Max Hartung

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Max Hartung (2015)

Maximilian Hartung (born October 8, 1989 in Aachen ) is a German saber fencer and athlete activist. He is four-time European champion, team world champion and two-time Olympic participant. He is the chairman of the athletes' commission at the DOSB and founding president of Athleten Deutschland eV He was on the Sporthilfe supervisory board for four years, four years in the presidium of the German Fencing Federation and two years in the presidium of the DOSB as a volunteer for the athletes. He completed his studies in politics, sociology and economics at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen and the University of Ghent.

With the Athletes Germany AssociationHartung won a victory over IOC before the Federal Cartel Office. The advertising guidelines for German athletes at the Olympic Games have been relaxed. Following public criticism, the Bundeswehr changed its sports funding program after talks between Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen, Silke Kassner and Max Hartung. The association Athleten Deutschland eV, which he co-founded, is supported by the federal government with 450,000 euros per year and is the first athletes' representation worldwide that is independent of the NOK. In addition, on the initiative of Athletes Germany, the federal government introduced direct athletes funding of 7 million euros for the first time. Pension insurance for athletes was decided by the German Bundestag in 2020 on the initiative of Athleten Deutschland eV.

life and career

Hartung already took eighth place with the German team at the 2007 World Fencing Championships, and in 2010 the German team came fifth. At the European Championships 2010 Hartung won bronze with the team. In 2011 he finished fourth with the team at the World Championships . At the European Championships he won silver with Nicolas Limbach , Benedikt Wagner and Björn Hübner behind the Italian team and took bronze in the individual ranking. At the Olympic Games in London , Max Hartung took seventh place in the individual and fifth place with the team. In 2014 he became world champion in Kazan and vice-European champion in 2015. In 2017 he won the European title in Tbilisi and was able to defend it in Novi Sad in 2018. In 2019 he became European champion with the German team in Düsseldorf.

Internationally, Hartung won the Junior European Championships in 2008 and the Junior World Championships in 2009.

Hartung fights for TSV Bayer Dormagen , in 2012 he won together with Limbach and Wagner at the German team championships and finished fifth in the individual standings. In 2014 he won again with the team at the German championships .

Hartung has been studying sociology, politics and economics at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen since 2012 . In 2013 he was elected athletes spokesman for the German Fencing Association . Hartung has also been a member of the DOSB's Athletes' Commission since September 2014, and has been its chairman since February 2017. He is also a member of the supervisory board of the German Sports Aid Foundation.

He is the founding president of Athleten Deutschland eV After the challenges faced by the athletes' representatives in the DOSB in the years 2014 to 2016, the Athletes Commission decided to found an independent association that was independent of the DOSB to strengthen the interests of the athletes. Decisive for the founding of the association were the dissatisfaction with the doping scandal in Russia, the many cases of sexual violence in sport, the competitive sports reform with a strong focus on medals and the introduction of the anti-doping law. The volunteer spokesmen for the athletes felt overwhelmed by this development and saw the need to change the system and become more professional. Athleten Deutschland now has over 450,000 euros annually and employs three people.

The association fights for a German sports system that offers athletes the best conditions in the world to develop their athletic and personal potential and that respects them as people. He fights for athletes in all arenas and empowers them to shape the future of their sport themselves.

The organization aims to enable athletes to improve communication between athletes and institutions. Athletes Germany should represent the interests of the athletes vis-à-vis the associations, but also all other actors in sport, politics and society and further develop the legal relationship and the nomination processes between athletes and associations. The association has set itself the goal of promoting athletes, which enables athletes to embark on a competitive sporting career without having to fear disadvantages or existential fears and to campaign for fair and clean sport.

Important sporting successes

Olympic games

  • 10th place individual competition Olympic Summer Games Rio de Janeiro 2016
  • 7th place individual competition London 2012
  • 5th place team competition London 2012

World championships

European championships

Junior World Championship

  • Med 1.png 1st place Individual Competition Belfast 2009

Junior European Championship

  • Med 1.png 1st place team competition Amsterdam 2008

German championships

  • 2006 : silver (team)
  • 2007 : silver (team)
  • 2008 : Gold (team) and silver (individual)
  • 2009 : silver (team)
  • 2012 : Gold (team)
  • 2014 : Gold (team) and silver (individual)
  • 2015 : bronze (team) and bronze (individual)
  • 2016 : Gold (individual)

Web links

Commons : Max Hartung  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maximilian Hartung. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/DE/Pressemitteilungen/2019/27_02_2019_DOSB_IOC.html
  3. ↑ About the Federal Armed Forces' funding for elite sport. In: bundeswehr journal. March 1, 2019, accessed November 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ FOCUS Online: Sports committee wants 450,000 euros annually for athlete representation. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  5. ↑ BMI increases support for athletes. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  6. ↑ EM Sheffield: Vice European Champions Limbach, Hartung and Wagner ( Memento from September 4th, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  7. ↑ dpa: Hartung new saber European champion - Ndolo takes silver. June 15, 2017, accessed on February 4, 2019 (German).
  8. ↑ Fencing EM: Hartung again European champion. June 18, 2018, accessed February 4, 2019 .
  9. ^ Pioneer of the Month. (No longer available online.) Zeppelin University, January 22, 2013, archived from the original on March 30, 2014 ; accessed on March 22, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zu.de
  10. ^ Message from DOSB. (No longer available online.) German Olympic Sports Confederation, September 15, 2014, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; accessed on November 15, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dosb.de
  11. ↑ Maximilian Hartung is the new chairman of the athletes' commission. In: athletenkommission.de. February 1, 2017, accessed February 3, 2017 .
  12. ↑ ElitePlus 2016 Max Hartung - German Sports Aid. (No longer available online.) In: sporthilfe.de. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 12, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Peter Ahrens: New Athlete Club: Functionaries Twilight . In: Spiegel Online . October 16, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed February 4, 2019]).
  14. ↑ Dlf sports conversation - "Athletes Germany" was founded. Accessed November 12, 2019 (German).
  15. ↑ Home. Accessed November 12, 2019 (German).
  16. ↑ Athleten Germany adopts strategy 2020-22. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  17. ↑ athletes commission | Entry page. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Men Saber Team, on 20th and 21th July, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hartung, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartung, Maximilian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German saber fencer
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen