| year |
month |
athlete |
sport |
successes
|
| 2020
|
February
|
Emma Hinze
|
Track cycling
|
World champion sprint, team sprint, etc. Keirin
|
| January
|
Karl Geiger
|
Ski jumping
|
Third Four Hills Tournament , leadership in the overall World Cup
|
| 2019
|
December
|
Ramona Hofmeister
|
Snowboard
|
two World Cup victories in the parallel giant slalom, leadership in the overall World Cup
|
| November
|
Johannes Floors
|
Para athletics
|
World Champion 100- u. 400 m run, each with world records
|
| October
|
Niklas Kaul
|
athletics
|
World champion decathlon
|
| September
|
Gesa Felicitas Krause
|
athletics
|
World championship third 3000 m obstacle
|
| August
|
Canoe foursome (men)
|
Canoe racing
|
World champion four-person canoe 500 m
|
| July
|
Florian Wellbrock
|
swim
|
World Champion 1500 m freestyle a. 10 km of open water
|
| June
|
Timo Boll
|
Table tennis
|
Winner European Games Single u. team
|
| May
|
4 × 100 m relay (women)
|
athletics
|
Third IAAF World Relays
|
| April
|
Patrick Franziska / Petrissa Solja
|
Table tennis
|
World Championship third mixed doubles
|
| March
|
Denise Herrmann
|
biathlon
|
World Champion Pursuit
|
| February
|
Markus Eisenbichler
|
Ski jumping
|
World Champion single large hill, team and Mixed team
|
| January
|
National handball team (men)
|
Handball
|
World Championship fourth
|
| 2018
|
December
|
Katharina Althaus
|
Ski jumping
|
three world cup victories
|
| November
|
Alexander Zverev
|
tennis
|
Winner ATP Finals
|
| October
|
Patrick Lange
|
Triathlon
|
Ironman world champion
|
| September
|
Franz Anton
|
Canoe slalom
|
World champion single canoe
|
| August
|
Arthur Abele
|
athletics
|
European champion decathlon
|
| July
|
Angelique Kerber
|
tennis
|
Wimbledon tournament winner
|
| June
|
Yul Oeltze / Peter Kretschmer
|
Canoe racing
|
European champion two-man canoe 1000 m
|
| May
|
National table tennis team (men)
|
Table tennis
|
Vice world champion
|
| April
|
Theresa Stoll
|
Judo
|
Vice European Champion 57 kg
|
| March
|
Andrea Eskau
|
Para-biathlon, cross-country skiing
|
2-time Paralympics winner , three times second, once third
|
| February
|
Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
figure skating
|
Olympic champion pair skating
|
| January
|
Thomas Dreßen
|
Alpine skiing
|
World Cup victory at the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel
|
| 2017
|
December
|
Janina Breuer
|
Para swimming
|
World Champion 100 m back and back Butterfly, second 200 m freestyle a. Locations
|
| November
|
Serafin Schefold / Max Hanselmann
|
Artistic cycling
|
World champion two
|
| October
|
Pauline Schäfer
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
World champion beam
|
| September
|
National volleyball team (men)
|
volleyball
|
Vice European champion
|
| August
|
Johannes Vetter
|
athletics
|
World champion javelin throw
|
| July
|
Johannes Floors
|
Para athletics
|
World champion 200-, 400- u. 4 × 100 m run, second 100 m run
|
| June
|
Alexander Bachmann
|
Taekwondo
|
World champion 87 kg
|
| May
|
Thomas Röhler
|
athletics
|
German record, making it the second best javelin thrower in the world
|
| April
|
Kristina Vogel
|
Track cycling
|
World Champion Sprint u. Keirin, third team sprint
|
| March
|
Laura Dahlmeier
|
biathlon
|
Overall World Cup winner
|
| February
|
Laura Dahlmeier
|
biathlon
|
World champion pursuit, individual, mass start, relay, etc. Mixed relay, second sprint
|
| January
|
Lisa Zimmermann
|
Freestyle skiing
|
X-Games Big Air winner
|
| 2016
|
December
|
Marco Koch
|
swim
|
Short course world champion 100 u. 200 m chest
|
| November
