Bernhard Kempa
Bernhard Kempa (19 November 1920 – 20 July 2017) was a German handball player and coach. He was born in Oppeln, Upper Silesia (Opole, Poland). As a national team player he became world champion in field handball in 1952 and 1955.
Career[edit]
In the next few years, Frisch Auf Göppingen dominated the handball in Germany, as Kempa made a significant contribution as the outstanding player. Kempa won the German championship for Göppingen one more time in the hall (1955) and in the field (1957).[1] As a Göppinger coach, he did so in the indoor handball five more times (1958-1961, 1970), and Kempa also took the Europapokal in 1960.
In the history books of handball he has entered with his Kempa trick, a throwing combination, in which a player is played as he jumps into the circle; The player who crosses the circle catches the ball in the air and still throws during the jump on the gate.[2]
According to Kempa is also the sports article brand Kempa under which Uhlsport sports articles distributed around the handball sport.
Honors[edit]
In 2011, Bernhard Kempa was admitted to Germany's Sports Hall of Fame.
Death[edit]
Kempa died in Bad Boll, Germany on 20 July 2017 at the age of 96.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Erik Eggers (Hrsg.): Handball, Göttingen 2004, S. 125, ISBN 3-89533-465-0
- ^ Erik Eggers (Hrsg.): Handball, Göttingen 2004, S. 132 f, ISBN 3-89533-465-0
- ^ "Handball-Legende Bernhard Kempa ist tot". Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
External links[edit]
- Literature by and about Bernhard Kempa in the German National Library catalogue
- Eintrag im Sportbuch Band 1 (PDF; 3,6 MB)
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