Torsten Schippe 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

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player and, since August 2010, the coach of the German national rugby union team

Germany national rugby union team

Germany is a third-tier Rugby Union playing nation. Germany currently plays at the second level of European rugby but has never managed to qualify for the Rugby World Cup...

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As a player, Schippe won two German titles with his club, DSV 78 Hannover, in 1990 and 1991. He took over as coach of DRC Hannover

DRC Hannover

The DRC Hannover is a German rugby union club from Hannover, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. The club should not be confused with the DRC 1884 Hannover, a rowing club and a separate entity.-History:...

 in 1993, a position he held for ten years, in which he won five national championships and two national cups. He remained with DRC as the Director of Sports after his time as coach of the club. Since 2007, he is also an official IRB Coach Educator.

He coached the German national team from 2000 to 2001 and again since 1 August 2010. In this position, he is supported by the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n Jakobus Potgieter as his assistant. He had succeeded Peter Ianusevici

Peter Ianusevici

Peter Ianusevici is a retired Romanian rugby union international and former coach of the Romanian and the German national rugby union team.He played for Romania internationally in the 1970s, as a winger, playing 15 times for his country. Ianusevici then led his country as a coach to a Rugby World...

 as German coach in 2000, after a disastrous campaign, and transformed the team to a winning side. However, he was dismissed in a surprise move by the leadership of the German Rugby Federation despite achieving good results. As coach of Germany, he succeedes Rudolf Finsterer

Rudolf Finsterer

Rudolf Finsterer is a retired German international rugby union player and coach, formerly coaching the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and, until the 20 March 2010, the German national rugby union team....

, who, in turn, had succeeded him in 2001.

Player

• German rugby union championship
  German rugby union championship
  The German rugby union championship was established in 1909 and has since been played, with exceptions, annually. It is the highest competition in Germany in the sport of Rugby Union.-Men:...
  
  
  • Champions: 1990, 1991

• German rugby union cup
  German rugby union cup
  The German rugby union cup is the premier cup competition for men in the sport of Rugby Union in Germany.In October 2009, it was proposed to discontinue both men's cup competitions after 2010, meaning, both the DRV-Pokal and the league cup will not be played anymore after this season...
  
  
  • Runners up: 1990

Coach

• German rugby union championship
  • Champions: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
  • Runners up: 2003

• German rugby union cup
  • Winners: 2002, 2003
  • Runners up: 1997

External links

Deutscher Rugby-Verband - Official Site of the German Rugby Federation