Sportsman of the year 1977 (Germany)

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The athletes of the year 1977 in the Federal Republic of Germany were honored on December 15th in the Kurhaus Baden-Baden . The election was organized for the 31st time by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK). 608 sports journalists took part in the voting. Cycling world champion Dietrich Thurau was elected athlete of the year, while Eva Wilms was named athlete of the year . The men's foil team was named Team of the Year.

Men

athlete sport Points Successes 1973
1. Dietrich Thurau Cycling 2372 Second place at the UCI Road World Championships in 1977
2. Adolf Seger Wrestling 1097 World champion in freestyle wrestling
3. Peter Nocke Swimming 1037 Winner in freestyle over 100 m and 200 m at the European Swimming Championships in 1977
4th Gerald Mörken Swimming 0836 Winner in the breaststroke over 100 m and 200 m at the European Swimming Championships in 1977
5. Michael Karst athletics 0595 German record in the 3000 meter obstacle course
6th Eberhard Gienger do gymnastics 0561 Three times German champion , silver medal on parallel bars at the European Championships in 1977
7th Karl-Hans Riehm athletics 0376 German hammer throw champion
8th. Gregor Braun Cycling 0313 World champion professional single pursuit 5000 m
9. Sepp Maier Soccer 0309 Successful goalkeeper for FC Bayern Munich and the national team
10. Rolf Milser Weightlifting 0274 World champion and two-time vice world champion at the 1977 World Weightlifting Championships

A total of 61 athletes were named.

Women

sportswoman sport Points Successes 1973
1. Eva Wilms athletics 0877 World record in shot put , 3rd place in the world rankings in 1977
2. Annegret Richter athletics 0676 Successful DLV - sprinter
3. Dagmar Lurz figure skating 0492 German champion , vice European champion and third at the 1977 world figure skating championships
4th Carmen Rischer Competitive gymnastics 0319 Vice world champion with the ribbon
5. Gisela Grothaus Canoe slalom 0315 German champion; World champion in individual and team competition
6th Christa Vahlensieck athletics 0281 German champion in marathon running and 25 km road running
7th Brigitte Holzapfel athletics 0223 Second in the high jump at the European Athletics Cup in 1977 at 1.88 m
8th. Ruth Jordan Shooting sports 0119 Individual world champion in throwing pigeon shooting
9. Elisabeth Demleitner Luge 0109 European champion
10. Ursula Hook athletics 0033 German champion in the 800 meter run

A total of 29 athletes were named.

Teams

athlete sport Points Successes 1973
1. Foil fencing national team of men
( Reichert , Bach , Behr , Hein ; Tr .: Beck )		 fencing 1070 World champion in foil fencing
2. National athletics team of men athletics 0683 Third place at the Athletics World Cup in 1977
3. Borussia Monchengladbach Soccer 0445 German champion , finalist in the European Champions Cup
4th Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Swimming 0374 European Champion 1977
5. German national soccer team Soccer 0228 First victory over the Italian national football team since 1939
6th Hamburger SV Soccer 0189 Winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup
7th 4 × 400 m relay of men
( war , Hofmeister , Schmid , Herrmann )		 athletics 0144 Winner of the Athletics World Cup in 1977
8th. Dressage equipe
( Boldt , Grillo , Schulten-Baumer )		 Dressage riding 0112 European champion
9. Porsche team Motorsport 0088 Several individual victories in the sports car world championship
10. National women's foil fencing team
( Rutz , Kircheis , Oertel , Hanisch , Lotter )		 fencing 0087 Vice world champion

A total of 32 teams were named.

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