Werner Stöckl (born 28 June 1952) is a retired Romanian
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
player of
Banat Swabian ethnicity. He won the world title in 1974 and two Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976.
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Stöckl took up handball in 1967 and in 1969 joined Steaua București, winning with them the ]EHF Champions League
The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...
title in 1977. In 1981 he transferred to Carpați Mârșa and helped to promote them from the second to the first division. In 1987 he immigrated with his wife to West Germany, where he played one year for TuS Hofweier upon recommendation from fellow player Simon Schobel. After that he worked as a handball coach.
Awards
* Honorary citizen of the municipality of Reșița
Reșița (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region. The city had a population of 58,393 in 2021. It administers six villages: Câlnic (''Kölnök''), Cuptoare (''Kupt ...
(Romania)
* 1974: Maestru emerit al sportului (≈ "Outstanding Master of Sports")
* 2009: Meritul Sportiv Cl. a II-a (≈ "Sports Award Second Class")
References
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1952 births
Living people
Romanian male handball players
CSA Steaua București (handball) players
Olympic handball players for Romania
Olympic silver medalists for Romania
Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
German people of German-Romanian descent
Sportspeople from Reșița
20th-century Romanian sportsmen
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