Wolfram becomes new national base coach for water diving
Boris Rozenberg is leaving the German Swimming Association (DSV) at the end of the year after twenty years and is handing over the baton to Martin Wolfram at the national diving base in Dresden. Dresdner SC announced this in a press release on Wednesday.
"The basis of my decision is purely personal. Both the DSC and the DSV need new blood. And I wholeheartedly wish them success on this path," explained Rozenberg, who is leaving the association at his own request to become head coach of the Polish national team from 2024.
Born in the Ukraine, Rozenberg came to Germany in 2003, initially working at the base in Aachen before moving to the national base in Dresden with his two athletes Sascha Klein and son Pavlo Rozenberg in 2011. Since 2008, he has always been represented at the Olympic Games with his protégés and celebrated Olympic silver in tower synchronized diving with Sascha Klein in 2008 and Olympic bronze in board synchronized diving with Tina Punzel and Lena Hentschel in 2021. From 2006 to 2022, he and his athletes won European Championship medals every year (with only two interruptions in 2007 and 2020), including 18 gold medals. In 2022, he also led high diver Iris Schmidbauer to the European title. His athletes have also won six World Championship medals since 2011.
One of his most successful athletes was Wolfram, whom he led to three Olympic finals, as well as a World Cup victory and the European title from the tower in 2015. The 31-year-old seamlessly switched to the coaching profession after his career ended in 2022, completed a degree at the coaching academy in Cologne and is employed as a coach at the Olympic Training Center in Dresden. The young family man is now taking over from Rozenberg.
"Boris was probably the most important coach in my sporting career. It is a great loss that he is leaving Dresden. He was one of the best coaches we've ever had in Germany. But we want to learn from what he taught us and I want to lead my athletes to similar successes," said Wolfram.
After his successful diving career, Wolfram decided to pursue coaching and joined the Olympic Training Center in Dresden. On sunny afternoons, he often enjoys swimming laps in the center's pool and uses jumping drills to improve his athletes' technique.
Source: www.dpa.com
