GDR master

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GDR champion was the name given to the winner in the team or individual ranking of the highest national competition in a competitive discipline in the German Democratic Republic (abbreviated: GDR). The competition to determine the GDR champion was the GDR championship .

The sports associations of the GDR were the organizers of the sporting competitions. The title was mostly awarded annually and separately by gender. The term GDR master was also used for competitions that were not athletic competitions. Team competitions (with the exception of those in individual disciplines such as swimming or track and field relays) were held in league mode, and individual competitions as individual competitions.

During the time of the division of Germany , the sports clubs of the Federal Republic of Germany took part in the German championships . According to the Basic Law , the athletes from the GDR could have participated as Germans , but that was practically impossible.

There were GDR champions in the following sports, for example: badminton, biathlon, boxing, ice hockey, figure skating, fencing, football, weightlifting, handball, judo, canoeing, athletics, motorcycle racing, Nordic combined, cycling, luge, wrestling, rowing, swimming, sailing , Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, shooting, table tennis, gymnastics, volleyball.

In addition to the GDR championships, there was the GDR best determination, z. B. in women's football or ice hockey .