Sportsman of the year (Germany)

Since 1947, select the German sports journalist, first in the four Allied occupation zones, from 1949 the Federal Republic of Germany at each end of the German sportswoman of the year and the athlete of the year . Since 1957 a team of the year has also been determined, and since 1964 a female athlete of the year has been evaluated separately. This election was initiated by Kurt Dobbratz , founder of the sports press agency Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz , which is still responsible as the organizer today. Since 1998, the ZDF has been proclaiming the Kurhaus Baden-Badenbroadcast the two years before by ARD .

In the GDR from 1953 to 1989, in contrast to the Federal Republic, an athlete election (see Sportsman of the Year (GDR) ) took place as part of a reader survey by the daily newspaper Junge Welt . A GDR sportswoman of the year was first determined in 1958, and from 1959 also a GDR team of the year. In 1990, the first joint election of the athletes of the year took place in Germany .

In individual sports there are also elections for the outstanding athlete of this sport, so in Germany the basketball player of the year , player of the year in the basketball league , beach volleyball player of the year , footballer of the year , handball player of the year , track and field athlete of the year , cyclist of the year and Volleyball player of the year honored. The Trainer of the Year has also been honored since 2006 , the award is made by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB).

Moderation

Since the television broadcast began, the following people have guided through the program:

• 1996: Carmen Nebel and Gerhard Delling
• 1997: Gerhard Delling
• 1998–2000: Wolf-Dieter Poschmann
• 2001–2006: Kristin Otto and Wolf-Dieter Poschmann
• since 2007: Katrin Müller-Hohenstein and Rudi Cerne