|
Nico Rosberg
|
Motorsport
|
Formula 1 world champion
|
| October
|
Jan Frodeno
|
Triathlon
|
Ironman world champion
|
| September
|
Vanessa Low
|
Para athletics
|
Paralympics winner long jump
|
| August
|
Fabian Hambüchen
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
Olympic champion horizontal bar
|
| July
|
Gesa Felicitas Krause
|
athletics
|
European Champion 3000 m obstacle
|
| June
|
Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
|
beach volleyball
|
European champions
|
| May
|
Patrick Hausding / Sascha Klein
|
Diving
|
European champion synchronized jumping 10-meter tower
|
| April
|
Luise Malzahn
|
Judo
|
European championship third
|
| March
|
Laura Dahlmeier
|
biathlon
|
World Champion Pursuit, Second Mass Start, Third Sprint, Individual u. Season
|
| February
|
Eric Frenzel
|
Nordic combination
|
Overall world cup winner
|
| January
|
National handball team (men)
|
Handball
|
European champion
|
| 2015
|
December
|
Marco Koch
|
swim
|
European short course champion 100 u. 200 m chest
|
| November
|
Pauline Schäfer
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
World Championship third balance beam
|
| October
|
Jan Frodeno
|
Triathlon
|
Ironman world champion
|
| September
|
Frank Stäbler
|
Wrestling
|
World champion 66 kg Greco-Roman
|
| August
|
Katharina Molitor
|
athletics
|
World champion javelin
|
| July
|
Jan Frodeno
|
Triathlon
|
Ironman European Champion
|
| June
|
Alexander Nobis / Marvin Dogue
|
Modern pentathlon
|
Relay world champion
|
| May
|
Germany eighth
|
rowing
|
European champion
|
| April
|
Epee junior national team
|
fencing
|
World Champion
|
| March
|
Severin friend
|
Ski jumping
|
Overall world cup winner
|
| February
|
Johannes Rydzek
|
Nordic combination
|
World Champion normal hill u. team
|
| January
|
Simon Schempp
|
biathlon
|
three world cup victories
|
| 2014
|
December
|
Markus Deibler
|
swim
|
Short course world champion 100 m layers m. World record
|
| November
|
Kata national team (women)
|
karate
|
World Champion
|
| October
|
Sebastian Kienle
|
Triathlon
|
Ironman world champion
|
| September
|
National volleyball team (men)
|
volleyball
|
World Championship third
|
| August
|
Patrick Hausding
|
Diving
|
European champions 1 meter, 3 meters and Synchronous 10 meters, second synchronous 3 meters
|
| July
|
National soccer team (men)
|
Soccer
|
World Champion
|
| June
|
National athletics team
|
athletics
|
European team champion
|
| May
|
Sebastian Brendel
|
Canoe racing
|
Overall world cup winner
|
| April
|
Anna Hahner
|
athletics
|
Winner Vienna Marathon
|
| March
|
Anna Schaffelhuber
|
Monoskibob
|
five-time Paralympics winner
|
| February
|
Eric Frenzel
|
Nordic combination
|
Olympic champion single normal hill, second team
|
| January
|
Felix Neureuther
|
Alpine skiing
|
three world cup victories
|
| 2013
|
December
|
Eric Frenzel
|
Nordic combination
|
three world cup victories
|
| November
|
Corinna Hein
|
Artistic cycling
|
world champion
|
| October
|
Sebastian Vettel
|
Motorsport
|
Formula 1 world champion
|
| September
|
National volleyball team (women)
|
volleyball
|
Vice European champion
|
| August
|
Raphael Holzdeppe
|
athletics
|
World champion pole vault
|
| July
|
Thomas Lurz
|
swim
|
World champion 25 km u. Team, second 10 km
|
| June
|
Patrick Hausding
|
Diving
|
European Champion Synchron 10 m
|
| May
|
FC Bayern Munich
|
Soccer
|
Champions League winner
|
| April
|
Anne Haug
|
Triathlon
|
Winner world championship race
|
| March
|
Stefan Baumeister
|
Snowboard
|
Junior world champion parallel slalom
|
| February
|
Eric Frenzel
|
Nordic combination
