Athlete of the year 1970 (Germany)
The athletes of the year 1970 in the Federal Republic of Germany were honored on December 18 in the Kurhaus Baden-Baden . The election was organized for the 24th time by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK). 577 sports journalists cast their votes. For the winner Hans Fassnacht prevented by a competition in the United States after on behalf of Folkert Meeuw the prize. After Gottfried von Cramm ( 1947 and 1948 ), Hans Günter Winkler ( 1955 and 1956 ) and Gerhard Hetz ( 1962 and 1963 ), Fassnacht was the fourth athlete to receive this honor for the second time in a row. Formula 1 world champion Jochen Rindt , who died in an accident in September 1970, received 45 votes posthumously (22nd place) in the athlete election.
Men
| athlete | sport | Points | Success in 1970 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hans Fassnacht | Swimming | 1735 | Six gold and two silver medals at the 1970 European Swimming Championships |
| 2. | Uwe Seeler | Soccer | 1432 | Football World Cup 1970 (especially the “game of the century ”); Record national player and German footballer of the year |
| 3. | Friedrich Wessel | fencing | 813 | World champion in foil fencing |
| 4th | Josef Schwarz | athletics | 638 | World record for the year, European record and German record in long jump with 8.35 m; German champion in long jump |
| 5. | Gerd Müller | Soccer | 548 | Top scorer in the 1970 World Cup, third in the World Cup and top scorer in the Bundesliga |
| 6th | Christian Kuhnke | tennis | 502 | With the team in the Davis Cup final |
| 7th | Harald Norpoth | athletics | 366 | German champion in the 5000-meter run and 3-kilometer forest run as well as with the team in the forest run and the 4 x 1500 meter relay |
| 8th. | Berti Vogts | Soccer | 296 | German champion with Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 9. | Gottfried Kustermann | Sport shooting | 256 | World champion in air rifle shooting and world record with 387 rings |
| 10. | Thomas Zacharias | athletics | 215 | German indoor champion in high jump and as the first western European jumper over 2.20 m |
Women
| sportswoman | sport | Points | Success in 1970 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Heide Rosendahl | athletics | 1539 | Vice European Champion , European Cup winner and gold at the Universiade in the long jump as well as a world record with 6.84 m; German champion in long jump and pentathlon |
| 2. | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | athletics | 360 | With 11.3 seconds German champion and DLV record in the 100 meter run ; Vice champion in long jump and pentathlon |
| 3. |
Renate Breuer Roswitha Esser |
Canoeing | 342 | World champion in two-person kayaks |
| 4th | Helga Niessen | tennis | 274 | Finalist in the French Open and with the team in the 1970 Federation Cup |
| 5. | Uta Frommater | Swimming | 225 | Silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke and bronze with the 4 x 100 meter medley relay at the European Swimming Championships |
| 6th | Liselott Linsenhoff | Dressage riding | 194 | Silver medal in individual and with the team at the 1970 World Cup |
| 7th | Christel Frese | athletics | 149 | German champion and German record in the 400-meter run ; Silver medal in the European Cup and Vice European Champion in the hall |
| 8th. | Helga Hösl-Schultze | tennis | 107 | International German Champion and German Champion; with the team in the final of the Federation Cup |
| 9. | Annemarie Flaig | Artistic cycling | 91 | World champion and German champion in single art cycling |
| 10. | Christine Kreutzfeldt | Figure skating | 51 | world champion |
Teams
| athlete | sport | Points | Success in 1970 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | National soccer team | Soccer | 1237 | Third place in the 1970 World Cup |
| 2. | Davis Cup team | tennis | 561 | Davis Cup final |
| 3. |
Bodensee-Vierer ( Berger , Färber , Auer , Bierl , Voncken ) |
rowing | 453 | World Champion |
| 4th | National Hockey Team | hockey | 291 | European champion |
| 5. | VfL Gummersbach | Handball | 267 | Winner of the European Champions Cup |
| 6th |
Track four-wheeler ( Claußmeyer , Haritz , Hempel , Vonhof ) |
Cycling | 240 | World Champion in Team Pursuit (Amateurs) |
| 7th | 4 x 200 meter crawl relay for men ( Meeuw , Lampe , von Schilling , Fassnacht ) |
Swimming | 117 | European champion and European record |
| 8th. | Borussia Monchengladbach | Soccer | 108 | German champions |
| 9. | Four-man bobsleigh ( Utzschneider , Bader , Steinbauer , Carpenter ) |
Bobsleigh | 32 | Vice world champion |
| 10. | Women's handball team of 1. FC Nuremberg | Handball | 25th | German indoor handball champion |
literature
- Foosball sports magazine . No. 102/103 . Olympia-Verlag GmbH, 1970, ISSN 0023-1290 .
- Pforzheimer Newspaper . No. 293 . J. Esslinger GmbH & Co. KG, Pforzheim December 21, 1970.
- Reutlinger General-Anzeiger . No. 293 . Reutlinger General-Anzeiger Verlag, Reutlingen December 21, 1970.