Dieter Kürten
Dieter Kürten ( born April 23, 1935 in Duisburg) is a German sports reporter.
He became known primarily through the moderation of the current Sports studios at ZDF, for which he has worked since 1963. But as a reporter and presenter at Football Games, World Championships and Olympic Games, he came into existence. Among other things, he commented for ZDF the final of the European Football Championship in 1980 and the semifinals of the soccer World Cup 1990 between Germany and England, which the German team in a penalty shootout won ( " ... and he Fires! And that 's us ... " ).
Kuerten moderated the latest sports studio between October 1967 and 30 September 2000: 21, 375 times, earning earning his nickname Mr. gym. He hosted the October 16, 1971 " the current sports club " in which a chimpanzee Maria Weissmuller, the last wife of former Olympic swimming winner and Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller, the wig ripped off his head. Kuerten has two younger brothers. He is married but living apart from his wife Gerlinde. With her he had two daughters and a son.
In the 1980s, he tried temporarily in show business. Again he led the ZDF Very courageous through the series. The format, however, was only briefly successful.
Dieter Kürten is patron of the campaign, the second breath - people living with lung cancer and has been involved for many years as an ambassador for the children's emergency.