MOWOS

The Munich Olympic Walk of Stars ( MOWOS ) is an approx. 400 meter long walkway on Willi-Daume-Platz , on the north bank of the Olympic lake in the Munich Olympic Park . Similar to the Walk of Fame in front of the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles and the Walk of Fame Europe in Rotterdam , personalities from show and sport immortalize themselves with their handprints and personal messages on cement slabs that are embedded in the sidewalk.

General

Since 2003 up to now (as of 2017) over 80 cement slabs with a size of 90 × 90 cm have been embedded, which are protected against the weather and contamination after the drying process with a special varnish. The idea for this action comes from the director and film producer Alexander Ganser.

For inclusion in the Walk of Stars personalities have rendered outstanding services to the Olympic Park and earned in from sports, music and entertainment Munich Olympic Stadium , the Olympic Hall , the Olympic swimming pool or in the Olympic Ice Sport Center celebrated successes. A committee selects the personality from proposals. Music groups, teams and event representatives can also be selected.

The Walk of Stars was ceremoniously opened on May 28, 2003 with the first cement board with the handprint of pop singer Howard Carpendale .

List of honorees

date	Surname	annotation
May 28, 2003	Howard Carpendale	First honor
May 29, 2003	Tom Jones	British pop singer
June 1, 2003	Tenzin Gyatso	14th Dalai Lama
June 13, 2003	Bon Jovi	American rock band, represented by singer Jon Bon Jovi
July 1, 2003	Udo Juergens	Austrian singer
July 27, 2003	Julio Iglesias	spanish singer
September 18, 2003	Carlos Santana	American musician and guitarist
October 1, 2003	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	former Belgian cyclist
November 13, 2003	Peter Maffay	German musician
February 18, 2004	André Rieu	Dutch violinist and orchestra leader
March 2, 2004	Shania Twain	Canadian singer; first honored woman
June 5, 2004	Mark William Calaway	American wrestler with the ring name The Undertaker
June 13, 2004	Metallica	American metal band
June 29, 2004	Olympic torch relay to Athens	Torch-bearers who took part in the 1972 Games : Hans-Johann Färber (Olympic champion with the Germany eighth), Klaus Wolfermann (Olympic champion in the javelin), Klaus Steinbach (silver in swimming), Walther Tröger (Mayor of the Olympic Village )
July 7, 2004	Football world champion from 1974	For the 30th anniversary of the world championship title
August 8, 2004	Ingo Schultz	German sprinter, vice world champion 2001 and European champion 2002 over 400 meters
August 23, 2004	Joachim Fuchsberger	German actor and television presenter
October 16, 2004	Lionel Richie	American singer
November 19, 2004	James Last	German band leader
December 23, 2004	The dead pants	German rock band
February 20, 2005	Ronan Keating	Irish singer
April 9, 2005	Kastelruther sparrows	folk music group from South Tyrol
May 28, 2005	DJ BoBo	Swiss musicians and dancers
June 22, 2005	Meat loaf	American singer and actor
October 13, 2005	Backstreet Boys	American boy band
October 18, 2005	Marius Müller-Westernhagen	German musician and actor
November 13, 2005	Erik Zabel Sigi Renz Bruno Risi Kurt Betschart	as a representative for the Munich six-day race
November 25, 2005	Aha	Norwegian pop band
December 11, 2005	Nokia Night of the Proms	Concert series
December 22, 2005	Simply Red	British band
February 7, 2006	René Lohse Kati Winkler	German figure skating couple, representing the ice revue Holiday on Ice
February 12, 2006	Liza Minnelli	American actress and singer
February 18, 2006	Deep Purple Alice Cooper	British rock band American rock singers
March 5, 2006	Fritz Rau	German concert promoter
May 6, 2006	Eros Ramazzotti	Italian singer
June 5, 2006	Zubin Mehta Christian Thielemann Mariss Jansons	Conductor of the 3-orchestra concert as part of the cultural program for the 2006 World Cup
June 5, 2006	Plácido Domingo Lang Lang	Tenor and pianist of the 3-orchestra concert as part of the cultural program for the 2006 World Cup
September 12, 2006	BB King	American blues guitarist and singer
October 17, 2006	David Copperfield	American illusionist
November 22, 2006	Chris de Burgh	Irish musician
May 25, 2007	Zucchero	Italian musician
June 7, 2007	Bryan Adams	Canadian rock musician
June 14, 2007	Aerosmith	American rock band
July 10, 2007	genesis	British rock band
July 10, 2007	Boris Becker	former German tennis player
October 31, 2007	Snoop Dogg	American musician in his role as presenter of the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007
November 30, 2007	Munich Indoors	Riding show; Handprints from Isabell Werth and Ludger Beerbaum , hoofprint from the horse Semper Fidelis , horseshoes from Beerbaum's horse Goldfever
March 10, 2008	Earth, Wind and Fire	American band
May 11, 2008	Kiss	American hard rock band
June 2, 2008	Lenny Kravitz	American rock singer
September 23, 2008	SEM	American rock band
November 22, 2008	Elton John	British musician
August 23, 2009	Michael Stich	former German tennis player
October 15, 2009	Xavier Naidoo	German singer
December 10, 2009	John Miles	British musician
February 23, 2010	Chris Rea	British musician
April 12, 2010	Nena	German singer
May 6, 2010	Scorpions	German rock band
September 23, 2010	Supertramp	British rock band
October 27, 2010	Status quo	British rock band
December 12, 2010	Cliff Richard	British singer
January 1, 2011	Lindsey Vonn Felix Neureuther	The first honored winter sports enthusiasts; the alpine skiers are preparing for the parallel slalom on the Olympiaberg as part of the Alpine Ski World Cup .
March 5, 2011	Kylie Minogue	Australian singer
May 17, 2011	Cat Stevens	British musician by the stage name Yusuf
June 15, 2011	Ozzy Osbourne	British rock musician
June 20, 2011	Roger Waters	British rock musician; Co-founder of Pink Floyd
November 22, 2011	Rammstein	German rock band
December 22, 2011	Maria Höfl-Riesch	German ski racer
December 16, 2012	Anastacia	American singer
April 21, 2013	Helene Fischer Michelle Andreas Gabalier	German singers or Austrian singers
18th July 2013	Henry mask	former German boxer
August 24, 2013	European basketball champion 1993	Michael Koch , Kai Nürnberger , Jens Kujawa , Gunther Behnke , Mike Jackel , Henrik Rödl , Henning Harnisch , Stephan Baeck , Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff and Hansi Gnad as well as the trainer Svetislav Pešić
September 27, 2013	Katarina Witt	former German figure skater
January 16, 2014	Michael Bublé	Canadian singer
March 13, 2014	James Blunt	British singer
October 22, 2014	David Garrett	German violinist
January 13, 2015	The fantastic Four	German hip-hop band
May 22, 2015	Herbert Grönemeyer	German musician
20th December 2015	Pure	German pop band
March 21, 2016	Sunrise Avenue	Finnish rock band
May 20, 2016	Rod Stewart	British singer
May 25, 2016	Udo Lindenberg	German musician
23rd September 2016	Nickelback	Canadian rock band
December 11, 2016	Night of the Proms	second honor of the concert series
4th February 2017	Andrea Berg	German singer
June 14, 2017	Kings of Leon	American rock band
July 1, 2017	Andreas Gabalier	Austrian singer