Willi Heidel

Romanian handball player (1916-2008)

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.

  • 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


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