National handball team trainer Christian Prokop guest of Premium Partner HARTING

The coach, together with Jörg Westheider, head of Handball Marketing GmbH of the DHB, and Marian Michalczik, one of the GWD Minden backs and for the national team, were welcomed by Board charman Philip Harting at the trade show stand. Harting recalled the thrilling appearance of the handball players at the World Cup at the beginning of this year. Although the effort was not enough to win a medal, Harting noted that the team in the shorts bearing the HARTING logo at the World Cup are undoubtedly among the best in the world.

Christian Prokop has played a large part in this achievement. The 40-year-old, who played for GWD Minden from 2001 to 2003, assumed his role in mid-2017. Under his leadership, the team had re-conquered the hearts of handball fans and made the sport even more popular in Germany, said Harting. Prokop surprised the Board chairman of the family business with a special gift, presenting a jersey with the signatures of all the players on the national handball team.

Christian Prokop and Marian Michalczik, who debuted in the national team in June 2017, then proceeded to answer questions from trade fair visitors, fans and HARTING employees. The national squad trainer and marketing director Jörg Westheider were impressed by the company, its innovative technological products and solutions for a wide variety of applications during a tour of the HARTING stand.