Award winners

year	athlete	sportswoman	team	Disabled athletes	Disabled athlete	Disabled team
2020	Leon Draisaitl ice hockey	Malaika Mihambo long jump	FC Bayern Munich soccer
2019	Niklas Kaul decathlon	Malaika Mihambo long jump	National men's ski jumping team	Johannes Floors Sprint	Irmgard Bensusan Sprint	National men's goalball team
2018	Patrick Lange triathlon	Angelique Kerber Tennis	Men's national ice hockey team	Martin Fleig Nordic skiing	Andrea Eskau cycling / skiing	Nordic para-ski relay ( Andrea Eskau , Alexander Ehler , Steffen Lehmker )
2017	Johannes Rydzek Nordic Combined	Laura Dahlmeier biathlon	Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst beach volleyball	Niko Kappel shot put	Anna Schaffelhuber Alpine skiing	4 x 100 meter relay ( Johannes Floors , Markus Rehm , Léon Schäfer , Tom Malutedi )
2016	Fabian Hambüchen gymnastics	Angelique Kerber Tennis	Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst beach volleyball	Niko Kappel shot put	Vanessa Low long jump , sprint	4 x 100 meter relay ( Johannes Floors , Felix Streng , David Behre , Markus Rehm )
2015	Jan Frodeno triathlon	Christina Schwanitz shot put	National team Nordic combined	Georg Kreiter Alpine skiing	Anna Schaffelhuber Alpine skiing	National women's wheelchair basketball team
2014	Robert Harting discus throw	Maria Höfl-Riesch Alpine skiing	National men's soccer team	Markus Rehm long jump	Anna Schaffelhuber Alpine skiing	National women's wheelchair basketball team
2013	Robert Harting discus throw	Christina Obergföll javelin throw	FC Bayern Munich soccer	Thomas Schmidberger table tennis	Anna Schaffelhuber Alpine skiing	National team of juniors wheelchair basketball
2012	Robert Harting discus throw	Magdalena Neuner biathlon	Germany eighth rowing	Jochen Wollmert table tennis	Birgit Kober javelin / shot put	National women's wheelchair basketball team
2011	Dirk Nowitzki Basketball	Magdalena Neuner biathlon	Borussia Dortmund football	Gerd Schönfelder Alpine skiing	Anna Schaffelhuber Alpine skiing	National women's wheelchair basketball team
2010	Sebastian Vettel Motorsport	Maria Riesch Alpine skiing	National men's soccer team	Gerd Schönfelder Alpine skiing	Verena Bentele biathlon / cross-country skiing	National team paracycling
2009	Paul Biedermann Swimming	Steffi Nerius throwing the javelin	National women's soccer team	Michael Teuber Paracycling	Andrea Rothfuss Alpine skiing	National team wheelchair curling
2008	Matthias Steiner weightlifting	Britta Steffen Swimming	National men's hockey team	Wolfgang Sacher Paracycling	Kirsten Bruhn swimming	National women's wheelchair basketball team
2007	Fabian Hambüchen gymnastics	Magdalena Neuner biathlon	Men's national handball team	Mathias Mester discus throw / shot put / javelin throw	Natalie Simanowski Paracycling	National women's wheelchair basketball team
2006	Michael Greis biathlon	Kati Wilhelm biathlon	National men's soccer team	Gerd Schönfelder Alpine skiing	Verena Bentele biathlon / cross-country skiing	National women's wheelchair basketball team
2005	Ronny Ackermann Nordic combined	Uschi Disl biathlon	National men's basketball team	Michael Teuber Paracycling	Kirsten Bruhn swimming	Men's national team sitting volleyball
2004	Michael Schumacher Motorsport	Birgit Fischer canoe racing	National women's hockey team	Wojtek Czyz Sprint / Long Jump	Kirsten Bruhn swimming	-
2003	Jan Ullrich cycling	Hannah Stockbauer Swimming	National women's soccer team
2002	Sven Hannawald ski jumping	Franziska van Almsick swimming	National men's soccer team
2001	Erik Zabel cycling	Hannah Stockbauer Swimming	FC Bayern Munich soccer
2000	Nils Schumann middle distance run	Heike Drechsler long jump	Track bike foursome cycling
1999	Martin Schmitt ski jumping	Steffi Graf Tennis	National team ski jumping
1998	Georg Hackl luge	Katja Seizinger Alpine skiing	1. FC Kaiserslautern football
1997	Jan Ullrich cycling	Astrid Kumbernuss shot put	Team Telekom cycling
1996	Frank Busemann decathlon	Katja Seizinger Alpine skiing	National men's soccer team
1995	Michael Schumacher Motorsport	Franziska van Almsick swimming	Borussia Dortmund football
1994	Markus Wasmeier Alpine skiing	Katja Seizinger Alpine skiing	National team ski jumping
1993	Henry Mask Boxing	Franziska van Almsick swimming	National men's basketball team
1992	Dieter Baumann long-distance running	Heike Henkel high jump	National men's hockey team
1991	Michael Stich tennis	Katrin Krabbe Sprint	1. FC Kaiserslautern football
1990	Boris Becker tennis	Katrin Krabbe Sprint	National men's soccer team
1989	Boris Becker tennis	Steffi Graf Tennis	Germany eighth rowing
1988	Michael Gross Swimming	Steffi Graf Tennis	Germany eighth rowing
1987	Harald Schmid 400 meter hurdles	Steffi Graf Tennis	Fed Cup team tennis
1986	Boris Becker tennis	Steffi Graf Tennis	Epee fencer fencing
1985	Boris Becker tennis	Cornelia Hanisch fencing	Davis Cup team tennis
1984	Michael Gross Swimming	Ulrike Meyfarth high jump	Epee fencer fencing
1983	Michael Gross Swimming	Ulrike Meyfarth high jump	VfL Gummersbach Handball
1982	Michael Gross Swimming	Ulrike Meyfarth high jump	4 × 400 m relay ( Erwin Skamrahl , Harald Schmid , Thomas Giessing , Hartmut Weber ) 400 meter run
1981	Toni Mang motorcycle	Ulrike Meyfarth high jump	National men's water polo team
1980	Guido Kratschmer Decathlon	Irene Epple Alpine skiing	National men's soccer team
1979	Harald Schmid 400 meter hurdles	Christa Kinshofer Alpine skiing	TV Großwallstadt Handball
1978	Eberhard Gienger gymnastics	Maria Epple Alpine skiing	Men's national handball team
1977	Dietrich Thurau cycling	Eva Wilms shot put	Foil fencer fencing
1976	Gregor Braun cycling	Rosi Mittermaier Alpine skiing	Track bike foursome cycling
1975	Peter-Michael Kolbe rowing	Ellen Wellmann middle distance run	Borussia Mönchengladbach football
1974	Eberhard Gienger gymnastics	Christel Justen Swimming	National men's soccer team
1973	Klaus Wolfermann javelin throw	Uta Schorn gymnastics	Track bike foursome cycling
1972	Klaus Wolfermann javelin throw	Heide Rosendahl long jump	National men's hockey team
1971	Hans Fassnacht swimming	Ingrid Mickler-Becker long jump / sprint	Borussia Mönchengladbach football
1970	Hans Fassnacht swimming	Heide Rosendahl long jump	National men's soccer team
1969	Hans Fassnacht swimming	Liesel Westermann discus throw	Show jumping team riding
1968	Franz Keller Nordic combination	Ingrid Becker athletics	Germany eighth rowing
1967	Kurt Bendlin decathlon	Liesel Westermann discus throw	FC Bayern Munich soccer
1966	Rudi Altig cycling	Helga Hoffmann and Karin Frisch athletics	National men's soccer team
1965	Hans-Joachim Klein Swimming	Helga Hoffmann athletics	National team athletics
1964	Willi Holdorf athletics	Roswitha Esser / Annemarie Zimmermann Canoe racing	Berliner Ruder-Vierer from the Berliner Ruder-Club Rowing
1963	Gerhard Hetz swimming	Ursel Brunner swimming	National men's hockey team
1962	Gerhard Hetz swimming	Jutta Heine athletics	Ratzeburger's eights rowing
1961	Wolfgang Graf Berghe from Trips Motorsport	Heidi Schmid fencing	1. FC Nuremberg football
1960	Georg Thoma Nordic Combination	Ingrid Krämer art and high diving	Germany eighth rowing
1959	Martin Lauer athletics	Marika Kilius figure skating	Germany eighth rowing
1958	Fritz Thiedemann riding	Marianne Werner athletics	National team athletics
1957	Manfred Germar athletics	Wiltrud Urselmann Swimming	Borussia Dortmund football
1956	Hans Günter Winkler riding	Ursula Happe Swimming	-
1955	Hans Günter Winkler riding	Helene Kienzle figure skating	-
1954	Heinz Fütterer athletics	Ursula Happe Swimming	-
1953	Werner Haas motorcycle	Christa Seliger athletics	-
1952	Karl Kling Motorsport	Ria Baran-Falk figure skating	-
1951	The Falk couple ( Paul Falk and Ria Baran-Falk ) figure skating	Ria Baran-Falk figure skating	-
1950	Herbert Klein Swimming	Ria Baran-Falk figure skating	-
1949	Georg Meier motorcycle	Lena Stumpf athletics	-
	Germany
1948	Gottfried von Cramm Tennis	Mirl Buchner-Fischer Alpine skiing	-
1947	Gottfried von Cramm Tennis	Marga Petersen athletics	-

