Vlado Stenzel

Vlado Stenzel
Personal information
Full nameVladimir Štencl
NationalityCroatian, German
Born (1934-07-23) 23 July 1934 (age 92)
Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Sport
SportHandball
PositionGoalkeeper
Current clubRetired
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1951-1959RK Prvomajska Zagreb
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955  Yugoslavia 1 (0)
Teams managed
1962-1967RK Medveščak Zagreb
1967-1972Yugoslavia
1967-1968RK Crvenka
1968-1970RK Krivaja Zavidovići
1970-1973RK Kvarner Rijeka
1973-1974SC Phönix Essen 1920 e.V
1974-1982West Germany
1975-1976TV Schalksmühle
1982-1983OSC Thier Dortmund
1983-1985HC TuRa Bergkamen
1986-1988VfL Bad Schwartau
1988-1990TSV Milbertshofen
1990-1991VfL Günzburg
1991-1993TsV Bobingen
1995TV Grosswallstadt
1995-1997MTV Ingolstadt
1997-1998SG Bruchköbel
1999-2002SV Anhalt Bernburg
2003-2004HSG Wetzlar
2005-20061. FSV Mainz 05
2007-2008TVJK Budenheim
2018-Rk Vodice
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Men's handball
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place1972 MunichTeam competition
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place1970 FranceTeam competition
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1967 TunisiaTeam competition
Representing  Germany
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1978 DenmarkTeam competition

Vlado Stenzel (Croatian: Vlado Štencl; born 23 May 1934) is a Croatian former handball goalkeeper and coach. He had the nickname 'The Wizard'.

He won the 1972 Summer Olympics gold medal with Yugoslavia and the 1978 World Championship with West Germany.

His wife's name is Diana and they have four children: Vanda, Vlatko, Helena, and Daniel.

Honours

As player
Prvomajska Zagreb
As coach
Medveščak Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Krivaja Zavidovići
West Germany
Bad Schwartau
Milbertshofen
Anhalt-Bernburg

References

  1. ↑ "Legendarni rukometni trener Stenzel misli da zna zašto je reprezentacija igrala tako slabo na Euru u Poljskoj". telegram.hr (in Croatian).
  2. ↑ "Vlado Stenzel verzauberte die Handball-Welt und führte Deutschland 1978 zum Weltmeisterschaftsgewinn". archiv.thw-handball (in German).