Curt Wadmark, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Curt Wadmark

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1915

Date of Death: 21-Jul-2003

Profession: handball player

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Curt Wadmark

  • Curt Wadmark (pronounced ['k??? ?v??dmark]; 30 January 1915 – 21 July 2003) was a Swedish handball player, coach and administrator.
  • He played for IFK Lund during the club's only season in the top division in 1938–39.
  • At the end of the season the team withdrew from the league and Wadmark moved to IFK Kristianstad due to the lack of a venue for handball in Lund.
  • He helped the team to two second places in the league and was a member of the team that won the club's first Swedish Championship in 1941, scoring two goals in the final.
  • After that season he returned to Lund to play for the newly-founded Lugi HF, where he played until 1947.
  • The club started in the second division, where they remained throughout Wadmark's spell at the club.
  • He played 76 matches and scored 145 goals for the club.
  • He played 12 matches for the Swedish national field handball team, including four at the 1938 World Championship.In 1948 Wadmark became coach for the Swedish national handball team.
  • The led them to the country's two first World Championship titles in 1954 and 1958, as well as third place in 1961 and second place in 1964.
  • As coach of the Swedish national field handball team he won the World Championship in 1948 and finished second in 1952.
  • He remained national team coach until 1967.Wadmark helped found the International Handball Federation in 1946 and was a member of its board for 44 years until 1990.
  • He was chairman of the Swedish Handball Federation from 1967 to 1973 and of the Scanian Handball Federation from 1969 to 1982.
  • Additionally, he was a board member of the Swedish Sports Confederation from 1971 to 1983.

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