| emil beck
Here is a translation of the article on the German fencing website. Where it says deaf bishop home it should read tauberbischofsheim - yes that's what it means.
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The chief coach of the national team of many years of the German fencing he federation died in the Sunday evening surprisingly at the age of 70 years at a cardiac infarct in its dwelling in deaf bishop home. Emil Beck, to whose friends and way companion also the former Federal Chancellor to Helmut Kohl and of Baden-Wuerttemberg to Prime Minister Erwin to devil belonged, leaves its wife and two sons. Beck started its fencing career in the year 1952 in a Tauberbischofsheimer heizungskeller. He said once: "I come from poor conditions. I had to always fight." Earnings/services Becks around the German fencing sport are with friends, as also critics, undisputed. "our thoughts are in the hours of the mourning with the members, his Mrs. Karin and the sons franc and René with families", like that DFB president Gordon Rapp. "Emil Becks commitment for the fencing sport over these many years is unique in the world! Do not fence in Germany would have without Emil Beck this value in Germany, and also not internationally ", so Rapp further. Was from 1986 to 2000 Emil Beck chief coach of the national team of the German fechter. With it at the point German Fechter-Bund got altogether -, WM- and EM medals to 163 Olympia. Becks first large success is past nearly 33 years. At that time the German gentleman sword team won the first gold medal with a world championship (1973 Sweden). High point of its activity was 1988 again with the olympic plays in Seoul gold, silver and bronze in the Damenflorett single and gold with the crew by the three Tauberbischofsheimer fencing gutters Anja Fichtel, Sabine building and Zita Funkenhauser. 1999 had said good-bye Beck after internal diversities of opinion at the olympia base in deaf bishop home on his part into the retirement. Thus it terminated also its career as Chefcoach of the DFB. Later the public prosecutor's office Mannheim determinations began two years against it because of the suspicion on falsification of documents and fraud. The process was set, was however several times shifted. In past July Beck had still in circles of the family its 70. Birthday celebrated. "it does already pain, if one is before-condemned by the public and the media. I did not earn, said that "Beck at that time. In the interviewinterview interview on the occasion of its 70. Birthday expressed Beck an intimate desire: "which I would like am that my life's work survived and also in the future success has." The funeral service takes place on Friday, 17 March at 14:00 o'clock in the town church pc. Martin in deaf bishop home. Subsequently, the body is buried at the city cemetery in deaf bishop home. The city loads to it the mourning municipality again into the city hall hall in. | 
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