Athletes Germany
| Athletes Germany e. V. | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Advocacy |
| Chair: | Max Hartung |
| Executive Director: | Johannes Herber |
| Establishment date: | 2017 |
| Number of members: | approx. 650 |
| Number of employees: | 5 |
| Seat : | Berlin |
| Website: | https://www.athleten-deutschland.org |
Athletes Germany e. V. is a German association that wants to represent the interests of German executive athletes independently and professionally. The establishment was decided at the general assembly of the athlete representatives of the German competitive athletes on October 15, 2017 in Cologne. 45 participants signed the founding protocol for this purpose. The seat of the association is Berlin.
Work of the association
Athleten Deutschland eV enables all athletes with federal squad status to become a member of the club free of charge. As part of this membership, Athleten Deutschland eV supports its members in the following areas:
- Voice - represent interests strongly and independently
- Protection - protecting, expanding and enforcing athletes' rights
- Perspective - enable athletic and personal development
Athletes Germany e. V. pursues the mission "to create a German sports system that offers athletes the best conditions in the world to develop their athletic and personal potential and respect them as people". To achieve this, Athleten Deutschland e. V. offers its members free legal advice on all their questions about sport through the “Legal Council”. This consists of four experienced lawyers from the field of sports law.
Goal setting
With this representation of interests, the competitive athletes want to become more independent from the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and be able to represent their concerns more professionally. The German Bundestag and the Federal Ministry of the Interior support the initiative of competitive athletes and sponsor the association with 450,000 euros annually.
The main areas of interest are better pay, better training and living conditions, career planning after sport and more independence. Many athletes feel that they are being “bullied” by associations, for example by the DOSB's new top sports concept with its focus on competitive sports centers, or that their reactions to the nationwide doping of Russia are too weak. But also practical facilities, such as creating a network among the athletes' spokesmen, are among the goals of the club.
criticism
At the time it was founded, the DOSB saw no need for an independent athlete representation, because in its view the athletes would already be represented by the DOSB's athletes' commission, and the founding of the association would create parallel structures. In addition, it is to be feared that possible public funds for the new club would be withdrawn elsewhere in top-class sport.
The spokesman for the umbrella organizations Siegfried Kaidel had already expressed his support for the project at an early stage. The National Anti-Doping Agency and the Deutsche Sporthilfe Foundation also support the increased autonomy of top athletes.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ulrich Hartmann: Athletes start revolution in German sport , sport policy, on: sueddeutsche.de, from October 16, 2017, accessed October 26, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Top athletes found the “Athleten Deutschland” association , lobby group, on: augsburger-allgemeine.de, October 18, 2017, accessed October 26, 2017.
- ↑ Imprint. In: athleten-deutschland.org. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Andrea Schältke in conversation with Klaas Reese: Self-confident and self-determined , Athleten Deutschland, on: deutschlandfunk.de, from October 14, 2017, accessed October 26, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d Peter Ahrens: Funktionärsdämmerung , Neuer Athletenverein, on: spiegel.de, October 16, 2017, accessed October 26, 2017.
- ↑ News. February 4, 2019, accessed February 4, 2019 .
- ^ DRV board: News: "Athleten Germany" founded. October 16, 2017, accessed February 4, 2019 .