WorldSkills 2013

The WorldSkills 2013 were from 2 to 7 July 2013 in Leipzig discharged. It took place for the third time in Germany after 1961 in Duisburg and 1973 in Munich . 1100 people from 53 countries who were under 23 years of age took part.

This international job competition compares the performance of non-academic professions for apprentices and young professionals up to the age of 23.

The competitions were held in 46 competition disciplines, which were divided into the seven categories of Transport & Logistics , House & Construction Technology , Manufacturing Technology , Communication and Information Technology , Creative Art & Fashion Technology , Social Services and Green Technologies for Sustainable Development .

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The 42nd WorldSkills kicked off with an opening event on July 2, 2013, which took place in the Samsung Arena at the Leipzig Trade Fair .

Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the participants in a video message:

“To be part of the WorldSkills alone is an award in itself. The key to a promising career is a good education. Qualified junior employees are worth gold for every company. "

- Angela Merkel : worldskillsleipzig2013.com

Theodor Niehaus, President of the professional championship, commented on the event:

"We don't just talk about education, we act."

- Theodor Niehaus : worldskillsleipzig2013.com

Simon Bartley , the president of WorldSkills International , said

“You are part of the biggest World Cup of Professions that has ever been. Each of you are already a champion. I congratulate you for what you have achieved and will achieve so far. "

- Simon Bartley : worldskillsleipzig2013.com

The Federal Minister for Education and Research, Johanna Wanka , pointed out that the basis of every state is the education of young people: ""

"Prosperity depends largely on how people work and how people are trained."

- Johanna Wanka : worldskillsleipzig2013.com

The St. Thomas Choir performed at the opening event and the “ Flying Steps ” performed with a dance interlude.

In the end, the participants promised fairness and sporty behavior.

The competitions were held from July 3rd to 6th.

On July 7th, the competition ended with one of the official closing ceremonies and the award ceremony, known as the “ Closing Ceremony ”. For this purpose, the stage was redesigned into a winners podium on which the medals were awarded.

The medals were awarded by Johanna Wanka , Sven Morlok and Burkhard Jung , among others . The “ Lazy Basics ”, Poppin Hood , “ Team Recycled ” and Nathan Flutebox Lee provided entertainment .

At the end of the closing event, the WorldSkills 2015 were awarded to São Paolo .

Attendees

The following countries and parts of the country sent participants to the competition:

Argentina  Armenia  Australia  Bahrain  Belgium  Brazil  Chile  People's Republic of China  Chinese Taipei  Denmark  Germany  Dominican Republic  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia  Hong Kong  India

Indonesia  Iran  Ireland  Iceland  Japan  Canada  Colombia  South Korea  Kuwait  Latvia  Liechtenstein  Luxembourg  Macau  Malaysia  Morocco  New Zealand  Netherlands  Norway

Oman  Austria  Portugal  Russia  Saudi Arabia  Sweden  Switzerland  Singapore  South Africa  South-Tirol  Thailand  Trinidad and Tobago  Hungary  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom  United States  Vietnam

Medal table

The nations are sorted according to the number of points. The points are calculated as follows: number of gold medals * 4 + number of silver medals * 3 + number of bronze medals * 2 + special medals = points.

Medal table
space	country	Points	gold	silver	bronze	Achievement diplomas	total
01.	South Korea	89	12	05	06th	14th	37
02.	Switzerland	73	09	03	05	18th	35
03.	Chinese Taipei	65	06th	04th	08th	13	31
04th	Japan	56	05		03	18th	30th
05.	Brazil	52	04th	05		15th	27
06th	Austria	45	05	02	04th	11	22nd
07th	Germany	42	02	04th	03	16	25th
08th.	France	41		05	01		24
09.	Finland	35	01	02	03	19th	25th
10.	United Kingdom	34	02	01		17th	23
11.	Sweden	28	01	02	02	14th	19th
12.	Singapore	27	03		0-	09	14th
13.	Australia	26th	01		01	14th	18th
14th	People's Republic of China	22nd	0-	01	03	13	17th
15th	Thailand	19th	02		0-	08th	11
16.	Canada	18th	01	0-		14th	15th
	South-Tirol			02	02	04th	09
18th	Ireland	17th	02	0-	01	07th	10
19th	Iran	16	0-	02		08th	11
	Netherlands		01	0-		10	12
21st	Indonesia	15th		01	0-	08th	10
22nd	Denmark	14th	0-		01	09	11
23.	Norway	13			02	06th	09
24.	Macau	09			0-		07th
	Malaysia			0-		09	09
26th	New Zealand	07th		01		04th	05
	Portugal			0-		07th	07th
28.	Canada	06th				06th	06th
	Vietnam
30th	Belgium	05				05	05
	Hungary
	United States			01		02	03
33.	Hong Kong	03		0-		03
	India
	Liechtenstein
	Latvia			01		0-	01
37.	United Arab Emirates	01		0-		01	01
	Luxembourg
	Morocco
	South Africa
41.	Chile	0-				0-	0-
	Estonia
	Iceland
	Kuwait
	Oman
	Russia
	Saudi Arabia

