeburg .

On April 27, 2002 he was the first German team to win the EHF Champions League with SC Magdeburg and 6 months later the European Club Championship. In November 2002 he took part with the national team at the World Cup in Sweden (3rd place) and in 2003 at the World Cup in Portugal (2nd place), where he broke his little finger in the semifinals against France and was out for a month. In November 2003 he took part with the national team in the Supercup in Leipzig / Riesa and was voted Player of the Year in Saxony-Anhalt. Due to an operation, Kretzschmar had to cancel his participation in the 2004 European Championships in Slovenia, where Germany became European champions. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he wanted to win the gold medal as a replacement for the lost EM gold medal. The team presented itself in a fighting and playful way and reached the final. There they lost to Croatia and Kretzschmar won the silver medal.

He then resigned alongside some other top players from the national team, for which he completed 218 international matches and scored 821 goals. The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote about the end of the golden generation.

On April 29, 2007, he won the EHF Cup for the third time with the SCM. With the end of the 2006/07 season, he ended his active career. In 421 Bundesliga games, he scored 1694 goals. After retiring on June 30, 2007, he became sports director at SC Magdeburg on July 1, 2007. On August 31, 2009, Kretzschmar ended his work at SCM.

From 2009 to 2019, Stefan Kretzschmar was an honorary member of the supervisory board of SC DHfK Leipzig Handball Verwaltung GmbH. In May 2013 he also worked alongside Michael Biegler as a trainer at SC DHfK Leipzig.

On September 1, 2019, it was announced that Kretzschmar will be employed as the Sports Director at Füchsen Berlin from the beginning of 2020 .

media

Stefan Kretzschmar's tattooed legs
Stefan Kretzschmar as a commentator at the 2016 European Handball Championship

Kretzschmar worked as a handball expert for Sport1 from September 2009 to June 2017 . He then moved to Sky Deutschland , which had acquired the rights to broadcast Bundesliga matches, in the same role . There he is also host of Kretzschmar on Sundays from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - the handball talk that is broadcast from the hall there after the “top game”.

During the European Handball Championship in 2006 , he and Johannes Krause analyzed the games of the German national team for ARD for the first time . He also worked as co-commentator for Florian Naß at the 2007 World Cup , the 2008 European Championship , the 2016 European Championship and the 2011 World Cup .

In October 2008, Kretzschmar's biography was published under the title Different than expected .

From September 1999 to December 2001 he hosted MTV Sushi on MTV Central , a program that revolved around alternative music. From January 2005 to May 2005 he hosted the MorningShow on Radio Brocken together with Tommi Schminke . From February 2005 to July 2008 Kretzschmar was seen in the commercial as a nervous lawyer client for the Advocard legal protection insurance . From April to June 2005 he could be seen alongside many other competitive athletes in the 40th anniversary TV commercial for Nutella . In January 2007, Kretzschmar had for PETA under the slogan ( "-" Ink not Mink " ink - not mink ") for an anti- fur be photographed campaign. Undressed, but with numerous tattoos , he protested against the use of fur. He can also be seen on the cover of the PC game Heimspiel - Handballmanager 2008 .

On May 1, 2008 and April 20, 2010, he took part in the Die Große ProSieben PokerStars.de night , in which he came second. On March 27, 2009, Kretzschmar appeared as a celebrity in the TV show Schlag den Star , where he just lost to the candidate. Stefan Kretzschmar played the role of Elisha's brother Leon in the German comedy film No Sex Is Neither a Solution , which appeared on December 1, 2011 . On March 24, 2012 he moderated together with Johanna Klum Elton vs. Simon - the live show . Kretzschmar can be seen as himself in the cinema comedy Kokowääh 2 , released on February 7, 2013 . In March 2016 he appeared in the second episode as a candidate for the game show Teamwork - Play with Your Star at ProSieben and won it for his teammate. In February 2017 he again appeared in the game show Schlag den Star against the singer Tim Bendzko and won it after 14 completed games.