|
World champion single large hill, third team sprint
|
| January
|
Isabella Laböck
|
Snowboard
|
World champion parallel giant slalom
|
| 2012
|
December
|
Robert Seifert
|
Short track
|
World cup victory
|
| November
|
Sebastian Vettel
|
Motorsport
|
Formula 1 world champion
|
| October
|
Anne Haug
|
Triathlon
|
Winner of the World Championship race, second overall World Championship ranking
|
| September
|
National wheelchair team (women)
|
Wheelchair basketball
|
Paralympics winner
|
| August
|
Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann
|
beach volleyball
|
Olympic champion
|
| July
|
Sideris Tasiadis
|
Canoe slalom
|
Olympic runner-up
|
| June
|
Pascal Behrenbruch
|
athletics
|
European champion decathlon
|
| May
|
Marcel Nguyen
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
European champion bars
|
| April
|
Kristina Vogel / Miriam Welte
|
Track cycling
|
World champions team sprint u. World record
|
| March
|
Magdalena Neuner
|
biathlon
|
World Champion Sprint u. Relay, Second Pursuit, Third Mixed Relay, Overall World Cup
|
| February
|
National badminton team (women)
|
badminton
|
European champion
|
| January
|
Franziska Preuss
|
biathlon
|
Winner of the Youth Olympic Games Sprint, Relay a. Mixed relay
|
| 2011
|
December
|
Richard Friday
|
Ski jumping
|
World cup victory
|
| November
|
Anna Dogonadze / Jessica Simon
|
Trampoline exercise
|
World champions synchronized
|
| October
|
Sebastian Vettel
|
Motorsport
|
Formula 1 world champion
|
| September
|
David Storl
|
athletics
|
World champion shot put
|
| August
|
Robert Harting
|
athletics
|
World champion discus throw
|
| July
|
Thomas Lurz
|
swim
|
World champion 5 km, second 10 km, third team
|
| June
|
Dirk Nowitzki
|
basketball
|
NBA champions
|
| May
|
Betty Heidler
|
athletics
|
World record hammer throw
|
| April
|
Philipp Boy
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
European champions all around, second horizontal bar
|
| March
|
Magdalena Neuner
|
biathlon
|
World champion sprint, mass start, relay
|
| February
|
Eric Frenzel
|
Nordic combination
|
World Champion normal hill, second team, third large hill
|
| January
|
Anna Schaffelhuber
|
Monoskibob
|
World champion giant slalom, slalom etc. Super combination, overall World Cup ranking
|
| 2010
|
December
|
Samuel Black
|
Speed skating
|
World cup victory
|
| November
|
Sebastian Vettel
|
Motorsport
|
Formula 1 world champion
|
| October
|
Philipp Boy
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
World Championship second all around, third team
|
| September
|
Matthias Steiner
|
Weightlifting
|
World champion super heavyweight in pushing, second duel
|
| August
|
Christian Reif
|
athletics
|
European champion long jump
|
| July
|
Verena Sailer
|
athletics
|
European champion 100 m run
|
| June
|
Lena Schöneborn
|
Modern pentathlon
|
two world cup victories
|
| May
|
National ice hockey team (men)
|
ice Hockey
|
World Championship fourth
|
| April
|
Matthias Fahrig
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
European Champion Boden u. Team, second jump
|
| March
|
Verena Bentele
|
Biathlon, cross-country skiing (paralympic)
|
5-time Paralympic winner
|
| February
|
Magdalena Neuner
|
biathlon
|
Olympic champion pursuit u. Mass start, second sprint
|
| January
|
Felix Neureuther
|
Alpine skiing
|
World cup victory
|
| 2009
|
December
|
Tino Edelmann
|
Nordic combination
|
World cup victory
|
| November
|
Paul Biedermann
|
swim
|
Short course world records 200 m u. 400 m freestyle
|
| October
|
Nicolas Limbach
|
fencing
|
World champion saber
|
| September
|
