George Biehl

George Biehl
Personal information
Full name George Alex Biehl Saldías
Date of birth (1963-09-24) 24 September 1963
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Las Colinas – (–)
1988–1990 Audax Italiano (27)
1991 Santiago Wanderers 25 (4)
1992–1993 Colo-Colo 38 (3)
1994 Deportes Antofagasta 25 (1)
1995–1998 Coquimbo Unido 92 (3)
1999 Unión Española (0)
Managerial career
2000–2004 Universidad Católica (youth)
2005–2006 Universidad Católica (assistant)
2007–2008 UA Maracaibo (assistant)
2008–2009 Chile U15
2009 Chile U20 (assistant)
2011–2012 Chile U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Alex Biehl Saldías (born 24 September 1963) is a Chilean former athlete and professional footballer who played as an defender.

Athletics

During the 80s, Biehl competed in 110 metres hurdles, becoming the Chilean champion between 1980 and 1987, and decathlon, becoming the Chilean champion between 1986 and 1987. At youth level, he represented Chile and won the silver medal in 110 metres hurdles at the 1980 South American Junior Championship.[2]

At senior level, Biehl represented Chile at the 1983 South American Championship, the 1985 South American Championship (bronze in 110 metres hurdles), the 1986 South American Games (silver in 110 metres hurdles and bronze in decathlon) and the 1987 Pan American Games.[3][4][5]

Football career

At amateur level, Biehl played for Club Deportivo Las Colinas from Viña del Mar in 1980 and 1981. Once he left athletics, he joined Audax Italiano in 1988 at the Chilean Segunda División.[6]

In 1991, Biehl signed with Santiago Wanderers for the Chilean Primera División.[7] The next years, he continued with Colo-Colo,[2][8] Deportes Antofagasta[9] and Coquimbo Unido in the top level.[10] With Colo-Colo, he won the 1992 Recopa Sudamericana, the 1991 Copa Interamericana (played in September 1992) and the 1993 Primera División de Chile.[11]

He ended his career with Unión Española, winning the 1999 Primera B de Chile.[6][11]

Coaching career

Biehl started his coaching career with the Universidad Católica youth ranks at the beginning of the 2000s and later served as assistant coach of Jorge Pellicer in the first team. He continued with Pellicer in Venezuelan club Unión Atlético Maracaibo and with Ivo Basay in Chile U20.[6]

As a head coach, Biehl led Chile U15[12] and Chile U17 from 2008 to 2012.[13]

Personal life

His father, Otto, was a German descendant businessman from Valparaíso and one of the founders of Club Atlético de los SS.CC. de Valparaíso y Viña del Mar, an athletics club where George began his career outside his hometown.[14]

References

  1. ^ "George Biehl". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b "George Biehl: El Usain Bolt criollo que jugó en Colo Colo". Dale Albo (in Spanish). 4 January 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  3. ^ Aguilera, Rubén; Biscayart, Eduardo; Vinker, Luis (June 2023). CAMPEONATOS SUDAMERICANOS DE ATLETISMO: EL HISTORIAL (PDF) (in Spanish). ConSudAtle. pp. 24–25, 284–286, 293–295. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  4. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo; Calixto, Nestor; Vinker, Luis (3 December 2020). Decathlon en Sudamérica: EL MUNDO DE LOS SUPER ATLETAS (PDF) (in Spanish). April 2024: ConSudAtle. pp. 127–128, 144, 171. Retrieved 15 May 2025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ "110 METRES HURDLES (15 Aug) FINAL" (PDF). PAN-AMERICAN GAMES Indianapolis, USA 1987. Association of Track and Field Statisticians: 7, 14. May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Modo Panamericanos: El atleta que se transformó en obsesión de Mirko Jozic". Pelotudos.cl (in Spanish). 31 October 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera División 1991". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  8. ^ "GEORGE BIEHL LLEGÓ A COLO COLO "A LA CARRERA"". www.futboldeantes.cl/ (in Spanish). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  9. ^ Reyes, Luis (20 November 2016). "Las cuatro pesadillas que sufrió Católica en Antofagasta". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2025. Sin embargo, George Biehl a los 47'
  10. ^ "Club de Deportes COQUIMBO UNIDO". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  11. ^ a b "George BIEHL". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Selección chilena Sub 15 ya tiene nómina y se alista para Sudamericano de Bolivia". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 30 October 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  13. ^ "George Biehl: La primera fase del Sudamericano sub 17 va a ser muy dura". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 8 March 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  14. ^ Lizama Hernández, Carlos (30 March 2022). "Mis Recuerdos Escolares en el Valparaíso de los años 50". www.carloslizama.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2025. don Otto Biehl, uno de los más importantes empresarios de Valparaíso, que tenía un hijo en el colegio de Viña del Mar, George Biehl, que era un superdotado en las carreras de velocidad.
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