Most frequent award winners

#	Years	who
10	1966, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	Men's national soccer team
7th	2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015	Women's national wheelchair basketball team
6th	1986, 1987 (2 ×), 1988, 1989, 1999	Steffi Graf (five times as an athlete, once as a member of the German Fed Cup team (1987))
6th	1959, 1960, 1968, 1988, 1989, 2012	Germany eighth
5	1985, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990	Boris Becker (four times as an individual athlete, once as a member of the German Davis Cup team (1985))
5	2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017	Anna Schaffelhuber
4th	1950, 1951, 1951, 1952	Ria Baran-Falk (three times as an individual athlete, once as a couple with Paul Falk )
4th	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984	Ulrike Meyfarth
4th	1982, 1983, 1984, 1988	Michael Gross
4th	1963, 1972, 1992, 2008	Men's national hockey team
4th	1967, 2001, 2013, 2020	FC Bayern Munich
3	1955, 1956, 1969	Hans Günter Winkler (twice individually, once as a member of the show jumping team (1969))
3	1969, 1970, 1971	Hans Fassnacht
3	1979, 1982, 1987	Harald Schmid (twice individually, once as a member of the 4 × 400 m relay (1982))
3	1994, 1996, 1998	Katja Seizinger
3	1994, 1999, 2019	National team ski jumping
3	1973, 1976, 2000	Track bike foursome
3	1993, 1995, 2002	Franziska van Almsick
3	1997, 1997, 2003	Jan Ullrich (twice individually, once as a member of Team Telekom (1997))
3	2004, 2005, 2008	Kirsten Bruhn
3	2006, 2010, 2011	Gerd Schönfelder
3	1957, 1995, 2011	Borussia Dortmund
3	2007, 2011, 2012	Magdalena Neuner
3	2012, 2013, 2014	Robert Harting
2	1947, 1948	Gottfried von Cramm
2	1954, 1956	Ursula Happe
2	1962, 1963	Gerhard Hetz
2	1965, 1966	Helga Hoffmann
2	1970, 1972	Heide Rosendahl
2	1972, 1973	Klaus Wolfermann
2	1971, 1975	Borussia Monchengladbach
2	1974, 1978	Eberhard Gienger
2	1990, 1991	Katrin Krabbe
2	1991, 1998	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2	2001, 2003	Hannah Stockbauer
2	1995, 2004	Michael sSchumacher
2	1993, 2005	Men's national basketball team
2	2005, 2011	Dirk Nowitzki (once individually, once as a member of the national basketball team)
2	2005, 2009	Michael Teuber
2	2010, 2011	Gerd Schönfelder
2	2007, 2016	Fabian Hambüchen
2	2016, 2017	Niko Kappel
2	2016, 2017	Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst
2	2016, 2018	Angelique Kerber

