Jonathan Heimes

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Jonathan "Johnny" Heimes (born February 19, 1990 in Darmstadt ; † March 8, 2016 there ) was a German football fan who was diagnosed with cancer . 2014 he contributed to the rise of the football club SV Darmstadt 98 in the second Bundesliga using Motivationsarmbändchen favor of the development association of the Children's Cancer Hospital at Frankfurt University Hospital . The stadium at Böllenfalltor in Darmstadt bore his name during the 2016/17 Bundesliga season .

Life

Jonathan Heimes was youth tennis champion before cancer prevented his further career in the following years. He was trained together with Andrea Petković by their father Zoran Petković . Together with Andrea Petković, Heimes founded the non-profit society Du muss Kampf in February 2015, which supports associations and projects for supportive sports therapy in cancer therapy for children and adolescents. By July 2016, the association Aid for Children with Cancer in Frankfurt had donated almost one million euros. Heimes died of cancer on March 8, 2016.

The captain of SV Darmstadt 98, Aytaç Sulu , spoke at a press conference of the club and emphasized the importance of Heimes for the success of the team. On behalf of his loyalty to the fans for the lilies and as a thank you for his commitment to children and young people with cancer despite his own illness, he was asked to take part in the 2015 Bundesliga promotion ceremony at SV Darmstadt 98 and 15,000 fans sang You'll Never Walk Alone together .

His death triggered a nationwide media coverage. Mayor Jochen Partsch and the City Council of Darmstadt praised Heimes as a "role model for many people, children and adults, in Darmstadt and far beyond the borders of our city".

In his memory, SV Darmstadt 98 renamed its stadium for the 2016/17 season to the Jonathan Heimes Stadium at Böllenfalltor . To this end, the rights holder of the stadium name, Merck KGaA , waived its current naming rights for one year. Since the 2017/18 season, the stadium's south stand has been called the "Jonathan Heimes Stand" until 2020.

In 2017, TEC Darmstadt named its first place during the charity tournament in favor of the You-must-fight initiative with the support of Merck KGaA in Jonathan-Heimes-Center Court .

Jonathan Heimes was buried in the Bessunger Friedhof in Darmstadt.

media

In 2014, ZDF produced a documentary in its 37 Grad series about Jonathan Heimes, his years of fighting cancer and his initiative You must fight . On September 4, 2014, he was a guest on the talk show Markus Lanz . On July 31, 2015. in the MDR telecast Unter Uns - stories one never forgets reported Jonathan home.

The Darmstädter Echo paid tribute to him in an obituary as a youngster who fought against his cancer with courage and help for others in a publicly effective way and was a loyal fan of his sports club :

“But it's more than that. Not only did he fight his fate, he also helped others. This is his legacy . There aren't many twenty-six year olds who have one. "

- Jonathan Heimes has died (obituary). In: Darmstädter Echo , March 9, 2016.

In April 2018, the musical You must fight - Das Lilienmusical was performed at the Darmstadt State Theater , which, in addition to the sports club, also had the motto and life of Jonathan Heimes as its theme.

Works

  • Comebacks - Meine Leben Selbstverlag, Darmstadt 2013.
  • You have to fight self-published, Darmstadt 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] Darmstadt Echo. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Birgit Femppel: Jonathan Heimes has died. Darmstadt echo . March 9, 2016, accessed September 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Michael Eder: Johnny, the fighter , in Frankfurter Allgemeine on March 9, 2016, accessed on March 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ lba / sid: SV Darmstadt 98: Biggest Fan died of cancer. In: Spiegel Online . March 9, 2016, accessed September 6, 2016 .
  5. ↑ You have to fight - the bracelet and its history  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Video from HR television dated March 9, 2016, accessed March 10, 2016.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hr-online.de  
  6. ↑ Darmstadt mourns its bravest fan online offer from Die Welt , accessed on March 10, 2016.
  7. ^ The science city Darmstadt mourns Jonathan Heimes. Website of the city of Darmstadt from March 10, 2016, accessed on September 5, 2016.
  8. ↑ Lilies in the Jonathan Heimes Stadium at Böllenfalltor. ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SV Darmstadt 98. September 5, 2016, accessed on September 5, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sv98.de
  9. ^ Jan / dpa: In memory of deceased fan: Darmstadt is now playing in the Jonathan Heimes Stadium. In: Spiegel Online . September 5, 2016, accessed September 6, 2016 .
  10. ↑ The south stand in the Darmstadt stadium becomes the "Jonathan-Heimes-Stand". In: Echo Online. Echo Online, July 6, 2017, accessed July 13, 2017 .
  11. ↑ A year of life and death - "You have to fight, Johnny!" T-online.de . September 5, 2016, accessed September 5, 2016.
  12. ↑ Jonathan Heimes with Markus Lanz. ZDFmediathek . Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  13. ↑ Among Us - Stories that you won't forget. ARD.de . July 31, 2015, accessed September 5, 2016.
  14. ↑ Darmstädter Echo , also online article from April 28, 2017, sports section; accessed on October 6, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Home, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Home, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German football fan and tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt , Germany
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 2016
Place of death Darmstadt , Germany