Keith Wendorf

Keith Wendorf
Curler
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Born (1949-12-20) 20 December 1949 (age 74)
East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Team
Curling clubMunchener EV,[1]
CC Schwenningen[2]
Curling career
Member Association Germany
World Championship
appearances		7 (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
European Championship
appearances		8 (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1983 Regina
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Kirkcaldy
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Engelberg

Keith Wendorf (born 20 December 1949) is a former German curler and a curling coach.

Wendorf began his participation in curling in 1966 at the high school level in New Brunswick. He would go on to graduate from the University of New Brunswick with a BA in 1972.

After 1972 he moved to Germany. During his time in Germany, Keith competed in 7 World Curling Championships (1978-1979, 1981-1985) highlighted by winning a silver medal in 1983.

He was the National Curling Coach of Germany from 1994 to 2002.

In 2002, Keith Wendorf began works at the World Curling Federation as the Director of Competitions and Development. After 16 years he retired at the end of June 2018.

He is married to Susan Wendorf and currently resides in France.[3]

Awards and honours

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Coach Events
1977–78 Keith Wendorf Sascha Fischer-Weppler Balint von Bery Heino von L'Estocq WCC 1978 (6th)
1978–79 Keith Wendorf Balint von Bery Sascha Fischer-Weppler Heino von L'Estocq WCC 1979 (4th)
1979–80 Keith Wendorf Balint von Bery Heino von L'Estocq Peter Fischer-Weppler ECC 1979 (7th)
1980–81 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin WCC 1981 (9th)
1981–82 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin Otto Danieli (WCC) ECC 1981 (4th)
WCC 1982 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1982–83 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin ECC 1982 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WCC 1983 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1983–84 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin ECC 1983 (5th)
WCC 1984 (5th)
1984–85 Keith Wendorf Uwe Saile Sven Saile Andreas Sailer ECC 1984 (4th)
WCC 1985 (9th)
1987–88 Keith Wendorf Uwe Saile Sven Saile Hans Dieter Kiesel ECC 1987 (4th)
1988–89 Keith Wendorf Uwe Saile Sven Saile Gregor Kunzemüller ECC 1988 (7th)
1989–90 Keith Wendorf Sven Saile Christoph Möckel Uwe Saile ECC 1989 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Record as a coach of national teams

Year Tournament, event National team Place
1994 1994 European Curling Championships  Germany (men)
5
1995 1995 European Curling Championships  Germany (men)
5
1996 1996 European Curling Championships  Germany (men)
4
1997 1997 European Curling Championships  Germany (men)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
1998 1998 World Men's Curling Championship  Germany (men)
10
1998 1998 European Curling Championships  Germany (men)
6
1999 1999 World Men's Curling Championship  Germany (men)
7
1999 1999 European Curling Championships  Germany (men)
9
2000 2000 World Junior Curling Championships  Germany (junior men)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2000 2000 World Women's Curling Championship  Germany (women)
6
2000 2000 European Curling Championships  Germany (men)
6
2001 2001 World Junior Curling Championships  Germany (junior women)
10
2001 2001 World Men's Curling Championship  Germany (men)
6
2001 2001 European Curling Championships  Germany (men)
8

References

  1. ^ Look at de-Wiki: de:Münchener EV.
  2. ^ Curling Club Schwenningen e.V.(in German)
  3. ^ "Curling Legend - Keith Wendorf". Chinese Taipei Curling Federation. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "World Curling Federation - Collie Campbell Memorial Award". Worldcurling.org. 2016-07-19. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  5. ^ "World Curling Freytag Award". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ^ "World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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