Keith Wendorf

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Keith Wendorf
 
Born (1949-12-20) 20 December 1949 (age 75)
Team
Curling clubMunchener EV, [1]
CC Schwenningen [2]
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championship
appearances
7 (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
European Championship
appearances
8 (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Regina
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1982 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1982 Kirkcaldy
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Engelberg

Keith Wendorf (born 20 December 1949) is a former German curler and a curling coach.

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Wendorf was born in Ontario, the son of a serviceman, and his wife, Muriel while they were stationed there. The family would later move to Gagetown, New Brunswick. [3] There, Wendorf began his participation in curling in 1966 at the high school level. He would go on to graduate from the University of New Brunswick with a BA in 1972.

After his family were posted to West Germany, he followed them to live there. In Germany, he managed the CFB Lahr curling club. [3] During his time in Germany, Keith competed in 7 World Curling Championships (1978-1979, 1981-1985) highlighted by winning a silver medal in 1983.

He was the National Curling Coach of Germany from 1994 to 2002.

In 2002, Keith Wendorf began works at the World Curling Federation as the Director of Competitions and Development. After 16 years he retired at the end of June 2018.

He is married to Susan Wendorf and currently resides in France. [4]

Awards and honours

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadCoachEvents
1977–78Keith Wendorf Sascha Fischer-Weppler Balint von Bery Heino von L'Estocq WCC 1978 (6th)
1978–79Keith WendorfBalint von BerySascha Fischer-WepplerHeino von L'Estocq WCC 1979 (4th)
1979–80Keith WendorfBalint von BeryHeino von L'Estocq Peter Fischer-Weppler ECC 1979 (7th)
1980–81Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin WCC 1981 (9th)
1981–82Keith WendorfHans Dieter KieselSven SaileHeiner Martin Otto Danieli (WCC) ECC 1981 (4th)
WCC 1982 Bronze medal icon.svg
1982–83Keith WendorfHans Dieter KieselSven SaileHeiner Martin ECC 1982 Silver medal icon.svg
WCC 1983 Silver medal icon.svg
1983–84Keith WendorfHans Dieter KieselSven SaileHeiner Martin ECC 1983 (5th)
WCC 1984 (5th)
1984–85Keith Wendorf Uwe Saile Sven Saile Andreas Sailer ECC 1984 (4th)
WCC 1985 (9th)
1987–88Keith WendorfUwe SaileSven SaileHans Dieter Kiesel ECC 1987 (4th)
1988–89Keith WendorfUwe SaileSven Saile Gregor Kunzemüller ECC 1988 (7th)
1989–90Keith WendorfSven Saile Christoph Möckel Uwe Saile ECC 1989 Bronze medal icon.svg

Record as a coach of national teams

YearTournament, eventNational teamPlace
1994 1994 European Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
5
1995 1995 European Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
5
1996 1996 European Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
4
1997 1997 European Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
Gold medal icon.svg
1998 1998 World Men's Curling Championship Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
10
1998 1998 European Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
6
1999 1999 World Men's Curling Championship Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
7
1999 1999 European Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
9
2000 2000 World Junior Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (junior men)
Bronze medal icon.svg
2000 2000 World Women's Curling Championship Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (women)
6
2000 2000 European Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
6
2001 2001 World Junior Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (junior women)
10
2001 2001 World Men's Curling Championship Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
6
2001 2001 European Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (men)
8

References

  1. Look at de-Wiki: de:Münchener EV.
  2. Curling Club Schwenningen e.V. (in German)
  3. 1 2 "Wendorf takes loss in stride". Regina Leader-Post. April 18, 1983. p. 15. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. "Curling Legend - Keith Wendorf". Chinese Taipei Curling Federation. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  5. "World Curling Federation - Collie Campbell Memorial Award". Worldcurling.org. 2016-07-19. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  6. "World Curling Freytag Award". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. "World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2018.