The Deutscher Eishockey-Bund mourns the loss of Rita Kwiet, the former president of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ice and Roller Sports Association. Kwiet, whose great love was figure skating, recently died in Homburg/Saar at the age of 84. As a co-founder of her regional association in September 1966, Kwiet played an important role in the development of ice sports in her region.
She was in for over 40 years Rheinland-Pfalz State coach in figure skating and ice dancing, then president of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ice and Roller Sports Association from 2015 to 2017. In 2018 she was elected honorary president of the association. In 2017, Prime Minister Malu Dreyer awarded Rita Kwiet with the country's sports plaque Rheinland-Pfalz out of. Also the DEB Rita Kwiet will have an honorable memory.