Dietmar Doering

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Dietmar Doering
Dietmar Doering

Dietmar Doering is the founder of the Asian-German Sports Exchange Program.

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[edit] Biography

Doering was an amateur national coach for the table tennis team of Sri Lanka and utilised the sports events as a medium for encouraging peace in Sri Lanka for a long time.[1][2][3]

[edit] Sri Lanka tsunami

Doering and his students performed a memorable service for Sri Lanka to help with the devistation caused by the 2005 tsunami by importing goods and medicines directly from Germany, goods that were worth more than US$ 5 Million.[1][2][3][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Kanagasingam, Rajkumar (December 6, 2005). German hamlet of Asia (HTML) (English). Sri Lanka Daily News. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd.. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  2. ^ a b Kanagasingam, Rajkumar (January 19, 2005). A visit to the tsunami-swept North (HTML) (English). Sri Lanka Daily News. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd.. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  3. ^ a b Jayasinghe, Hiran Priyankara (December 9, 2007). Attacks lead to tourist hotel closure (HTML) (English). The Sunday Times Online. Wijeya Newspapers Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka.. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  4. ^ Mohamed, Ranee (December 9, 2007). Political hooliganism that devastated Doering (HTML) (English). The Sunday Leader. Leader Publications (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka.. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.

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