On January 9, 2019, he spoke about freedom of expression among professional athletes in an interview with t-online.de . He argued that there was “no freedom of expression in the true sense of the word ” in Germany, as reprisals could be expected immediately for opinions expressed outside of the mainstream opinion . These statements sparked a debate both in the media and on social networks. Former professional athletes like Stefan Effenberg , Fabian Hambüchen and Michael Stich contradicted Kretzschmar's statements. However, Kretzschmar received encouragement from the President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, Alfons Hörmann . This could understand his statement.

family

His father, Peter Kretzschmar , was a 66-time GDR national player ( field handball ) and handball coach of the GDR women's national handball team . His mother, Waltraud Kretzschmar , was trained by Peter Kretzschmar, she was 217 times GDR national player and was 1971, 1975 and 1978 world champion and 1976 Olympic runner-up with the GDR selection.

In 1998 Stefan Kretzschmar married the Cuban Maria Linares. Their daughter Lucie-Marie (* 2000) also plays handball and was part of the German national youth team. He separated in 2000 and divorced in 2003. From 2000 to 2004 he was in a relationship with the swimmer Franziska van Almsick . Then he was with an Austrian until mid-summer 2005. From 2007 he lived with his former wife again. Their son was born on April 11, 2008. The couple remarried in June 2009, after which they separated again.

literature

Web links

Commons : Stefan Kretzschmar  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Stefan Kretzschmar  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Kretzschmar in the Munzinger archive , accessed on March 26, 2014 ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  2. ↑ Handball in the north , publisher: Flensborg Avis AG, edition: August 30, 2007
  3. ↑ a b Stefan Kretzschmar joins DSF. handball-world.com
  4. ↑ handball-world.news: Ex-handball star Kretzschmar stops at Bundesliga club DHfK Leipzig from June 10, 2019, accessed on June 10, 2019
  5. ↑ Stefan Kretzschmar as assistant trainer at SC DHfK Leipzig on handball-world.com, May 8, 2013; Retrieved May 9, 2013
  6. ↑ SC DHfK Leipzig looking for a trainer - Liljestrand in view on handball-world.com, May 17, 2013; accessed on March 26, 2014
  7. ↑ w media Ltd NL Germany: Kretzsche Is Coming Home! Retrieved September 3, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Sky on the new handball talk: "Kretzschmar stands for high entertainment value". sky.de, April 19, 2017, accessed on August 24, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Kretzsche now also a movie star . bild.de, January 29, 2013; accessed on January 31, 2013.
  10. ↑ You get one in the face for every comment . t-online.de, January 9, 2019; accessed on January 15, 2019.
  11. ↑ YouTube. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Stefan Kretzschmar: The punk and the misunderstanding . Zeit Online , January 14, 2019; accessed on January 15, 2019.
  13. ↑ Stefan Kretzschmar in an interview: Tragic and grotesque . Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 14, 2019, accessed on January 15, 2019.
  14. ↑ Sports Commentary: Say what you think! Faz.net January 15, 2019; accessed on January 15, 2019.
  15. ↑ Stefan Kretzschmar on freedom of expression: Is it really no longer allowed to say everything? bild.de, January 13, 2019; accessed on January 15, 2019.
  16. ^ Effenberg, Hambüchen & Co .: Objection for Kretzschmar . Welt Online , January 15, 2019; accessed on January 15, 2019.
  17. ↑ DOSB boss Hörmann agrees with Kretzschmar. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Kretzschmar daughter convinced . sport1.de; accessed on October 12, 2014
  19. ^ Kader 1998/99 . dhb.de; accessed on October 12, 2014
  20. ↑ Kretzschmars Neue is Austrian . rp-online.de
  21. ↑ Stefan Kretzschmar returns to the ex-wife . World online ; accessed on October 12, 2014
  22. ↑ Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Celebrity Special from June 6, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Kretzschmar, Stefan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kretzsche (nickname); Kretsche (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German handball player, handball trainer and handball official
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig , GDR