Werner Lohrer
Werner Lohr ( born March 4, 1917 in Arosa, † 1991 ) was a Swiss ice hockey player. During his career he won the bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 in St. Moritz. In addition, he won three times in succession the Swiss Championship with the EHC Arosa.
Career
The Arosa directly grown next to the ice rink upper lake Werner Lohr learned the Hockey along with his brothers Charles and Heini at EHC Arosa. Together with the latter, he played in the season 1933/34, as a 16- year-old for the first time in the first team. While he usually acted as a striker in the early stages of his career, he was employed after his return in 1942 to the EHC Arosa in defense. In the 1944/45 season, he served as player-coach and in later years as team captain. After the breakthrough of Arosa cousins or Waldeck- storm with Hans -Martin Trepp, terr and Ueli Poltera Lohr played usually on the side. One of his specialties was the enemy catching wegzustechen with ice hockey stick the disc.
As defender denied Lohr various caps for Switzerland. In the national team he played in Arosa block and belonged in 1948 to the Swiss squad, which in Basel scored the first victory of a European team against Canada ( 8-5 ). In the same year he played the Olympic ice hockey tournament in St. Moritz, where the play probably strongest and best Swiss team ever reached the third place. The squad also included his younger brother Heini as center. In addition to the brothers Lohr three more Grisons sets of brothers played in this legendary team, the brothers Poltera, Cattini and thirsty.
With the EHC Arosa was Werner Lohr 1951-1953 three times Swiss champion before he resigned in 1953 from the active sport of ice hockey. Occasionally, he was active in the following years as a referee for friendly matches. In his spare time he devoted himself to the game of curling.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
- Bronze medal at the World Championships
- Silver medal at the European Championships