Bodo Sieber

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Bodo Sieber
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Bodo Sieber - PGA Show Main stage 2023
Birth nameBodo Sieber
Date of birth (1979-01-10) 10 January 1979 (age 44)
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
Occupation(s)CEO and Co-Founder of Tagmarshal
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- 2000
2000 -		 Flag of Germany.svg SC Neuenheim
Flag of South Africa.svg University of Cape Town RFC 		()
Correct as of 3 March 2010
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005 - 2006 Flag of Ireland.svg Cork Constitution
Flag of South Africa.svg Western Province 		()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1998-2010 Germany 23
Correct as of 21 March 2010
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
Germany

Bodo Sieber (born 10 January 1979) [1] is an entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Tagmarshal Golf Course Optimization Technology [2] [3] and previously co-founded Berlin-based platform for social causes called betterplace.org. [4] [5] Sieber is a former German international rugby union player, playing for the University of Cape Town RFC [6] and the German national rugby union team. [7]

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Sieber has been a keynote speaker at the Golf Business Conference, Golf Inc Innovation Summit, PGA Show, [8] Golf Business Tech Conference, [9] as well as appearing in Forbes magazine, [10] Golf.com, PGA Magazine, Compleat Golfer, and other leading industry publications, radio shows, and podcasts. [11]

Sports career

Born in 1979, Bodo Sieber grew up in the German city of Heidelberg, where he developed a lifelong passion for sports, with a focus on rugby, which he started playing for SC Neuenheim in 1993. [7] By 1998, Sieber had played at two U19 World Cups (Chile/France) and made his debut playing for the German National Team, for which he earned 24 caps.[ citation needed ]

After relocating to Cape Town in 2000, Sieber joined the University of Cape Town RFC Ikey Tigers, where he played a record 172 first class games [12] and captained the team. [6] He continued to play professionally for Cork Constitution in the AIB League in 2005-06, [13] as well as playing for Western Province in the Vodacom Cup for two seasons. [7] He remains an Exco member of the UCT Ikey Tigers Rugby Club. [3]

Career highlights

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References

  1. ↑ Bodo Sieber profile at scrum.com accessed: 3 March 2010
  2. ↑ Gorman, Tommy (22 March 2022). "Tagmarshal Technology is Enhancing the Game!". New England dot Golf. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 Poni, Nozuko. "SCTalks Sports Tech". Quicket. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 "The history of betterplace.org". About us. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bodo Sieber, Tagmarshal | Episode No. 212 - The Wednesday Match Play Podcast presented by Mindful "U"". Listen Notes (in Burmese). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Ikey in Germany's last stand – UCT Ikey Tigers Rugby Club – UCTRFC". 23 March 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 "TotalRugby - Spielerinformationen - Bodo Sieber". www.totalrugby.de. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Speakers". www.pgashow.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Speakers | Golf Business TechCon". golfbusinesstechcon.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Mull, Brian. "Tagmarshal Joins With Four Major PGA Sections To Alleviate Slow Play In Golf". Forbes. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Bodo Sieber - Top podcast episodes". Listen Notes. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  12. ↑ TotalRugby Experten (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 7 March 2010
  13. ↑ Season's Round-Up: Cork Constitution Archived November 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine irishrugby.ie, accessed: 3 March 2010
  14. ↑ "The 9 most innovative people in golf". bluetoad.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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