Otto Tellmann
Romanian handball player and coach
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Handball | ||
Representing  Romania | ||
| World Championship | ||
 | 1961 Germany | Team |
Otto Tellman (22 May 1927, in Agnita, Romania – 10 January 2013, in Germany) was a Romanian handball player and coach. He played as a pivot.
He started playing in 1945 in his hometown, Agnita, and transferred to Steaua Bucharest in 1949, where he would spend 18 years.
An 18-time national champion with Steaua, either as a player or as a coach, he was also a member of Romania's national team that won the 1961 World Men's Handball Championship in West Germany.[1][2]
After retiring as a player, he became a coach, managing Voinţa Bucharest, Dinamo Bucharest and Steaua, teams with which he won several national championships, the Spartakiad, and twice the EHF Champions League.[2]
In 1985, he defected to West Germany, and coached Nürnberg's women's team.[1]
In 1986 he began coaching the men's team TV Bötzingen, where he stayed until 2002.[3]
With Simon Schobel, Vlado Stenzel, Petre Ivănescu and Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu he lectured at the Internationale Freiburger Handballschule ("International Freiburg Handball School").[4]
In 2009 Tellmann, who played 48 games for the national team,[2] was awarded the Romanian Sport Merit Order, Second Class.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "A decedat extraordinarul handbalist Otto Tellman" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Handball-Weltmeister Otto Tellmann ist tot" (in German). Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ^ "Otto Tellmann (bis 2002)" (in German). Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ^ "Polizeieskorte für Welthandballer" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved April 27, 2014.
