The two-time field handball world championship, Bernhard Kempa, dies at the age of 96 years. His longtime Association confirmed Frisch auf Göppingen the death of the player, who also invented the famous Kempa-Trick.
Jump, Ball in flight, catch and throw – goal! The German inventor of the legendary “Kempa trick” is dead. Bernhard Kempa, the Handball world on 24. In March 1954 had baffled in an unofficial international match between Germany and Sweden, in Karlsruhe, Germany by the world premiere of his Tricks, has died at the age of 96 years. The long years of Association certified Fresh On Göppingen on Friday.
Kempa writes football history
“We mourn the loss of one of the greatest athletes Germany has produced. What is the German football owes it to the players and coach Bernhard Kempa is hard to put into words,” said the President of the German handball Federation (DHB), Andreas Michel man. “Bernhard Kempa wrote handball history and remains named after him, he ‘Kempa-Trick’ part of the DNA of our sport.”
Kempa was in the 50s as the best handball player in the world, and brought as a player and coach numerous titles. In addition to a number of Successes with Frisch auf Göppingen, he won two world titles in the field of football with the national team. Göppingen, Germany, rose with him to the ultimate in German Handball. Really famous and known until today Kempa is mainly due to the invention of the “Kempa trick”.
“Idol for generations”
The first Time the Trick had not worked, wrote Kempa in his book about the world-Premiere of that Turn, that made him world-famous, “because I had misjudged the size of the Swedish players is wrong”. In Training he had rehearsed the revolutionary invention previously week. DHB Vice President Bob Hanning praised Kempa at the 95. Birthday in November 2015 as an “Idol for generations. With his refinement, he has developed the sport of handball as only a few others before and after him.”
tk/sn (sid, dpa)