Performance of the German-speaking countries

Medal table (German-speaking countries)

Medal table
space	country	Points	gold	silver	bronze	Achievement diplomas	total
02.	Switzerland	73	09	03	05	18th	35
06th	Austria	45	05	02	04th	11	22nd
07th	Germany	42	02	04th	03	16	25th
16.	South-Tirol	18th	01	02	02	04th	09
33.	Liechtenstein	03	0-	0-	0-	03	03
37.	Luxembourg	01				01	01

Switzerland

With 9 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze medals, 18 diplomas and 2 certificates, Switzerland came second in the medal table after Korea and claimed the top of the German-speaking countries.

Germany

43 participants from Germany took part in 38 competitions.

Austria

The Austrian participants were able to win 22 medals, including five gold, two silver, four bronze and eleven achievement diplomas. Compared to WorldSkills 2011 , this was almost double and the highest number of gold medals since 1991 (at that time Austria won gold six times). Austria landed in the top ten and was the best-placed EU nation.

Medalist

gold

Surname	discipline
Kevin Micheli	cook
Christina Peinthor	painter
Thomas Liebenauer	Tiler
Robert Schnöll	Stonemason
Herbert Gabauer	Plumber

silver

Surname	discipline
Martin Mittelberger	Bricklayer
Wolfgang Fank	Joiner

bronze

Surname	discipline
Anja Omann	Restaurant specialist
Thomas Lindner	Cabinet maker
Dominik Rechfelden and Martin Unterberger	Landscaper
Florian Schnöll	Metal construction

Austria sent 29 participants and took part in the WorldSkills for the 28th time

Christoph Leitl , President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, said the following:

“Our young participants have once again proven that they are up to the pressure. They made the best use of their opportunities, successfully used their outstanding skills in front of an international audience and global competition. You have granted me three wishes: You have won more medals than last time, namely twice as many. You are among the best in the whole world, namely among the top ten. And you are the best of all EU countries. You have achieved great world championship successes. "

- Christoph Leitl : portal.wko.at

Renate Römer , Vice President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, said the following:

"(That the participants) ... are well prepared for their future professional life through the intensive training and the irretrievable experiences during the competition."

- Renate Römer : portal.wko.at

The Austrian Minister of Education, Claudia Schmied , expressed her appreciation to the team:

“We can all be proud of our team. Such a shower of medals exceeds all expectations. Vocational training and vocational schools in Austria are rightly at the top in all international studies. This is once again impressively demonstrated by the top performance of our participants at WorldSkills 2013. Events like this, which both invite highly qualified specialists to the curtain and contribute to the further development of our education system, are very important to the education department. "

- Claudia Schmied : portal.wko.at

The Austrian Minister of Social Affairs, Rudolf Hundstorfer , remarked:

“(He emphasized) ... the importance of team spirit and mutual support in such a challenging situation that demanded everything from each individual participant. I congratulate everyone who faced the professional world championship as well as the companies and experts as great companions. "

- Rudolf Hundstorfer : portal.wko.at

Web links

• WorldSkills 2013 Leipzig (German)
• WorldSkills ( memento from 20091003214923) (English)
• SkillsGermany
• Press photos ( memento from September 23, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
• SwissSkills
• Austrian team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ to be held from July 2 to 7, 2013 in Leipzig worldskillsleipzig2013.com
2. ↑ Number of participants and age limit worldskillsleipzig2013.com
3. ↑ Number of countries worldskillsleipzig2013.com
4. ↑ Competitive disciplines worldskillsleipzig2013.com
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} quotes worldskillsleipzig2013.com
6. ↑ Opening event worldskillsleipzig2013.com
7. ↑ Closing event worldskillsleipzig2013.com
8. ↑ Participant worldskillsleipzig2013.com
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Medal table PDF file: "WSC2013_OR_Members_by_total_medal.pdf"
10. ↑ Ranking list of Swiss participants in leipzig on swiss-skills.ch
11. ↑ Number of German participants www.worldskillsgermany.de, PDF file: "Brochure of German participants, p. 5"
12. ↑ German participants www.worldskillsgermany.de, PDF file: "Team booklet of German participants"
13. ↑ ^{a b c d e} quotes ( memento from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) portal.wko.at