Keith Wendorf | |
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Born | 20 December 1949 |
Team | |
Curling club | Munchener EV, [1] CC Schwenningen [2] |
Curling career | |
Member Association | 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 |
Keith Wendorf (born 20 December 1949) is a former German curler and a curling coach.
Wendorf began his participation in curling in 1966 at the high school level in New Brunswick. He would go on to graduate from the University of New Brunswick with a BA in 1972.
After 1972 he moved to Germany. 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. [3]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Coach | Events |
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1977–78 | Keith Wendorf | Sascha Fischer-Weppler | Balint von Bery | Heino von L'Estocq | WCC 1978 (6th) | |
1978–79 | Keith Wendorf | Balint von Bery | Sascha Fischer-Weppler | Heino von L'Estocq | WCC 1979 (4th) | |
1979–80 | Keith Wendorf | Balint von Bery | Heino von L'Estocq | Peter Fischer-Weppler | ECC 1979 (7th) | |
1980–81 | Keith Wendorf | Hans Dieter Kiesel | Sven Saile | Heiner Martin | WCC 1981 (9th) | |
1981–82 | Keith Wendorf | Hans Dieter Kiesel | Sven Saile | Heiner Martin | Otto Danieli (WCC) | ECC 1981 (4th) WCC 1982 |
1982–83 | Keith Wendorf | Hans Dieter Kiesel | Sven Saile | Heiner Martin | ECC 1982 WCC 1983 | |
1983–84 | Keith Wendorf | Hans Dieter Kiesel | Sven Saile | Heiner Martin | ECC 1983 (5th) WCC 1984 (5th) | |
1984–85 | Keith Wendorf | Uwe Saile | Sven Saile | Andreas Sailer | ECC 1984 (4th) WCC 1985 (9th) | |
1987–88 | Keith Wendorf | Uwe Saile | Sven Saile | Hans Dieter Kiesel | ECC 1987 (4th) | |
1988–89 | Keith Wendorf | Uwe Saile | Sven Saile | Gregor Kunzemüller | ECC 1988 (7th) | |
1989–90 | Keith Wendorf | Sven Saile | Christoph Möckel | Uwe Saile | ECC 1989 |
Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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1994 | 1994 European Curling Championships | Germany (men) | 5 |
1995 | 1995 European Curling Championships | Germany (men) | 5 |
1996 | 1996 European Curling Championships | Germany (men) | 4 |
1997 | 1997 European Curling Championships | Germany (men) | |
1998 | 1998 World Men's Curling Championship | Germany (men) | 10 |
1998 | 1998 European Curling Championships | Germany (men) | 6 |
1999 | 1999 World Men's Curling Championship | Germany (men) | 7 |
1999 | 1999 European Curling Championships | Germany (men) | 9 |
2000 | 2000 World Junior Curling Championships | Germany (junior men) | |
2000 | 2000 World Women's Curling Championship | Germany (women) | 6 |
2000 | 2000 European Curling Championships | Germany (men) | 6 |
2001 | 2001 World Junior Curling Championships | Germany (junior women) | 10 |
2001 | 2001 World Men's Curling Championship | Germany (men) | 6 |
2001 | 2001 European Curling Championships | Germany (men) | 8 |
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