Keith Wendorf Explained

Keith Wendorf
Gender:M
Birth Date:20 December 1949
Birth Place:East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curling Club:Munchener EV,[1]
CC Schwenningen[2]
World Championship Appearances:7
European Championship Appearances:8
Show-Medals:yes

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

1979, 1983.[4]

1994.

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadCoachEvents
1977–78 Keith Wendorf (6th)
1978–79 Keith Wendorf Balint von Bery Sascha Fischer-Weppler Heino von L'Estocq (4th)
1979–80 Keith Wendorf Balint von Bery Heino von L'Estocq (7th)
1980–81 Keith Wendorf (9th)
1981–82 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin Otto Danieli (WCC) (4th)
1982–83 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin
1983–84 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin (5th)
(5th)
1984–85 Keith Wendorf Sven Saile (4th)
(9th)
1987–88 Keith Wendorf Uwe Saile Sven Saile Hans Dieter Kiesel (4th)
1988–89 Keith Wendorf Uwe Saile Sven Saile (7th)
1989–90 Keith Wendorf Sven Saile Uwe Saile

Record as a coach of national teams

Year Tournament, event National team Place
1994 (men)
1995 (men)
1996 (men)
1997 (men)
1998 (men)
1998 (men)
1999 (men)
1999 (men)
2000 (junior men)
2000 (women)
2000 (men)
2001 (junior women)
2001 (men)
2001 (men)

Notes and References

  1. Look at de-Wiki: .
  2. http://www.curling.de/ Curling Club Schwenningen e.V.
  3. Web site: Curling Legend - Keith Wendorf . Chinese Taipei Curling Federation . July 1, 2018 . July 24, 2019 .
  4. Web site: World Curling Federation - Collie Campbell Memorial Award . Worldcurling.org . 2016-07-19 . 2016-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084950/http://www.worldcurling.org/collie-campbell-memorial-award . 2018-06-13 . dead .
  5. Web site: World Curling Freytag Award. World Curling Federation. 27 January 2018. 13 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413071107/http://worldcurling.org/world-curling-freytag-award. dead.
  6. Web site: World Curling Hall of Fame. World Curling Federation . 27 January 2018.