SV Nikar Heidelberg
The SV Nikar Heidelberg is an association for swimming , triathlon and water polo from Heidelberg . In 2012 the association had a total of 1200 members. The vast majority of members are active in the swimming department, there are also around 150 triathletes and around 100 athletes in the water polo sector. A third of the members are under 18 years of age. At the previous German Swimming Team Competition (DMS), the SV Nikar women's team took third place in the 1st Bundesliga. The men's team was first in the 2nd Bundesliga South (as of 2017). The women's water polo team also plays in the Bundesliga.
Known swimmers
The most successful swimmers of the recent past include, among others, EM and Universiade participant Franziska Jansen , the second in the German championships over 400 meter medley, Tina Rüger, and the two-time German junior champion Nina Kost.
Started in September 2013 also the Swiss Martina van Berkel for the SV Nikar Heidelberg. Among other things, the 25-year-old holds the national record for the 200 meter butterfly and took part in the 2012 Olympic Games for Switzerland.
For men, Philip Heintz and Clemens Rapp have been the two most successful swimmers in the ranks of SV Nikar Heidelberg since they changed clubs at the end of January 2014 . Heintz is the reigning European short course champion over 200 meters medley and German champion over 200 meters butterfly. His training partner, Rapp, was already a European champion, is Olympic champion with the relay in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle and was German champion in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle in 2013. In addition, master swimmers Lars Kalenka and Florian Abele regularly make positive headlines. Petra Dallmann has ended her active career , who last won the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships in Rome with the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay.
Successful athletes like Frank Horlacher, the reigning German champion in his age group over the middle distance, and Maximilian Saßerath , the German crossduathlon champion in 2016, train in the triathlon department .
Club life
There are a total of nine different training groups, starting with the “Tadpoles” group for children aged five and over, through various leisure and talent groups, to the competition group and the top team of head trainer Heike Hahn. Provided that the qualification criteria are met, the most talented club swimmers have the opportunity to participate in different training groups at the Rhein-Neckar Olympic base with the federal base trainer Dr. Michael Spikermann to change. The swimming pool of the Olympic base with a 50-meter competition pool is shared by both the base and the club. Every spring, the SV Nikar organizes an international swimming festival at the Olympic base and is co-organizer of the “Heidelbergman” triathlon, which is known beyond the region and is considered to be challenging due to the altitude difference to be overcome on the bike and running route.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Swimming Team Competition 2018 - division into leagues. Retrieved November 5, 2017 .