Sepp Schönmetzler

Sepp Schönmetzler (* September 24 1944 in Etzdorf at Roßwein in Saxony ) is a former German figure skater, coach and journalist.

Sports

Schönmetzler began at the age of four years with the figure skating. He started for the SC Rießersee and was trained by his father, the graduate gymnastics and sports teacher Josef Schönmetzler. It was in 1962 and 1965 German champions in figure skating men. From 1961 to 1965 he took part in the European Championships. He never finished worse than eighth. His best finish was a fourth place at his last European Championship in 1965. At the World Championships he took from 1962 to 1965 in part, there was his best result of seventh place in 1963. During his single Olympics Schönmetzler 1964, when beating his compatriot Manfred Schnelldorfer, Twelfth. After the end of his amateur career in 1965, he turned professional and went for two years Eisrevue -Ice Capades.

Profession

In 1963, Sepp Schönmetzler earned a high school in Oberstdorf. In 1965 he was made an honorary citizen of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. From 1967 he studied at the State Higher Vocational School of Photography in Cologne specialty " Technical and Scientific Photography " and graduated in 1970 as Dipl.- Ing. for Technical and Scientific Photography from.

Since 1967 he has also worked for two years as a figure skating coach at the Cologne Eisklub. In 1970, Sepp Schönmetzler was also skilled trainer for figure skating.

In 1972 he started for three years at the BILD newspaper as a photojournalist for three months in Cologne and then to work in Hamburg. In 1972 also followed a volunteering at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich. He participated in the production of the village newspaper. In 1976, the study of sport sciences at the German Sport University Cologne ( DSHS ). He finished his studies in 1979 with a degree in physical education teacher. In 1977, he was professional tennis instructor. Between the years 1979 and 1991 Sepp Schönmetzler worked as a research assistant at the DSHS. In addition, Sepp Schönmetzler was from 1979 for 14 years Coach Educators on behalf of the DSB, LSB, the trainer Academy in Cologne, the German Skating Union, the Ice Sports Association North Rhine -Westphalia and other trade associations on all basic and advanced levels of education. In 1983, Sepp Schönmetzler for three years as head coach of the ice department at TSV Bayer 04 In 1984, the promotion was followed by a doctorate in sports science in the fields of biomechanics and General Training and Movement Administration at the DSHS. In 1986, Sepp Schönmetzler took the place of the figure skating national coach in Austria for a year. In 1988 he became head coach figure skating at TUS Wiehl 1891.

Since 1992 Sepp Schönmetzler works as a freelance journalist and sports organizers. He founded the " publisher of specialist sports information " and gives the ice - magazine out. In 2009 the appearance of the ice magazine was discontinued. Since then, there is this only as an Internet homepage.

Family

Schönmetzler was married from 1979 to 2002. From this marriage two children emerged.

Results

Striegistal German Figure Skating Championships Single skating 1961 European Figure Skating Championships 1965 European Figure Skating Championships 1962 World Figure Skating Championships 1965 World Figure Skating Championships 1963 World Figure Skating Championships Kinesiology List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1964 World Figure Skating Championships 1962 European Figure Skating Championships 1963 European Figure Skating Championships 1964 European Figure Skating Championships Gilbert Fuchs Wilhelm Zenger Ernst Baier Horst Faber Erich Zeller Edi Rada Freimut Stein Tilo Gutzeit Reinhard Ketterer Rudi Cerne Norbert Schramm Heiko Fischer Richard Zander Mirko Eichhorn Ronny Winkler Andrejs Vlascenko Silvio Smalun Clemens Brummer Integrated Authority File
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