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Werner Schneider

Werner Schneider (born August 10, 1920 in Kempen , † October 16, 1995 in Düsseldorf ) was a German sports presenter and commentator for the Second German Television ( ZDF ). He led from 1964 to 1973 - in part together with Wim Thoelke - the current sports studio .

Professional Activities

After attending the Lessing secondary school in Düsseldorf , Werner Schneider was a soldier in the German Wehrmacht from 1940 to 1945 , initially as a toolmaker <information questionable> and later as a paratrooper officer . After the end of the war he was an American prisoner of war in France until September 1945 , after which he was an interpreter for the British Army.

Time with the sports information service

On August 1, 1948, Werner Schneider began a traineeship at the sports news agency SID ( Sports Information Service ) and worked as a full editor from August 1949, and from 1957 until he left in 1962 as chief reporter of the SID. He built the north editorial office in Hamburg and then the south editorial office in Frankfurt.

From 1952 - when German sport was again admitted to the Olympic Games - Schneider belonged to the Olympic editorial offices of the SID in Helsinki , Cortina d'Ampezzo and Melbourne (1956), Squaw Valley and Rome (1960) and to the football world championship in 1958 in Sweden and 1962 in Chile. In between there were main journalistic tasks in 1953 in the USA, in 1955 at the first German-Soviet football match in Moscow, reporting in Warsaw, where he was the first German sports journalist to appear after the war, and the perception of European and World Cups and the like. a. in amateur and professional boxing, tournament sport, cycling, in athletics, alpine and Nordic skiing, tennis reports from Wimbledon and the politically difficult reports in the entire German Olympic region up to the congresses of the International Olympic Committee. In 1953, he was the first Western European sports reporter to force entry to the European Championships in Warsaw - supported by DABV President Eugen Böhm, who did not allow the German boxing relay to continue flying at Schönefeld Airport in East Berlin until Werner Schneider had received his visa.

Time at ZDF

He was also a member of the reporter team for soccer world championships for ZDF. B. 1982 in Spain. Werner Schneider went to Melbourne (as the first Olympic journalist in Europe) or to Chile and Squaw Valley six months beforehand to create the necessary infrastructure there. He set up a special service there, prepared the reports and made important contacts. In doing so, he created the conditions for unrivaled Olympic and World Cup coverage. Last but not least, he also managed the actual editorial department on site.

Private friendships

Werner Schneider was friends with the American IOC President (1952–1972) Avery Brundage . He was Max Schmeling's travel companion , with whom he had a very deep friendship over the years.

Honors

In 1986, after his retirement, Werner Schneider was honored with the silver plate of honor by the International Ice Hockey Association for his services to the worldwide popularization of ice hockey . In 1975 he received the IIHF gold medal.

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ derwesten.de
  2. ↑ Who will get the microphone? In: The time . No. 15/1982 ( zeit.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports presenter and commentator for the Second German Television (ZDF)
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Kempen
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1995
Place of death Dusseldorf