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Bernhard Kempa (19 November 1920 – 20 July 2017) was a German handball player and coach. He was born in Oppeln,
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.
According to Kempa is also the sports article brand Kempa under which Uhlsport sports articles distributed around the handball sport.
Eintrag im Sportbuch Band 1 (PDF; 3,6 MB)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kempa, Bernhard 1920 births 2017 deaths German male handball players German handball coaches Sportspeople from Opole People from the Province of Upper Silesia Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg Sportswear brands
Bernhard Kempa (19 November 1920 – 20 July 2017) was a German handball player and coach. He was born in Oppeln, Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located ...
(Opole, Poland). As a national team player he became world champion in field handball
Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) was a form of what is now handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
The sport is played on a grass field (similar to an association football field) between lo ...
in 1952 and 1955.
Career
In the next few years,Frisch Auf Göppingen
Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Germany, located in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in Handball-Bundesliga. Nine-time c ...
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). 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.
According to Kempa is also the sports article brand Kempa under which Uhlsport sports articles distributed around the handball sport.
Honors
In 2011, Bernhard Kempa was admitted toGermany's Sports Hall of Fame
The Germany's Sports Hall of Fame (german: Hall of Fame des deutschen Sports) is the national sports hall of fame in Germany, initiated 2006. The inductions are made by Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe, Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund and Verband Deu ...
.
Death
Kempa died inBad Boll
Bad Boll is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
In 1321, the County of Württemberg purchased title over Bad Boll and came to possess it ''de jure'', but it was ''de facto'' still controlled by a ...
, Germany on 20 July 2017 at the age of 96.
References
External links
*Eintrag im Sportbuch Band 1 (PDF; 3,6 MB)
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