Athlete of the year 1999 (Germany)
The athletes of the year 1999 in Germany were chosen by specialist journalists and honored on December 19th in the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden . The election was organized for the 53rd time by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK).
The title of Sportsman of the Year went to ski jumping world champion Martin Schmitt , who, together with his teammates, was also honored as part of the team of the year. The tennis player and French Open winner Steffi Graf received the award as Sportswoman of the Year for the fifth time in the year of her resignation (from 1986 to 1989 four times in a row). As at her last two honors, Graf was not present, while Schmitt - who had previously celebrated a double victory in the World Cup in Zakopane, Poland - was flown in for the ceremony. The awards for Schmitt, Graf and the ski jumpers were each viewed as "favorite victories". As a junior athlete of the year the magazine named German Sports Aid Foundation , the sprinter Sina Schielke .
Men
space | athlete | sport | Points | Achievements in 1999 |
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1. | Martin Schmitt | Ski jumping | 3584 | Double world champion large hill (individual and team jumping), overall world cup winner |
2. | Charles Friedek | athletics | 1301 | World champion triple jump |
3. | Sven Fischer | biathlon | 1280 | World champion individual 20 km and overall world cup winner |
4th | Jan Ullrich | Road cycling | 1271 | Winner Vuelta a España , world time trial champion |
5. | Lothar Matthäus | Soccer | 1265 | German champion with FC Bayern Munich |
6th | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | formula 1 | 1128 | Third in the world championship with two victories this season |
7th | Erik Zabel | Road cycling | 1077 | Tour de France green jersey |
8th. | Arnd Schmitt | fencing | 1038 | World champion epee singles |
9. | Karsten Kobs | athletics | 556 | World champion hammer throw |
10. | Dariusz Michalczewski | Boxing | 336 | Defense of the title of WBO world heavyweight champion |
Women
space | athlete | sport | Points | Achievements in 1999 |
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1. | Steffi Graf | tennis | 3393 | Winner of the French Open |
2. | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Speed skating | 2698 | World champion all around , 3000 m and 5000 m |
3. | Astrid Kumbernuss | athletics | 2010 | World champion shot put |
4th | Sandra Völker | Swimming | 1953 | Short course world champion 50 m back |
5. | Martina Zellner | biathlon | 708 | Double world champion sprint and relay |
6th | Sabine Bau | fencing | 661 | Vice world champion foil individual, world champion with the team |
7th | Kathrin Boron | rowing | 496 | World champion double-twos |
8th. | Anja Rücker | athletics | 455 | Vice world champion 400 m |
9. | Hilde Gerg | Alpine skiing | 360 | Overall World Cup runner-up |
10. | Franka Dietzsch | athletics | 350 | World champion discus throw |
Teams
space | athlete | sport | Points | Achievements in 1999 |
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1. | Ski jumping team | Ski jumping | 3529 | World champion large hill |
2. | Biathlon women | biathlon | 1909 | World champions relay |
3. | Track bike foursome | Track cycling | 1215 | World champion team pursuit |
4th | Foil fencers | fencing | 1026 | World champions |
5. | THW Kiel | Handball | 897 | German champion and cup winner |
6th | FC Bayern Munich | Soccer | 894 | German champions |
7th | McLaren-Mercedes | Automobile sport | 739 | Formula 1 vice world champion constructors 'championship and drivers' title |
8th. | SSV Ulm 1846 | Soccer | 716 | Third in the 2nd Bundesliga |
9. | Dressage equipe | Dressage riding | 582 | European champion |
10. | Show jumping team | Show jumping | 538 | European champion |
Web links
- Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK): Athlete of the year 1999 in Baden-Baden (PDF) - brochure, published in advance of the election
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steffi Graf and Martin Schmitt are the "Sportsmen of the Year". In: Der Spiegel. December 19, 1999.
- ↑ Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK): Athlete of the year 1999 in Baden-Baden (PDF), p. 44.