Reiner Nittel is the new Sports Directio of the German Hockey federation (DHB). Nittel (40), a man with experiences in high level sports, will join the DHB as of 1 May 2007.

During his many years of being active in the sports business, Nittel was active in different functions. Nittel was active athlete and fulltime coach of the German women's national ice hockey team. Furthermore, Nittel had different management positions. In his last function, he was very successfully active as a director of sport of the German Curling federation.

Source: DHB