National soccer team (women)
|
Soccer
|
European champion
|
| August
|
Steffi Nerius
|
athletics
|
World champion javelin
|
| July
|
Paul Biedermann
|
swim
|
World Champion 200 u. 400 m freestyle, second 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, world records 200 m a . 400 m freestyle
|
| June
|
Britta Steffen
|
swim
|
World record 100 m freestyle
|
| May
|
Michael Schrader
|
athletics
|
Winner decathlon meeting Götzis m. World annual best
|
| April
|
Fabian Hambüchen
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
European champions all around u. Floor, third ingot
|
| March
|
Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
|
figure skating
|
World Champion
|
| February
|
Kati Wilhelm
|
biathlon
|
World Champion Sprint u. Single, Second Persecution, etc. Season
|
| January
|
Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
|
figure skating
|
European champion
|
| 2008
|
December
|
Maria Riesch
|
Alpine skiing
|
four world cup victories
|
| November
|
Paul Biedermann
|
swim
|
Short course world record 200 m freestyle a. -European records 200 m u. 400 m
|
| October
|
Timo Boll
|
Table tennis
|
European champion singles, doubles and team
|
| September
|
Marianne Buggenhagen
|
Para athletics
|
Paralympics winner shot put
|
| August
|
Matthias Steiner
|
Weightlifting
|
Olympic heavyweight champion
|
| July
|
Sara Goller / Laura Ludwig
|
beach volleyball
|
European champion
|
| June
|
Ulrich Andree / Patrik Driesch
|
White water racing
|
World champion canoe two-man, second team
|
| May
|
Fabian Hambüchen
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
European champion horizontal bar, second team, third floor
|
| April
|
Helena Fromm
|
Taekwondo
|
European champion class up to 67 kg
|
| March
|
Paul Biedermann
|
swim
|
European champion 200 m freestyle m. DR after 24 years
|
| February
|
Andrea Henkel
|
biathlon
|
World champion sprint, pursuit, etc. Season
|
| January
|
Felix Hole
|
Luge
|
World champion singles u. team
|
| 2007
|
December
|
National Hockey Team (Men)
|
hockey
|
Winner Champions Trophy
|
| November
|
Katrin Schultheis / Sandra Sprinkmeier
|
Artistic cycling
|
World champions double w. World record
|
| October
|
Josef Wenzl
|
Cross-country skiing
|
Sprint World Cup victory
|
| September
|
National soccer team (women)
|
Soccer
|
World Champion
|
| August
|
National Hockey Team (women)
|
hockey
|
European champion
|
| July
|
Benjamin Kleibrink
|
fencing
|
European champion foil team, second individual
|
| June
|
Nadine Krause
|
Handball
|
World handball player
|
| May
|
Dirk Nowitzki
|
basketball
|
NBA 2006/07 : Most Valuable Player (MVP) u. All-NBA team
|
| April
|
Fabian Hambüchen
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
European champion horizontal bar, second all-around competition
|
| March
|
Tobias Angerer
|
Cross-country skiing
|
Overall world cup winner
|
| February
|
National handball team (men)
|
Handball
|
World Champion
|
| January
|
Anni Friesinger
|
Speed skating
|
World champion sprint four-way fight
|
| 2006
|
December
|
Andrea Henkel
|
biathlon
|
three world cup victories
|
| November
|
Anni Friesinger
|
Speed skating
|
six world cup victories
|
| October
|
Fabian Hambüchen
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
World Championship third all around u. Leap
|
| September
|
National Hockey Team (Men)
|
hockey
|
World Champion
|
| August
|
Germany eighth
|
rowing
|
World Champion
|
| July
|
4 × 100 m freestyle relay (women)
|
swim
|
European champion m. World record
|
| June
|
Helge Meeuw
|
swim
|
five times German champion , European records 100 m a . 200 m back