Special

Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth was the first female athlete to be elected four times in a row (1981-84), which was only achieved by Steffi Graf (1986-1989), who, at ten years of age, also had the largest time difference between two honors as an individual athlete (1989 and 1999). For Hans Günter Winkler, there were 13 years between two honors (1956 as an individual athlete and 1969 as a member of the show jumping team). With Berti Vogts it was even 26 years between being elected as an active member of the German national soccer team (1970) and being elected as their coach (1996).

So far, athletes have been elected four times in one year both alone and in a team: 1976 Gregor Braun , 1985 Boris Becker, 1997 Jan Ullrich and 1999 Martin Schmitt and once an athlete: 1987 Steffi Graf. The Fed Cup team was also the first all-women team to be voted Team of the Year in 1987.

Another curiosity is the choice of Ria Baran-Falk , who was named Sportswoman of the Year in 1951 and, with her husband Paul Falk, Sportswoman of the Year.

The Olympic champion Ingrid Krämer from Dresden was elected athlete of the year in 1960 in both the Federal Republic and the GDR. With Katrin Krabbe , an athlete from the new federal states was also elected in 1990 in the year of reunification . Heike Drechsler , elected in 2000, was already 1986 Sportswoman of the Year in the GDR.

While in 1964, Roswitha Esser and Annemarie Zimmermann, two female athletes who were active together in the two-man kayak, were chosen in 1966, two female athletes, Helga Hoffmann and Karin Frisch, with the same number of points.

In 1961 Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips was posthumously voted Sportsman of the Year.

The youngest individual prize winners were Wiltrud Urselmann in 1957 at the age of 15 for women and Boris Becker in 1985 at 18 for men. The oldest individual prize winners were Karl Kling in 1952 for men and Birgit Fischer in 2004 for women, each aged 42.

In 2011, Dirk Nowitzki was the first team athlete to be named Sportsman of the Year. Nowitzki was second in 2005 and third in 2007. The nomination as Sportsman of the Year 2011 is Nowitzki's second award after the German men's national basketball team was voted Team of the Year in 2005.

Statistics by sports

Men sport number athletics 16 swim 12 Motorsport 5 tennis Cycling 6th Nordic skiing do gymnastics 4th horse riding 3 Triathlon 2 basketball 1 biathlon Boxing ice Hockey figure skating Weightlifting Luge rowing Alpine skiing

Women sport number athletics 27 swim 11 Alpine skiing 10 tennis 7th biathlon 6th figure skating 4th fencing 2 canoe Figure skating 1 do gymnastics

Teams sport number Remarks Soccer (men) 22nd 12 times clubs, 10 times national team Rowing (men) 8th 6 national teams, 2 club teams Handball (men) 4th 2 times national team, 2 times clubs Hockey (men) Cycling 3 national teams, 1 club team fencing 3 athletics Nordic skiing basketball 2 Beach volleyball (women) Soccer (women) Ice hockey (men) 1 Hockey (women) horse riding Tennis (women) Tennis (men)

See also

• Sportsman of the year (GDR)
• Sportsman of the year
• Junior athlete of the year (Germany)
• Sportsman of the month (Germany)
• National Sportsman of the Year

Web links

• Sportsman of the year
• Disabled Athlete of the Year