Wolfgang Strödter

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Wolfgang Strödter (born April 5, 1948 in Bad Homburg in front of the height ) is a former German hockey player and Olympic champion. He played a total of 176 times for the German national hockey team and scored 153 goals.

Career

Wolfgang Strödter was a defender, but was also used as a penalty corner specialist in all teams because of his strength. He began his career in 1958 at the age of ten with the Gladbach HTC , with whom he became indoor and outdoor champion in 1966, and in 1967 the outdoor title was successfully defended. In 1970 he moved to Rot-Weiss Cologne . With the Red-Whites he became German champions in field hockey in 1972, 1973 and 1974, and in 1974 the team also won indoor hockey. After completing his studies, he switched back to the Gladbacher HTC, with whom he became German field hockey champion again in 1981.

In 1969, Strödter made his debut in the national team and was a substitute player at the 1972 Olympic Games when they became Olympic champion.

For winning the gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on September 11, 1972.

After the Olympic Games the team captain Carsten Keller resigned and in the following years Strödter and Michael Peter formed the support of the German national team.

After bronze at the field hockey world championship in 1973 , the team won the 1974 European championship in indoor hockey. At the field hockey world championship in 1975 bronze again followed. In 1976 the team became indoor European champions for the second time. At the 1976 Olympic Games , the German team finished fifth. After finishing fourth at the 1978 World Cup , the team won the title at the European Championships in Hanover in the same year. After winning the third European indoor championship title in 1980, the 1980 Olympic boycott was a major setback in the German hockey association's track record. Wolfgang Strödter then withdrew from the national team.

From 1980 to 1988, Wolfgang Strödter was the coach of the German women's national team . In 1981 he became world champion with the team, in 1984 the team won the silver medal at the Olympic Games , two years later the team won silver at the 1986 World Championships. After fifth place at the 1988 Olympic Games , his coaching ended.

Strödter has been working for a waste disposal company since 1990, where he is now operations manager.

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Montreal 1976 . Frankfurt am Main 1976

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sports report of the Federal Government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag - Printed matter 7/1040 - page 60.
personal data
SURNAME Strödter, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Homburg vor der Höhe