Bernhard Kempa (19 November 1920 – 20 July 2017) was a German handball player and coach. He became world champion in field handball in 1952 and 1955 as a national team player. He was born in Opole , Upper Silesia . Kempa made a significant contribution as the outstanding player.

Until his career as a player in 1957, Kempa won the championship in Goppingen one more time in the hall (1955) and in the field (1957). As a Goppinger coach, he did so in the indoor handball five more times (1958-1961, 1970), and Kempa also took the Europapokal in 1960.

In 2011, Kempa was admitted to Germany's Sports Hall of Fame .

Kempa died in Bad Boll , Germany of complications from Parkinson's disease on 20 July 2017 at the age of 96. ^[1]

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• Eintrag im Sportbuch Band 1 (PDF; 3,6 MB)

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