Werner Stöckl Explained

Birth Place:Reșița, Romania[1]
Height:188 cm
Weight:94 kg
Sport:Handball
Club:Steaua București (1969–1981)
Carpați Mârșa (1981–1987)
TuS Hofweier (1987–1988)[2]

Werner Stöckl (born 28 June 1952) is a retired Romanian handball player of Banat Swabian ethnicity. He won the world title in 1974 and two Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976.[2]

Stöckl took up handball in 1967 and in 1969 joined Steaua București, winning with them the EHF Champions League title in 1977. In 1981 he transferred to Carpați Mârșa and helped to promote them from the second to the first division. In 1987 he immigrated with his wife to West Germany, where he played one year for TuS Hofweier upon recommendation from fellow player Simon Schobel. After that he worked as a handball coach.[2] [3]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/werner-stockl-1.html Werner Stöckl
  2. http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/werner-stockl Werner Stöckl
  3. Web site: Stöckl, Werner (* 1952). German. 27 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Deutsche Ehrenbürger des Munizipiums Reschitza. German. 27 April 2014.
  5. Web site: Traian Basescu a decorat 47 de fosti handbalisti. Romanian. 27 April 2014.