Had greatest successes
Death at 61: Germans mourn ski jumping coach
The former national ski jumping coach Wolfgang Steiert is dead. As announced by the German Ski Association, the successful coach of Martin Schmitt and Sven Hannawald died on Thursday at the age of just 61.
"It is with deep sadness that the German Ski Association remembers its former ski jumping coach Wolfgang Steiert, who passed away on December 12. Our thoughts and sympathy go out to his family in these difficult hours," it says on the DSV homepage.
Steiert was co-coach of the German national team alongside Reinhard Heß (†76) from 1993. Under the duo, Sven Hannawald and Martin Schmitt, who was coached by Steiert in Hinterzarten, celebrated great successes. After the 2003 World Championships, Steiert himself took over as national coach after the federation parted company with Heß.
Hannawald grateful and proud
Hannawald on Instagram: "Dear Wolfi, I'm just glad that our paths crossed back in the early 90s and that you took me by the hand. Coaches are the most important people who ultimately bring success to people like me. Nobody will be able to take our greatest success away from us. I am grateful and proud. Rest in peace."
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