What is Bernhard Kempa?
[[File:Bernhard Kempa 03.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kempa in August 2011]] '''Bernhard Kempa''' (19 November 1920 &ndash; 20 July 2017) was a German handball player and coach. He became world champion in [[field handball]] in 1952 and 1955 as a national team player. He was born in [[Opole]], [[Upper Silesia]]. Kempa made a significant contribution as the outstanding player. Until his career as a player in 1957, Kempa won the championship in Göppingen one more time in the hall (1955) and in the field (1957). As a Göppinger coach, he did so in the indoor handball five more times (1958-1961, 1970), and Kempa also took the Europapokal in 1960. In 2011, Kempa was admitted to [[Germany's Sports Hall of Fame]]. Kempa died in [[Bad Boll]], Germany of complications from [[Parkinson's disease]] on 20 July 2017 at the age of 96.<ref>[http://www.zeit.de/news/2017-07/21/handball-handball-legende-bernhard-kempa-ist-tot-21130402 Handball-Legende Bernhard Kempa ist tot]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.olympischeerziehung.de/media/sportbuch_band_1_c6743717.pdf Eintrag im Sportbuch Band 1 (PDF; 3,6&nbsp;MB)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kempa, Bernhard}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Handball coaches]] [[Category:German sportspeople]] [[Category:People from former German territories]] {{sports-bio-stub}}