He is the best and most successful water polo player in German history.
Hagen Stamm played 323 international games, scored 750 goals and won gold at the European Championships in 1981 and 1989 and Olympic bronze in 1984.
From 1979 to 1992 he won 14 German championships in a row with the Wasserfreunde Spandau.
To this day he is president of the association.
After his time as a player Stamm became national coach.
His greatest success was fifth place at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
But now it's over.
After 41 years, the Berliner finally ends his time in the national water polo team.
Interview about a special career in which, in addition to water polo, he also became a successful businessman.
In 1985, Stamm took over the management of the family company founded in 1935.
He expanded the bicycle wholesaler BBF Bike into a national company.
Question:
Which personal encounter lingered on?
Stamm:
At the Goodwill Games in Moscow we once stood in the elevator with the Soviet basketball player Ulyana Semyonova.
It was eight feet and looked like the walker from James Bond.
For us 1.90 meter chunks that was pretty bizarre.
We were really scared that we would get stuck and she says: "Come here, little one, kiss me!" I will never forget the picture.
Question:
The story of the flying refrigerator in Los Angeles in 1984 is legendary ...