|
| May
|
Stefan Schumacher
|
Road cycling
|
two stage victories Giro d'Italia , three days in the pink jersey
|
| April
|
Robert Bartko
|
Track cycling
|
World Champion one's pursuit
|
| March
|
Kati Wilhelm
|
biathlon
|
Overall World Cup
|
| February
|
Michael Greis
|
biathlon
|
Olympic champion singles, mass start u. Season
|
| January
|
Claudia Pechstein
|
Speed skating
|
European all-around champion
|
| 2005
|
December
|
Kati Wilhelm
|
biathlon
|
World cup victory
|
| November
|
Tobias Angerer
|
Cross-country skiing
|
World Cup victories 15 km classic u. Season
|
| October
|
Faris Al-Sultan
|
Triathlon
|
Ironman world champion
|
| September
|
Dirk Nowitzki
|
basketball
|
European championship runner-up , MVP, best in points
|
| August
|
Franka Dietzsch
|
athletics
|
World champion discus throw
|
| July
|
Jan Ullrich
|
Road cycling
|
Second Tour de France
|
| June
|
Fabian Hambüchen
|
Apparatus gymnastics
|
European champion horizontal bar
|
| May
|
Timo Boll / Christian Süß
|
Table tennis
|
World Championship second double
|
| April
|
Regina Halmich
|
Boxing
|
38th victory in a row in battles for the world championship
|
| March
|
Uschi Disl
|
biathlon
|
World Champion Sprint u. Pursuit, Season Two
|
| February
|
Ronny Ackermann
|
Nordic combination
|
World Champion single normal hill, second single large hill a. team
|
| January
|
Anni Friesinger
|
Speed skating
|
European all-around champion
|
| 2004
|
December
|
Thomas Rupprath
|
swim
|
European short course champion 50 m (with WR ) u. 100 m back, 100 m butterfly, 4 × 50 m medley, second 4 × 50 m freestyle
|
| November
|
Axel Teichmann
|
Cross-country skiing
|
three world cup victories
|
| October
|
Judith Arndt
|
Road cycling
|
World champion road race
|
| September
|
Wojtek Czyz
|
Para athletics
|
Paralympics winner 100 m run, 200 m run and Long jump
|
| August
|
Birgit Fischer
|
Canoe racing
|
Olympic champion four-man canoe, second two-man canoe
|
| July
|
Andreas Klöden
|
Road cycling
|
Second Tour de France
|
| June
|
Patrik Sinkewitz
|
Road cycling
|
Winner Germany Tour
|
| May
|
Andreas Dittmer
|
Canoe racing
|
European champion single canoe 1000 m
|
| April
|
Michael sSchumacher
|
Motorsport
|
five Formula 1 victories , 75th victory overall
|
| March
|
Sven Ottke
|
Boxing
|
34th victory in the 34th and last professional fight
|
| February
|
National handball team (men)
|
Handball
|
European champion
|
| January
|
Anni Friesinger
|
Speed skating
|
European all-around champion, second sprint four-way fight
|
| 2003
|
December
|
Ronny Ackermann
|
Nordic combination
|
four world cup victories
|
| November
|
Hanka Kupfernagel
|
Bike cross
|
European champion, two world cup victories
|
| October
|
National soccer team (women)
|
Soccer
|
World Champion
|
| September
|
Erik Zabel
|
Road cycling
|
double stage winner Vuelta , winner Paris – Tours
|
| August
|
Annika Becker
|
athletics
|
World championship second pole vault
|
| July
|
Jan Ullrich
|
Road cycling
|
Second Tour de France
|
| June
|
Ralf Schumacher
|
Motorsport
|
two Formula 1 victories , one runner-up
|
| May
|
Hannah Stockbauer
|
swim
|
three-time German champion , two annual world record
|
| April
|
Markus Beyer
|
Boxing
|
World Champion (WBC) super middleweight
|
| March
|
Ricco Great
|
biathlon
|
World champion pursuit u. Relay, second sprint, third individual
|
| February
|
Ronny Ackermann
|
Nordic combination
|
World Champion single normal hill, second large sprint hill a. team
|
| January
|
Rainer Schüttler
|
tennis
|
Australian Open finalist
|
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