Keith Wendorf

Keith Wendorf (born 20 December 1949) is a former German curler and a curling coach.

Born (1949-12-20) 20 December 1949 (age 76)
East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Curling clubMunchener EV,^[1]
CC Schwenningen^[2]

Member Association Germany

World Championship
appearances7 (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)

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Keith Wendorf
Curler  ♂
Born	(1949-12-20) 20 December 1949 (age 76) East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Team
Curling club	Munchener EV,[1] CC Schwenningen[2]
Curling career
Member Association	Germany
World Championship appearances	7 (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
European Championship appearances	8 (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989)
Medal record Curling Representing  Germany World Championships 1983 Regina 1982 Garmisch-Partenkirchen European Championships 1982 Kirkcaldy 1989 Engelberg

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Wendorf was born in Ontario, the son of a serviceman, and his wife, Muriel while they were stationed there. The family would later move to Gagetown, New Brunswick.^[3] There, Wendorf began his participation in curling in 1966 at the high school level. He would go on to graduate from the University of New Brunswick with a BA in 1972.

After his family were posted to West Germany, he followed them to live there. In Germany, he managed the CFB Lahr curling club.^[3] During his time in Germany, Keith competed in 7 World Curling Championships (1978-1979, 1981-1985) highlighted by winning a silver medal in 1983.

He was the National Curling Coach of Germany from 1994 to 2002.

In 2002, Keith Wendorf began works at the World Curling Federation as the Director of Competitions and Development. After 16 years he retired at the end of June 2018.

He is married to Susan Wendorf and currently resides in France.^[4]