Sportsman of the year 1981 (Germany)

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The athletes of the year 1981 in the Federal Republic of Germany were honored on December 12th in the Hotel Intercontinental in West Berlin , whose ballroom turned out to be too small for the event. The election was organized for the 35th time by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK). 793 voting sports journalists meant a new record turnout in the election. For the first time since 1953, Toni Mang was once again a motorcycle racer "Sportsman of the Year".

The musical program put James Last and his Big Band. Guests of honor at the event were soccer national coach Jupp Derwall and boxing legend Max Schmeling .

Men

athlete sport Points Successes in 1981
1. Toni Mang Motorcycling 2575 Double world champion in both the 250 cm³ and the 350 cm³ class
2. Peter-Michael Kolbe rowing 1692 World champion in one
3. Bernhard Langer golf 1145 Runner-up at the British Open ; Winner European Tour Order of Merit
4th Eberhard Gienger Apparatus gymnastics 0864 German champion in parallel bars and pommel horse ; European champion in horizontal bar
5. Paul Schockemoehle Show jumping 0766 European champion in individual and with the team
6th Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Soccer 0747 Europe's footballer of the year , Bundesliga top scorer in 1980/81
7th Martin Bud Wrestling 0518 World champion in freestyle wrestling
8th. Michael Gross Swimming 0394 European champion over 200 m butterfly
9. Pasquale Passarelli Wrestling 0371 German champion, world and European bantamweight champion
10. Andreas Nischwitz
Tina Riegel 		figure skating 0289 Bronze medal at the world championships, silver at the European championships in pair skating

A total of 68 athletes were named.

Women

sportswoman sport Points Successes in 1981
1. Ulrike Meyfarth athletics 1213 German champion in high jump, improvement of the German record to 1.96 m, victories in the European and World Cup
2. Cornelia Hanisch fencing 1109 World champion with the foil
3. Ute Enzenauer Cycling 0506 World champion in road racing
4th Sylvia Hanika tennis 0408 French Open finalist
5. Ulrike Deppe canoe 0366 World champion in canoe slalom
6th Carmen Rischer Rhythmic sports gymnastics 0294
7th Sabine Everts athletics 0239 German all-around champion
8th. Claudia Kohde tennis 0121 Winner of the WTA Kitzbühel in singles and doubles (with Eva Pfaff )
9. Petra Ernert Figure skating 0094 World and European champion
10. Ursula Kamizuru Table tennis 0074 German champion, round of 16 at the 1981 World Table Tennis Championships

A total of 35 female athletes were named.

Teams

athlete sport Points Successes in 1981
1. National water polo team Water polo 1239 European champion
2. Junior national team Soccer 1172 Junior world champion
3. Decathlon Quartet
( Hingsen , Kratschmer , Rizzi , Wentz )		 athletics 0691 European Cup winner in the decathlon
4th Women's national hockey team hockey 0633 Field hockey world champion and indoor hockey European champion
5. Biathlon relay
( Bernreiter , Schweiger , Angerer , Fischer )		 biathlon 0226 Vice world champion
6th Show jumping team
( Koof , Luther , Schockemöhle , Wiltfang )		 Show jumping 0219 European champion
7th FC Bayern Munich Soccer 0166 German champions
8th. TuS Nettelstedt Handball 0150 DHB Cup winner , winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup
9. Fencing Club Tauberbischofsheim fencing 0083
10. BSC Saturn Cologne basketball 0049 German champion and cup winner

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