The international gymnastics community has lost one of its most respected members and an exceptional person.
Karl-Heinz ZSCHOCKE, the former head coach of the GDR artitic gymnastics men’s team and long-standing president of the Technical Committee for Men’s Gymnastics of the International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.), who in the last few years was its honorary vice president, died after a short, serious illness in a Berlin hospital on Saturday evening….
His career spanned nine Olympics and 18 World Championships. …
He is survived by his wife Christine, six children and eleven grandchildren. They mourn an exceptional human being, whose kindness and personality will be remembered.
I only met him once when I judged in Australia in the early 1990s. And was quite impressed.
Rest in peace Herr Zschocke.
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