SSV Altenberg
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| Surname | Saxon Sports Club Altenberg eV |
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Biathlon , luge , mountain bike , skeleton , archery , football , table tennis , alpine skiing , cross-country skiing , chess , dancing , children's sports, women's sports |
| Founded | 3rd October 1992 |
| Place of foundation | Altenberg in the Ore Mountains |
| Association headquarters | Altenberg |
| Chairman | Gunter Kaden |
| Homepage | www.SSV-Altenberg.de |
The Saxon Sports Club Altenberg eV is a sports club from the city of Altenberg in the Ore Mountains . It is divided into 13 departments, 4 of them with competitive and 9 with popular sports orientation. The SSV Altenberg is one of the most successful winter sports clubs in Germany, which is particularly active in promoting young talent.
history
The SSV Altenberg eV was founded on October 3rd, 1992 from the merger of two clubs. These were the BSG Stahl Altenberg (later Sportverein Zinnerz eV ), which mainly represented popular sport, and the SG Dynamo Zinnwald (later Saxon Wintersportverein Altenberg eV ), which was mainly responsible for top-class sport. The SSV has had around 500 members since it was founded, which makes it one of the largest sports clubs in Saxony .
The club is the federal and state base for biathlon , luge and bobsleigh because of its various team athletes, its state performance center and its sports facilities . The association is also a branch of the Chemnitz / Dresden Olympic base and a mountain bike talent base . The mountain bike section also appears externally as “Mounty Altenberg” . The training center is the state performance center and the "Bergstadt Altenberg". In recent years, the sports club has been honored with the “Green Ribbon” from Dresdner Bank and the “Josef Ertl Prize” from the German Ski Association for its work with young talent.
In the course of its history and the history of the previous clubs, the club's athletes won various medals at championships in the GDR and the FRG. There are also three Olympic victories as well as 44 titles at world championships and 11 titles at European championships.
On October 1, 2015, the luge division was spun off and merged with the newly founded RRC Altenberg .
Well-known athletes
Several members of the national biathlon squad started for SSV Altenberg, including and Anne Preussler , Katja Beer , Peggy Wagenführ , Michael Rösch , Carsten Pump and Ute Niziak for SSV. Currently, Susann König and Tina Bachmann are particularly successful.
In the field of skeleton, the club includes the two-time Olympic champion Diana Sartor as well as Matthias Biedermann , Sarah Sartor , Sylvia Liebscher and Robin Marschner . The luge division is led by Sebastian Schmidt and André Forker . In the 2012/13 season, the junior world champion Aileen Frisch caught up with the world's best and started in the German A-squad in the World Cup.
Matthias Mende , who was a professional rider until 2003, was the only internationally successful athlete in the field of mountain biking . René Birkenfeld , who started his career in the mountain bike department of SSV Altenberg, became German cyclocross champion in 2007 . The bobsleigh division is also currently without a well-known representative, as many Altenberg pilots are at home in SC Oberbärenburg .
Web links
- Homepage of the SSV Altenberg
- Sports Museum Leipzig ( Memento from November 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Interesting facts about the SG Dynamo Zinnwald (GDR Lexicon Club)