Keith Wendorf (born 20 December 1949) is a former

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curler and a curling coach. Wendorf began his participation in curling in 1966 at the high school level in

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. He would go on to graduate from the

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with a BA in 1972. After 1972 he moved to

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. During his time in Germany, Keith competed in 7 World Curling Championships (1978-1979, 1981-1985) highlighted by winning a silver medal in 1983. He was the National Curling Coach of Germany from 1994 to 2002. In 2002, Keith Wendorf began works at the

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as the Director of Competitions and Development. After 16 years he retired at the end of June 2018. He is married to Susan Wendorf and currently resides in

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Awards and honours

Colin Campbell Award The Collie Campbell Memorial Award was created in honour of Canadian Collie Campbell, who served as president of the International Curling Federation, now known as the World Curling Federation, from 1969 until his death in 1978. It is presented t ...

: 1979, 1983. * World Curling Freytag Award: 1994. *Inducted in World Curling Federation Hall of Fame: 2012 (as Freytag Award winner; one and only German curler in WCF Hall of Fame for today).

Teams

Record as a coach of national teams

References

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* * German male curlers 1949 births Living people People from East York, Toronto Curlers from Toronto Canadian curling coaches German curling coaches University of New Brunswick alumni Canadian emigrants to Germany Curlers from New Brunswick Canadian expatriate sportspeople in France Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Germany-curling-bio-stub