Thomas Happe

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Thomas Happe (born March 25, 1958 in Dortmund ) is a former German handball player who won the Olympic silver medal in 1984.

The 1.89 m tall left winger was one of the best defenders of his time. He started his career at OSC Dortmund and later played for TUSEM Essen . As a rule, Jochen Fraatz played the left winger, so that Happe only appeared in defense; if Fraatz failed once, Happe represented him in the attack. Happe won the German championship with TUSEM in 1986, 1987 and 1989 , in 1988 Essen lost in the final of the European Cup , and in 1989 the team won the European Cup Winners' Cup .

Thomas Happe played in a total of 56 international matches in the German national team . He scored 16 goals. On January 13, 1981, he made his international debut in Offenburg against Romania . At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles he played five games, including in the final in the 18:17 defeat against Yugoslavia. At the 1986 World Cup he was in the German squad, the team took seventh place.

After his playing career, Happe coached TuS Schutterwald and VfL Gummersbach . From December 2002 to summer 2008 he looked after the Borussia Dortmund team in the women's Bundesliga . From January 26, 2010 to December 27, 2011, Happe was in charge of the DJK / MJC Trier team , which also plays in the first women's handball league.

Thomas Happe is the son of the Olympic champion in swimming Ursula Happe . He started out as a swimmer, but changed sport because he lacked his mother's talent.

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Los Angeles 1984. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1984

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Borussia Dortmund extended with coach Thomas Happe
  2. ↑ www.welt.de Handball World Championships since 1938 from January 17, 2009, accessed on June 28, 2014
  3. ↑ http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/sport/handball/miezen/Die-Miezen-Miezen-Trainer-Thomas-Happe-zurueckgrecken;art161258,3013338
personal data
SURNAME Happen, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German handball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund