Sportsman of the year 1947 (Germany)
The best German athletes of 1947 were honored for the first time by Kurt Dobbratz , who had them determined on behalf of the International Sports Correspondence (ISK). Dobbratz asked 20 newspapers published in the four occupation zones by telephone .
The first prizewinner was “Tennis Baron” Gottfried von Cramm , the best woman was the athlete Marga Petersen in 11th place, who is considered “Sportswoman of the Year” according to modern interpretation.
Ranking list
| Athlete | sport | Successes in 1947 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gottfried von Cramm | tennis | First German athlete since 1945 to achieve a generally recognized international success |
| 2. | Georg Meier | Motorsport | German 500cc champion in a BMW |
| 3. | Fritz Walter | Soccer | Southwest German champion with 1. FC Kaiserslautern , "an exception in German football" |
| 4th | Karl Storch | athletics | Runner-up in hammer throw |
| 5. | Hein ten Hoff | Boxing | Unbeaten heavyweight champion |
| 6th | Georg Voggenreiter | Cycling | German road cycling champion |
| 7th | Heinz-Günther Lehmann | Swimming | Three times German swimming champion |
| 8th. | Adolf Wagner | Weightlifting | With 372.5 kg German record in the Olympic three-way fight |
| 9. | Georg von Opel | rowing | German champion in one and eight |
| 10. | Sepp Weiler | Skiing | Successful German ski jumper |
| 11. | Marga Petersen | athletics | German champion in the 100 meter run and with the 4 x 100 meter relay ; reached the German record set by Käthe Krauss in 1934 with 11.9 s |
| 12. | Annemarie Buchner-Fischer | Skiing | Successful downhill skier ; reigning champion of the German championship last held in 1944 |
Information on the number of points or the electoral process, further nominations and the ceremony are not available due to the poor sources of the post-war period.
literature
- Swabian newspaper . No. 3 . Leutkirch 1948.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kati Wilhelm, Michael Greis and the national soccer team are "Sportsmen of the Year" . Report from the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) dated December 18, 2006; accessed on September 17, 2019
- ↑ History on www.sportler-des-jahres.de; Retrieved December 20, 2017