Sports Press Golden Ribbon
The Golden Ribbon of the Sports Press has been awarded to personalities in German sports by the “ Association of German Sport Journalists Berlin-Brandenburg” (VDS) since 1927 . It is the oldest sports award in Germany. In 2009 it was awarded for the 60th time.
Award winners
| year | Excellent people |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Otto Schmidt (horse racing), Otto Peltzer (athletics), Ernst Vierkötter (swimming) |
| 1928 | Carl-Friedrich von Langen (equestrian sport), Walter Sawall (cycling), Helene Mayer (fencing) |
| 1929 | Max Schmeling (boxing), Fritz Morzik (aviation), Mathias Engel (cycling) |
| 1930 | Wolfgang von Gronau (aviation), Hanne Sobek (soccer) |
| 1931 | Rudolf Caracciola (automobile racing), Cilly Aussem (tennis) |
| 1932 | Albert Poensgen (billiards), Daniel Prenn (tennis), Albert Richter (cycling), Herbert Buhtz (rowing) |
| 1933-1951 | not forgiven |
| 1952 | Gottfried von Cramm (tennis), Herbert Klein (swimming), Johannes Frömming (harness racing), Rudolf Ullstein (publisher) |
| 1953/54 | not forgiven |
| 1955 | Gundi Busch (figure skating), Heinz Fütterer (athletics) |
| 1956 | Gerhard Hecht (boxing), Hans Günter Winkler (equestrian sport) |
| 1957 | Manfred Germar (athletics) |
| 1958 | Bubi Scholz (boxing), Heinz Pfeiffer (artificial cycling) |
| 1959 | Fritz Thiedemann (equestrian), Martin Lauer (athletics), Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet (roller skating and figure skating) |
| 1960 | Georg Thoma (skiing), Armin Hary (athletics), Wilfried Dietrich (wrestling), Olympic figure eight Kiel / Ratzeburg (rowing) |
| 1961 | Heidi Schmid (fencing), Rudi Altig (cycling) |
| 1962 | Fritz Walter (soccer), world champion foursome / Berlin rowing club |
| 1963 | Sepp Herberger (soccer), Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (figure skating), Berlin hockey club |
| 1964 | Manfred Schnelldorfer (figure skating), Willi Kuhweide (sailing), Willi Holdorf (athletics) |
| 1965 | Hans-Joachim Klein (swimming), Uwe Seeler (soccer), Karl and Oskar Buchholz (bike ball) |
| 1966 | Josef Neckermann (dressage riding), Helga and Jürgen Bernhold (tournament dance), Werner von Moltke (athletics) |
| 1967 | Willi Daume (DSB and NOK President), Detlef Lewe (canoe racing ), Liesel Westermann (athletics) |
| 1968 | Ingrid Becker (athletics), Annemarie Zimmermann / Roswitha Esser (canoe racing), Franz Keller (skiing), Erhard Keller (speed skating) |
| 1969 | Eberhard Schöler (table tennis), Friedrich Wessel (fencing), Günther Meier (amateur boxing) |
| 1970 | Renate Breuer (canoe racing), Jürgen Barth / Rainer Müller (cycling), Heide Rosendahl (athletics) |
| 1971 | World champion foursome with helmsman (rowing) |
| 1972 | Liselott Linsenhoff (dressage), Hildegard Falck (athletics), Walter Demel (skiing), Franz Beckenbauer (soccer) |
| 1973/74 | not forgiven |
| 1975 | Eberhard Gienger (gymnastics) |
| 1976 | Gold foursome and Gustav Kilian (cycling) |
| 1977 | Annegret Richter (athletics) |
| 1978 | Alwin Schockemöhle (equestrian sport) |
| 1979 | Klaus Steinbach (swimming) |
| 1980 | Christiane Kieburg (Judo) |
| 1981 | Ralf Reichenbach (athletics) |
| 1982 | Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 (water polo) |
| 1983 | Harald Schmid (athletics) |
| 1984 | Rainer Podlesch (cycling), Heinz Wewering (trotting) |
| 1985 | Reiner Klimke (dressage riding) |
| 1986 | Emil Beck (fencing) |
| 1987 | Lorenz Funk (ice hockey), Chinny Moser (hockey) |
| 1988 | Manfred von Richthofen (President of the LSB Berlin), Manfred Donike (sports medicine specialist) |
| 1989 | Peter-Michael Kolbe (rowing) |
| 1990 | Sven Ottke (boxing) |
| 1991 | Marianne Buggenhagen (disabled sports / athletics), Horst Milde (organizer of the Berlin marathon) |
| 1992 | Michael Groß (swimming) |
| 1993 | Birgit Fischer-Schmidt (canoe racing), Uwe-Jens Mey (speed skating) |
| 1994 | Jacqueline Börner (speed skating), Otto Rehhagel (soccer) |
| 1995 | Rudi Völler (soccer) |
| 1996 | Jochen Schümann (sailing) |
| 1997 | Olaf Ludwig (cycling), Andreas Wecker (gymnastics) |
| 1998 | Lars Riedel (athletics), Alba Berlin (basketball) |
| 1999 | Heike Drechsler (athletics), Hartwig Gauder (athletics) |
| 2000 | Dagmar Hase (swimming), Bernd Heynemann (soccer referee) |
| 2001 | Kathrin Boron (rowing), Sabine Bau (fencing), Martina Willing (disabled sports) |
| 2002 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (speed skating), Ludger Beerbaum (equestrian sport) |
| 2003 | Claudia Pechstein (speed skating), Joachim Franke (speed skating trainer), Sabine Braun (athletics) |
| 2004 | Bettina Wiegmann (soccer), Otto Ziege (cycling / six-day race organizer) |
| 2005 | Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (rowing) |
| 2006 | Astrid Kumbernuss (athletics), Bernd Schröder (soccer) |
| 2007 | Steffi Nerius (athletics), Georg Hackl (sledding), Oliver Kahn (soccer) |
| 2008 | Franka Dietzsch (athletics), Hans Wilhelm Gäb (German Sports Aid Foundation) |
| 2009 | Katarina Witt (figure skating), Jutta Müller (figure skating trainer), Rainer Schmidt (table tennis) |
| 2010 | Jenny Wolf (speed skating) |
| 2011 | Natascha Keller (hockey) |
| 2012 | Heiner Brand (handball) |
| 2013 | Sven Felski (ice hockey) |
| 2014 | Ronny Ziesmer (gymnastics), Michael Ballack (soccer) |
| 2015 | Welcome United (soccer) |
| 2016 | Henning Harnisch (basketball) |
| 2017 | Ines Geipel (athletics, anti-doping fighter) |
| 2018 | Harald Schmid (hurdler, addiction prevention) |