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Rolf Brack: handball icon died unexpectedly

Rolf Brack: handball icon died unexpectedly

The former handball player and coach Rolf Brack died unexpectedly. Teams under his leadership have been promoted to the Bundesliga several times.

The former handball player and coach Rolf Brack is dead. He died unexpectedly at the age of 69, as Managing Director Wolfgang Strobel of Brack’s former club HBW Balingen-Weilstetten, citing his family, confirmed to the German Press Agency on Tuesday.

“He managed to get promoted to the 1st Bundesliga with the small club and to establish the HBW there over the years. It is thanks to him that the people of Balingen are known as ‘The Gauls’ throughout Germany. What Rolf Brack for that HBW has achieved cannot be put into words,” said the gaming community.

Rolf Brack: Mentor with a reputation

Brack, who had an operation on Friday, worked for Göppingen between 2017 and 2018. He also worked for Balingen-Weilstetten for many years. From the end of 2013 to 2016 he was in charge of the Swiss national team. Most recently, he worked for the Rimpar Wolves until the end of the 2020/21 season. Teams under Brack’s leadership rose to the Bundesliga several times.

The sports scientist was an important personality for many well-known coaches – national coach Alfred Gislason also passed his A license exam with the then member of the Federal Teaching Commission of the German Handball Association. Even football official Ralf Rangnick called Brack a mentor.

Source: Stern

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