Peter Rost (handballer)

Peter Rost
Personal information
Born	(1951-06-29) 29 June 1951 (age 73) Leipzig, East Germany
Nationality	German
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
Years	Team
1959-?	BSG Leipzig Südwest
–	SC Leipzig
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1970-1984	SC Leipzig
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	East Germany	216 [1]	(339)
Teams managed
1984-1989	SC Leipzig (youth)
1989-1993	SC Leipzig
1993-1998	Frankfurter Handball Club
1/1999-6/1999	SC Magdeburg
2001-2003	ThSV Eisenach
Medal record Men's handball 1980 Moscow Team World Championship 1974 East Germany

Peter Rost (born 29 June 1951 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a former German Team handball player; today he works as a coach and an official in this sport. His biggest success was winning the Olympic gold medal as the captain of the national team of East Germany in Moscow in 1980. ^[2]

Rost played for SC Leipzig nationally. ^[3] In 1966 he won the DDR youth championship, and in 1972, 1976 and 1979 he won the East German Championship with the club. ^[4] In 1984 he was named East German handballer of the year. ^[5] All in all, he played internationally for East Germany 216 times, scoring 339 goals. He was in the team that came in second in the 1974 World Championship in their own country. ^[6]

As a coach, he was responsible for the women's team from Frankfurt/Oder, the men's team of SC Magdeburg (1998/99) and of ThSV Eisenach (2001–2003). ^[6] In 1999 he won the EHF European League with SC Magdeburg. ^[7] In 2006 he joined the management of German handball club Concordia Delitzsch. ^[8]

In 2019 he was included in the ThSV Eisenach hall of fame. ^[6] In 1980 he was awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in silver and in 1984 in gold. ^{[9] [10]}

Private

He is married to Christina Rost, who was an international player for East Germany's women's handball team, and who won a World Championship and Olympic silver and bronze medals in the 1970s. Their son Frank did not follow tradition; he played as a professional football goalkeeper for German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV. ^[11]

External links

• Peter Rost at Munzinger Archiv (German)
• Als Trainer stehe ich nicht mehr zur Verfügung, in Handballpost ed. 4, 2008

References

1. M. Wagner (2008). "Nowitzki in Kristinas Fußstapfen" (in German) (38 ed.). Handballwoche. p. 29.
2. "Olympiasieger von 1980 bei uns am Mittwoch umjubelt" (in German). ThSV Eisenach. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
3. "Rost, Peter" (in German). Bundestiftung Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
4. "Olympiasieger Peter Rost feiert 70. Geburtstag" (in German). Handball-World. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
5. http://ddr-handball.de/, retrieved 5 February 2018
6. "05.01.2019 - Aufnahme in die Hall of Fame des ThSV Eisenach" (in German). ThSV Eisenach. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
7. "Peter Rost wird 70 - Der SCM gratuliert" (in German). SC Magdeburg. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
8. "Mitgas-Handball-Meeting: Realismus vor Gipfeltreffen" (in German). Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
9. Neues Deutschland, 22 August 1980, P. 3
10. Neues Deutschland, 1./2. September 1984, P. 4
11. "Frank Rost: Immer unbequem - oft unbezwingbar" (in German). NDR. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.