Peter Rost (handball player)
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Peter Rost is a former German
Team handball
player; today he works as a coach and an official in this sport. His biggest success was winning the Olympic gold medal
as the captain of the national team of East Germany
in Moscow
in 1980.
Rost played for SC Leipzig nationally. All in all, he played internationally for East Germany 216 times, scoring 339 goals. He was in the team that came in second in the World Men's Handball Championship
1974 in their own country.
As a coach, he was responsible for the women's team from Frankfurt/Oder, the men's team of SC Magdeburg
(1998/99) and of ThSV Eisenach (2001–2003). In 2006 he joined the management
of German handball club Concordia Delitzsch.
He is married to Christina Rost
, who was an international player for East Germany's women's handball team, and who won a World Championship and Olympic silver and bronze medals in the 1970s. Their son Frank
did not follow tradition; he is a professional football
goalkeeper
for German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV
(2007).
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...
Team handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player; today he works as a coach and an official in this sport. His biggest success was winning the Olympic gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
as the captain of the national team of East Germany
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in 1980.
Rost played for SC Leipzig nationally. All in all, he played internationally for East Germany 216 times, scoring 339 goals. He was in the team that came in second in the World Men's Handball Championship
World Men's Handball Championship
The World Championship in team handball for men has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938.- History :In 1938, the first indoor handball world championship was played in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany on 5 February and 6 February...
1974 in their own country.
As a coach, he was responsible for the women's team from Frankfurt/Oder, the men's team of SC Magdeburg
SC Magdeburg
SC Magdeburg is a German multi-sports club located in the city of Magdeburg, which offers athletics, canoeing, gymnastics, rowing, swimming and team handball. Historically, the club has also had a water polo section as well as a football section that was separated that as 1. FC Magdeburg in 1965...
(1998/99) and of ThSV Eisenach (2001–2003). In 2006 he joined the management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
of German handball club Concordia Delitzsch.
He is married to Christina Rost
Christina Rost
Christina Rost is a German former women's team handball player...
, who was an international player for East Germany's women's handball team, and who won a World Championship and Olympic silver and bronze medals in the 1970s. Their son Frank
Frank Rost
Frank Rost is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer....
did not follow tradition; he is a professional football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
goalkeeper
Goalkeeper (football)
In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal...
for German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
(2007).
External links
- Peter Rost at Munzinger Archiv (German)
- Als Trainer stehe ich nicht mehr zur Verfügung, in Handballpost ed. 4, 2008