Peter Rauchfuß

Biographical information

RolesReferee
SexMale
Full namePeter Erwin•Rauchfuß
Used namePeter•Rauchfuß
Born25 October 1944
Died16 July 2016 in Chemnitz, Sachsen (GER)
NOC East Germany

Biography

Peter Rauchfuß was one of East Germany’s most prolific handball referees and was in charge of matches at four consecutive editions of the Olympics, from 1976 through 1988. This, as well as his work at nine World Championships, contributed to his 350 refereed international matches, which was in addition to his hundreds of matches at the domestic level. He retired from refereeing in 1990, but remained active administratively, serving on reunified Germany’s handball federation referee commission for nearly a decade and a half and as a delegate to the European Handball Federation from 2000 through 2008. By career, he worked as a public relations and event manager at a brewery.

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1976 Summer Olympics Handball GDR Peter Rauchfuß
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match 7/8 Czechoslovakia — Denmark Referee #2
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Yugoslavia — Canada Referee #2
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #9 Denmark — Japan Referee #2
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #15 Soviet Union — Denmark Referee #2
1980 Summer Olympics Handball GDR Peter Rauchfuß
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match 7/8 Poland — Switzerland Referee #2
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Yugoslavia — Algeria Referee #2
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Switzerland — Kuwait Referee #2
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #14 Romania — Switzerland Referee #1
1984 Summer Olympics Handball GDR Peter Rauchfuß
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match 7/8 Switzerland — Spain Referee #1
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Iceland — Yugoslavia Referee #2
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #12 Yugoslavia — Switzerland Referee #1
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #14 Sweden — Spain Referee #2
Handball, Women (Olympic) Match #4 Yugoslavia — Austria Referee #1
1988 Summer Olympics Handball GDR Peter Rauchfuß
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Iceland — United States Referee #1
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Yugoslavia — Algeria Referee #1
Handball, Men (Olympic) Match #14 Soviet Union — Iceland Referee #1
Handball, Women (Olympic) Match #4 Republic of Korea — Soviet Union Referee #1
Handball, Women (Olympic) Match #6 Norway — Soviet Union Referee #1