Sportsman of the year 1973 (Germany)

The athletes of the year 1973 in the Federal Republic of Germany were honored on December 20th in the Kurhaus Baden-Baden . The election was organized for the 27th time by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK). 628 sports journalists participated in the voting. As in the previous year, the javelin thrower Klaus Wolfermann received the most votes. After Gottfried von Cramm ( 1947 and 1948 ), Hans Günter Winkler ( 1955 and 1956 ), Gerhard Hetz ( 1962 and 1963 ) and Hans Fassnacht ( 1969 , 1970 and 1971 ), he was the fifth athlete to receive this honor for the second time in a row received.

A special honor was given to the British four-wheeler ( Bennett , Evans , Hallam and Moore ) and his trainer Norman Sheil , who were honored as guests of honor for their fair behavior at the World Railroad Championships .

Men

	athlete	sport	Points	Successes 1973
1.	Klaus Wolfermann	athletics	1426	With 94.08 m world record in javelin and German athletics championships in 1973
2.	Eberhard Gienger	Apparatus gymnastics	1311	European champion on horizontal bar and four-time German champion
3.	Harald Norpoth	athletics	1240	German champion in the 5000 meter run and with the 4 x 1500 meter relay
4th	Rudolf Mang	Weightlifting	1032	World champion in snatching, silver in duels and bronze in pushing
5.	Peter-Michael Kolbe	rowing	0774	European champion in one
6th	Karl Honz	athletics	0640	German champion in the 400-meter run and with the 4-by-400-meter relay
7th	Walter Demel	Cross-country skiing	0636	German champions
8th.	Bernd Kannenberg	athletics	0434	German champion over 50 km of walking
9.	Gerd Müller	Soccer	0233	German champion with FC Bayern Munich , top scorer in the Bundesliga ; Appointment to the FIFA selection
10.	Horst Gnas	Cycling	0204	Together with Hans Käb, world champion in the standing race

A total of 61 athletes were named.

	sportswoman	sport	Points	Successes 1973
1.	Uta Schorn	Apparatus gymnastics	1129	Bronze medal in horse jumping at the European Gymnastics Championships and thus the first ever international medal by a West German gymnast; five-time German champion
2.	Rosi Mittermaier	Alpine skiing	0577	Fourth in the Alpine Ski World Cup , winner of the World Cup race in Schruns
3.	Helga Masthoff	tennis	0462	German champion in doubles (with Heide Orth ); International German champion in singles and doubles
4th	Ellen Tittel	athletics	0298	German champion in the 1,500 meter run , with the 3 x 800 meter relay , in the forest run over 1.5 km and 4.4 km and two-time German champion in the team classification with TuS 04 Leverkusen
5.	Gisela Grothaus	Canoe slalom	0213	German champion; World champion in the individual and runner-up in the team competition
6th	Elfgard Schittenhelm	athletics	0192	Silver medal in the 100-meter run at the Universiade in Moscow ; German champion over 100 m and with the 4 x 100 meter relay of the OSC Berlin
7th	Liesel Westermann	athletics	0178	German champion in discus throw and runner-up in the shot put
8th.	Jutta Weber	Swimming	0118	Two bronze medals with the swimming relay at the 1973 swimming world championships ; German champion over 100 m and 200 m freestyle
9.	Elisabeth Binanzer	Artistic cycling	0114	World champion in single art cycling ; Second place at the German championships
10.	Liselott Linsenhoff	Dressage riding	0101	European champion with the dressage equipe

A total of 31 women athletes were named.

	athlete	sport	Points	Successes 1973
1.	Track bike four ( Lutz , Haritz , Vonhof , Schumacher , Tr .: Kilian )	Cycling	1212	World Champion
2.	Epee fencing team ( Behr , Peter , Hehn , Szepesi , Hein )	fencing	0760	World champion in epee fencing
3.	Military national team ( Blöcker , Mergler , Karsten , Klugmann )	Equestrian sport	0409	European champion
4th	FC Bayern Munich	Soccer	0299	German champions
5.	Modern pentathlon national team ( Köpcke , Thade , Werner )	All-around	0269	Vice world champion
6th	National Hockey Team	hockey	0262	Third place at the world championship
7th	Ocean sailor	sailing	0138	Winner in the Admiral's Cup
8th.	Dressage equipe ( Linsenhoff , Neckermann , Klimke )	Dressage riding	0127	European champion
9.	Borussia Monchengladbach	Soccer	0076	UEFA Cup Final ; DFB Cup winner and finalist in the league cup
10.	Two-person Canadians team ( Scheffer / Steinschulte , Baues / Schumacher , Reimann / Fricke)	Canoeing	0058	World Champion

A total of 28 teams were named.

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Reutlinger General-Anzeiger . No. 295 . Reutlinger General-Anzeiger Verlag, Reutlingen 1973.