Willi Heidel
Appearance
Wilhelm "Willi" Heidel (28 February 1916 – 20 September 2008) was a Romanian field handball player of German ethnicity who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
A Transylvanian Saxon born in Hermannstadt (Sibiu), at the time part of Austria-Hungary. He died in Lohhof, Germany.
Heidel was part of the Romanian field handball team, which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all three matches.
External links
[edit]- Johann Steiner, "Geschichten rund um den Handball in Siebenbürgen" (IX), in Siebenbürgische Zeitung, February 2002 (in German)
- Johann Steiner, "Deutsche Weltmeister unter rumänischer Fahne", in Siebenbürgische Zeitung, February 2007 (in German)
- Willi Heidel's profile at Sports Reference.com
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 2008 deaths
- Sportspeople from Sibiu
- Transylvanian Saxon people
- Romanian people of German descent
- Romanian male handball players
- Olympic handball players for Romania
- Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Romanian emigrants to Germany
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen
- Romanian handball biography stubs