How tall is Ottmar Hitzfeld?

Ottmar Hitzfeld's listed height is 178 cm (5'10"). He is taller than about 62% of men in Germany.

Where 178 cm sits among men in Germany

Taller than about 62% of men in Germany born in 1949 (average 175.9 cm).

About Ottmar Hitzfeld

Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former professional football player and manager, born on 12 January 1949 in Lörrach. He is a trained mathematician and sports teacher, and he accumulated 25 major titles, mostly with Grasshoppers, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.

As a striker Hitzfeld won two Swiss Super League titles with Basel, in 1971 to 72 and 1972 to 73, and was the league's top goalscorer in 1972 to 73. He earned six caps for West Germany, all at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. As a manager he won two Bundesliga titles with Dortmund and five with Bayern Munich. He won the 1996 to 97 Champions League with Dortmund against Juventus and the 2000 to 01 Champions League with Bayern against Valencia. He has been elected World Coach of the Year twice.

Hitzfeld has a listed height of 178 cm (5'10"). He is one of only seven managers to win the European Cup or Champions League with two clubs.

Frequently asked

How tall is Ottmar Hitzfeld in feet and inches? Ottmar Hitzfeld is 5'10" tall, which is 178 cm, 70.1 inches or 1.78 m.

Is Ottmar Hitzfeld tall for men in Germany? At 178 cm he is taller than about 62% of men in Germany born in 1949, whose average height is 175.9 cm.

Sources

• Ottmar Hitzfeld on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Ottmar Hitzfeld on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 178 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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