Mannheim-Sandhofen water sports club
The water sports club Mannheim-Sandhofen e. V. ( WSV Mannheim-Sandhofen , also abbreviated WSV Sandhofen or WMS ) is a German canoeing club from Mannheim - Sandhofen .
The focus of activities is on canoe racing , in which the club provided several Olympic and world champions . A back school , aerobics and hiking paddling are also offered for the more than 200 members . The state performance center is located on the club's premises . The club employs full-time coaches and has repeatedly had members of the German national canoe racing team in its ranks.
Another focus is the work in the school and youth sector. Targeted support is intended to introduce young canoeists to competitive sport. The association conducts talent scouts in cooperation with Mannheim schools. The association organizes and supports regattas that serve social purposes such as the “Sport against Violence” campaign. The water sports club enables two schools in the north of Mannheim to have additional physical education by making its sports hall available for use and providing a trainer.
history
Water sports were practiced on the Old Rhine as early as 1903 , but not yet in the structures of a sports club. The Mannheim-Sandhofen water sports club was founded on April 25, 1925. In 1929 a boathouse was built, which was inaugurated on September 1, 1929. In 1933 the water sports clubs "Freie Schwimmer Mannheim-Sandhofen" and the "Arbeiter-Wassersportverein Mannheim-Sandhofen", whose boathouses were also located on the Riedspitze, were banned.
On October 20, 1935, the boathouse with more than 80 boats was completely destroyed by a fire that was unexplained. On April 6, 1946, 60 people present called the WSV Sandhofen back to life in the “Goldener Hirsch” inn. In 1957, the construction of a club house began on its own land. The expansion was completed in 1965.
From 1962 to 1966 the regatta course was expanded, making larger regattas possible. In the 1960s and 1970s, the promotion of young talent was intensified in the era of coach Helmut Noller; the club turned into a racing club. In 1982 the association became a federal base in canoe racing; the performance class area has been further developed. The new state training center was inaugurated on April 21, 1989. The friends' association was founded in 1990.
In December 1992 the most successful German canoeist, Birgit Fischer, switched to WSV, who achieved five Olympic victories for the club in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Further Olympic victories from the ranks of the association: Detlef Hofmann (1996) and Carolin Leonhardt (2004).
In 2004, a fire razed the entire boathouse. In 2009 the construction of a new boathouse and an athletes pavilion began.
Greatest successes
- 1954 Helmut Noller and Günter Krämer win the world championship bronze medal in K 2 over 1000 meters
- 1955 Helmut Noller and Günter Krämer become Western European champions in K 4
- 1986 Thomas Pfrang becomes world champion
- 1987 Thomas Pfrang becomes third in the world championship
- 1988 Thomas Pfrang is Olympic champion in a two-man kayak over 500m
- 1989 Thomas Pfrang becomes vice world champion
- 1990 Marcela Bednar is third in the world championship
- 1991 Detlef Hofmann becomes double world champion
- 1993 Birgit Fischer becomes double world champion and third place in the World Cup
- 1994 Birgit Fischer becomes double world champion, double vice world champion and third place in the World Cup
- 1995 Birgit Fischer becomes world and vice world champion, Detlef Hofmann world champion
- 1996 Birgit Fischer wins Olympic gold and silver, Detlef Hofmann becomes Olympic champion
- 1997 Birgit Fischer becomes five-time world champion, Marcela Bednar world champion
- 1998 Birgit Fischer becomes world champion and double vice world champion, Marcela Bednar becomes world champion
- 1999 Birgit Fischer becomes vice world champion
- 2000 Birgit Fischer becomes two-time Olympic and two-time European champion
- 2004 Birgit Fischer becomes two-time Olympic champion, Carolin Leonhardt Olympic champion and wins Olympic silver
- 2005 Carolin Leonhardt becomes double world champion and two-time European champion
- 2006 Carolin Leonhardt becomes three-time vice world champion
- 2007 Carolin Leonhardt becomes double world champion
- 2009 Carolin Leonhardt becomes world champion and two-time vice world champion
- 2008 Carolin Leonhardt becomes European champion
- 2010 Carolin Leonhardt becomes vice world champion
- 2011 Carolin Leonhardt becomes world champion and vice world champion
- 2012 Carolin Leonhardt wins Olympic silver and becomes European champion
- 2013 Carolin Leonhardt becomes Vice World Champion and Vice European Champion
The silver bay leaf , the highest sporting award in Germany, went to Helmut Noller, Birgit Fischer and Thomas Pfrang.
Achievements 2013
World championships
- Two-person kayak (K2) - 1000 m silver medal: Carolin Leonhardt
European championships
- Two-person kayak (K2) - 1000 m silver medal: Carolin Leonhardt
