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Date / place of birth: 26 July 1952 in Gummersbach
Profession: Degree in Business
Marital status: married, 2 children

Career in numbers:
1959 - 1986: VfL Gummersbach
1984 - 1987: Co-trainer Men's National Team
1987 - 1991: Trainer VfL Gummersbach
1992 - 1994: Trainer SG Wallau-Massenheim
1994 - 1996: Trainer VfL Gummersbach
since 1997: Coach of Men's National Team

Successes as player:
131 international appearances
231 goals in international matches
Wold Champion 1978
German Champion 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983
German Handball Association Cup winner 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983
European Cup Winners' Cup winner 1978, 1979
European Cup winner 1974, 1983
Super Cup winner 1979, 1983
IHF Cup winner 1982

Successes as trainer with VFL Gummersbach:
German Champions 1988 and 1991

Successes as trainer with SG Wallau-Massenheim:
German Champions 1993
German Handball Association Cup winner 1993

Success as Coach of Men's National Team since January 1997:
Bronze Medal, European Championship 1998
5th place in World Championship 1999
5th place in Olympic Games in Sydney 2000
Silver Medal / European Championship 2002
Silver Medal / World Championship runner-up 2003
Gold Medal / European Championship 2004
Silver Medal / Athens Olympics 2004
Gold Medal / World Champion 2007

"Ryder Cup 2018 in Deutschland - dafür stehe ich mit meinem Bart."