Horst Kemmling is a retired German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 international rugby union

Rugby union

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 player, having played for the TSV Victoria Linden

TSV Victoria Linden

The TSV Victoria Linden is a German rugby union club from the Linden suburb of Hannover, currently playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga. Apart from rugby, the club also offers other sports, such as triathlon and athletics....

 in the Rugby-Bundesliga

Rugby-Bundesliga

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 and the German national rugby union team

Germany national rugby union team

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Kemmling is, as of 2010, Germany's record rugby international, having played 50 internationals for his country between 1976 and 1994. He has also captained Germany for a lengthy period of time during that era. During his time at Viktoria Linden, he won five German championships with the club.

He was the captain of the German team that won promotion to the A-group of European rugby in 1981, something Germany did not achieve again until 2008.

He is now the chairman of his old club, TSV Victoria Linden.