Keith Wendorf (born 20 December 1949) is a former German curler and a curling coach.
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. 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. 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.
Awards and honours Colin Campbell Award: 1979, 1983. World Curling Freytag Award: 1994. Inducted in World Curling Federation Hall of Fame: 2012 (as Freytag Award winner; one and only German curler in WCF Hall of Fame for today).
Teams Season Skip Third Second Lead Coach Events 1977–78 Keith Wendorf Sascha Fischer-Weppler Balint von Bery Heino von L'Estocq (6th) 1978–79 Keith Wendorf Balint von Bery Sascha Fischer-Weppler Heino von L'Estocq (4th) 1979–80 Keith Wendorf Balint von Bery Heino von L'Estocq Peter Fischer-Weppler (7th) 1980–81 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin (9th) 1981–82 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin Otto Danieli (WCC) (4th) 1982–83 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin 1983–84 Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin (5th) (5th) 1984–85 Keith Wendorf Uwe Saile Sven Saile Andreas Sailer (4th) (9th) 1987–88 Keith Wendorf Uwe Saile Sven Saile Hans Dieter Kiesel (4th) 1988–89 Keith Wendorf Uwe Saile Sven Saile Gregor Kunzemüller (7th) 1989–90 Keith Wendorf Sven Saile Christoph Möckel Uwe Saile
Record as a coach of national teams Year Tournament, event National team Place 1994 1994 European Curling Championships (men) 1995 1995 European Curling Championships (men) 1996 1996 European Curling Championships (men) 1997 1997 European Curling Championships (men) 1998 1998 World Men's Curling Championship (men) 1998 1998 European Curling Championships (men) 1999 1999 World Men's Curling Championship (men) 1999 1999 European Curling Championships (men) 2000 2000 World Junior Curling Championships (junior men) 2000 2000 World Women's Curling Championship (women) 2000 2000 European Curling Championships (men) 2001 2001 World Junior Curling Championships (junior women) 2001 2001 World Men's Curling Championship (men) 2001 2001 European Curling Championships (men)
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