Sportsman of the year 1983 (Germany)

The athletes of the year 1983 in the Federal Republic of Germany were honored on December 3rd in the Palais am Funkturm in West Berlin . The election was organized for the 37th time by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK). The 19-year-old winner in the men's category, Michael Groß, and the athlete Ulrike Meyfarth in the women's category were named athletes of the year as in the previous year. The handball players from VfL Gummersbach prevailed among the teams.

Men

	athlete	sport	Points	Successes in 1983
1.	Michael Gross	swim	2857	European champion over 200 m freestyle, 100 m and 200 m butterfly as well as with the relay over 4 × 200 m freestyle and EM silver with the 4 × 100 m individual medley relay, four times German champion four world records
2.	Willi Wuelbeck	athletics	2214	World champion over 800 m and tenth open-air championship title in a row over 800 m
3.	Peter-Michael Kolbe	rowing	1659	World champion in one
4th	Patriz Ilg	athletics	1238	World champion over 3000 m obstacle
5.	Jürgen Hingsen	athletics	1_05	Vice world champion in the decathlon
6th	Norbert Schramm	figure skating	0617	Vice World Champion and European Champion
7th	Elmar Borrmann	fencing	0472	World champion in epee singles and vice world champion with the team
8th.	Walter Röhrl	Rallying	0413	Vice driver world champion
9.	Rudi Völler	Soccer	0373	Bundesliga runner-up and top scorer
10.	Paul Schockemoehle	Show jumping	0347	European champion in individual and with the team

	sportswoman	sport	Points	Successes in 1983
1.	Ulrike Meyfarth	athletics	2203	Vice world champion and German high jump champion, victory at the European Cup with a world record
2.	Brigitte Kraus	athletics	0688	Vice world champion over 3000 m, European indoor champion over 1500 m, German champion over 1500 m and 3000 m and in the hall over 1500 m
3.	Claudia Leistner	figure skating	0524	Vice world champion and EM bronze at the European championships
4th	Dagmar Stupp	White water racing	0281	World champion in individual and with the team
5.	Gaby Bussmann	athletics	0274	4th place at the world championship and German champion over 400 m
6th	Regina Weber	Rhythmic sports gymnastics	0269	five-time German champion
7th	Yvonne Haug	Apparatus gymnastics	0187	four times German champion
8th.	Karin Jäger	Cross-country skiing	0106	three times German champion
9.	Susanne Schmid	hockey	0098	4th place at the world championship and German champion in field hockey
10.	Ina Beyermann	swim	0095	in the seasons EM silver over 4 × 200 m freestyle and EM bronze over 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley, six-time German champion
10.	Cornelia Hanisch	fencing	0095	European champion in foil singles and World Cup silver with the team

	athlete	sport	Points	Successes in 1983
1.	VfL Gummersbach	Handball	1053	German champion , DHB cup winner , European champion cup and club European champion
2.	Track bike quad ( Gölz , Günther , Strittmatter , Marx )	Cycling	0877	World Champion
3.	Foil team ( Behr , Gey , Beck , Hein , Reichert )	fencing	0660	World Champion
4th	Sailing teams (Sabina, Pinta, Outsider)	sailing	0427	Victory in the Admiral's Cup
5.	Hamburger SV	Soccer	0375	German champion and European championship champion
6th	4 × 200 m freestyle relay ( Fahrner , Schowtka , Schmidt , Groß )	swim	0360	European champion with world record
7th	Quadruple sculls ( Hedderich , Hörmann , Wiedenmann , Dürsch )	rowing	0320	World Champion
8th.	Werder Bremen	Soccer	0256	Runner-up
9.	Decathlon team ( Wentz , Schulze , A. Rizzi )	athletics	0190	Victory in the European Cup
10.	Four without a helmsman ( Keßlau , V. Grabow , Puttlitz , G. Grabow )	rowing	0180	World Champion