Sporthilfe club of the best
The Sport Aid Club of the Best (until 2017: Champion of the Year ) has been an athlete election that has been held since 2000, in which Germany's top athletes choose their champion of the year. The Deutsche Sporthilfe Foundation, as the organizer, together with the support of business partners, invites the most successful German athletes of a year together with their families to a one-week stay in a holiday club .
All German athletes who have won a medal in the highest ranking competition of the year are invited. The Olympic Games , World and European Championships can come into play. The winner of the election by the athletes wins an automobile.
In 2008 the event itself received an award and was named “Selected Location 2008” in the “Germany - Land of Ideas” competition. The award is an initiative of the federal government and the Federation of German Industry.
List of winners
Since 2018, the winner has been given the title The best of the respective year. Until then, the winners were named Champion of the Year .
| year | Award winners | sport |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Birgit Fischer | Canoe racing |
| 2001 | Andreas Dittmer | Canoe racing |
| 2002 | Claudia Pechstein | Speed skating |
| 2003 | Alexander Leipold | Wrestling |
| 2004 | Kathrin Boron | rowing |
| 2005 | Mark Warnecke | swim |
| 2006 | Michael Greis | biathlon |
| 2007 | Franka Dietzsch | athletics |
| 2008 | Jan Frodeno | Triathlon |
| 2009 | Steffi Nerius | athletics |
| 2010 | André Lange | Bobsleigh |
| 2011 | Max Hoff | Canoe racing |
| 2012 | Gerd Schönfelder | Alpine skiing paralympic |
| 2013 | Christina Obergföll | athletics |
| 2014 | Eric Frenzel | Nordic combination |
| 2015 | Sebastian Brendel | Canoe racing |
| 2016 | Patrick Hausding | Diving |
| 2017 | Johannes Vetter | athletics |
| 2018 | Kristina Vogel | Track cycling |