Ralph Götz

Ralph Götz
Born	(1967-05-15)15 May 1967
Nationality	German
Known for	President of the German Rugby Federation (2011-2013)

Ralph Götz (born 15 May 1967) was the President of the German Rugby Federation from 2011 to 2013. He succeeded Claus-Peter Bach at this position.[1]

Götz, whose father was for many years the President of the Baden-Württemberg Rugby Union, started playing rugby at an early age.[2]

Götz played in two youth internationals for Germany, against Denmark and Poland. He worked as a youth coach at his club, SC Neuenheim.[2]

On 16 July 2011 he was elected as President of the German Rugby Federation after the incumbent Claus-Peter Bach did not stand for reelection.[3] At the time of his election the DRV was close to insolvency caused by subsidiaries being withheld by the German federal ministry of the interior after a disagreement between the ministry and the DRV.[4]

Götz announced in March 2013 that he would not be standing for another term as DRV president at the next election on 6 July 2013 in Hanover.[5] He was replaced in his position by Ian Rawcliffe, who had previously been President of the German Federation from 1996 to 2004.[6]

References

1. New President in Germany FIRA-AER website, published: 17 July 2011, accessed: 18 September 2012
2. Ralph Götz im Kurzporträt (in German) DRV website, accessed: 18 September 2012
3. DRV: Hoffnungen ruhen auf Götz und Zeiger (in German) Offenbach-Post, published: 18 July 2011, accessed: 18 September 2012
4. Rugby-Verband in Finanznot (in German) Frankfurter Neue Presse, published: 8 August 2011, accessed: 18 September 2012
5. DRV-Präsident Ralph Götz gibt Aufgaben ab (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 21 March 2013, accessed: 24 April 2013
6. DRT 2013: Harmonischer Rugby-Tag in Hannover (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 8 July 2013, accessed: 15 July 2013

External links

• (in German) Deutscher Rugby-Verband - Official Site