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Since 1957 there is also one Team of the year determined that since 1964 a Athlete of the year valued separately. This election was initiated by Kurt Dobbratz, founder of the SportsPresse agency International Sport-correspondence, which is still responsible as an organizer today. Since 1998, the proclamation has been transferred from the Kurhaus Baden-Baden by ZDF, the two years before by the ARD.   In contrast to the Federal Republic, an athlete’s election (see athlete of the year (GDR)) took place in the GDR as part of a reader survey by the daily newspaper. A GDR athlete of the year was first determined in 1958, and from 1959 a GDR team of the year. In 1990 the first joint choice of the Sportsman of the year . In individual sports there are also elections for the outstanding athlete of this sport, in Germany the basketball players of the year, players of the year of the basketball Bundesliga, beach volleyball player of the year, footballer of the year, handball player of the year, athletes of the year and cyclists of the year are Volleyballer of the year honored. The coaches of the year have also been awarded since 2006, and the award is made by the German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB). As part of the award for the athletes of the year, the Sparkasse award for role models in sports is also awarded.   Since the beginning of television transmission, the following people have led through the program: Year athlete sportswoman team Disabled athlete Disabled athlete Disabled team 2022 Nikllas bone Decathlon  Gina L\u00fcckenkemper Sprint  Eintracht Frankfurt football  Marco Maier Ski Nordic  Anna-Lena Forster Ski alpin  Mixed fourth with a steering woman Pararudern  2021 Alexander Zverev Tennis  Malay prehable Long jump  Women’s train wheel Cycling  Valentin Baus Table tennis  Elena semechin To swim  National team of women Wheelchair basketball  2020 Leon Draisaitl Eishockey  Malay prehable Long jump  FC Bayern Munich football  no honor  2019 Nikllas bone Decathlon  Malay prehable Long jump  National team of men Ski jumping  Johannes Floors Sprint  Irmgard Bensusan Sprint  National team of men Goalball  2018 Patrick Lange Triathlon  Angelique Kerber Tennis  National team of men Eishockey  Martin Fleig Ski Nordic  Mrs. Off Cycling\/skiing  Nordic Para-Ski relay (Andrea Eskau, Alexander Ehler, Steffen Lehmker) 2017 Johannes Rydzek Nordic combination  Laura Dahlmeier Biathlon  Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst Beachfulball  Niko Kappel Shot put  Anna Schaffelhuber Ski alpin  4 times 100 meter relay (Johannes Floors, Markus rhy, L\u00e9on shepherd, Tom Malutatedi) 2016 Fabian Hamb\u00fcchen Do gymnastics  Angelique Kerber Tennis  Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst Beachfulball  Niko Kappel Shot put  Vanessa Low Long jump, sprint  4 times 100 meter relay (Johannes Floors, Felix Streng, David Behre, Markus Rehm) 2015 Jan Frodeno Triathlon  Christina Schwanitz Shot put  National team Nordic combination  Georg kriter Ski alpin  Anna Schaffelhuber Ski alpin  National team of women Wheelchair basketball  2014 Robert Harting Discus throw  Maria H\u00f6fl-Riesch Ski alpin  National team of men football  Markus Rehm Long jump  Anna Schaffelhuber Ski alpin  National team of women Wheelchair basketball  two thousand and thirteen Robert Harting Discus throw  Christina Obergf\u00f6ll Javelin throw  FC Bayern Munich football  Thomas Schmidberger Table tennis  Anna Schaffelhuber Ski alpin  Junior national team Wheelchair basketball  2012 Robert Harting Discus throw  Magdalena Neuner Biathlon  Germany-eight rowing  Jochen Wollmert Table tennis  Birgit Kober Spear throw\/shot put  National team of women Wheelchair basketball  2011 Dirk Nowitzki Basketball  Magdalena Neuner Biathlon  Borussia Dortmund football  Gerd Sch\u00f6nfelder Ski alpin  Anna Schaffelhuber Ski alpin  National team of women Wheelchair basketball  2010 Sebastian Vettel Motorsport  Maria Riesch Ski alpin  National team of men football  Gerd Sch\u00f6nfelder Ski alpin  Verena Bentele Biathlon\/cross -country skiing  National team Paracycling  2009 Paul Poweenman To swim  Steffi Nerius Javelin throw  National team of women football  Michael Teuber Paracycling  Andrea Rothfuss Ski alpin  National team Wheelchair curling  2008 Matthias Steiner Weightlifting  Britta Steffen To swim  National team of men Hockey  Wolfgang Sacher Paracycling  Kirsten Bruhn To swim  National team of women Wheelchair basketball  2007 Fabian Hamb\u00fcchen Do gymnastics  Magdalena Neuner Biathlon  National team of men Handball  Mathias Master Discus throw\/shot put\/ Javelin throw  Natalie Simanowski Paracycling  National team of women Wheelchair basketball  2006 Michael a while Biathlon  Central Wilhelm Biathlon  National team of men football  Gerd Sch\u00f6nfelder Ski alpin  Verena Bentele Biathlon\/cross -country skiing  National team of women Wheelchair basketball  2005 Ronny Ackermann Nordic combination  Uschi disl Biathlon  National team of men Basketball  Michael Teuber Paracycling  Kirsten Bruhn To swim  National team of men Sitzvolleyball  2004 Michael Schumacher Motorsport  Birgit Fischer Canonian gate  National team of women Hockey  Wojtek Czyz Sprint\/long jump  Kirsten Bruhn To swim  – 2003 Jan Ullrich Cycling  Hannah Stockbauer To swim  National team of women football   2002 Sven Hannawald Ski jumping  Franziska van Almsick To swim  National team of men football  2001 Erik Zabel Cycling  Hannah Stockbauer To swim  FC Bayern Munich football  2000 Nils Schumann Medium -haul run  Heike Drechsler Long jump  Bahnrad-Vierer Cycling  1999 Martin Schmitt Ski jumping  Steffi Graf Tennis  National team Ski jumping  1998 Georg Hackl Racetrack  Katja Seizinger Ski alpin  1. FC Kaiserslautern football  1997 Jan Ullrich Cycling  Astrid Kumbernuss Shot put  Team Telekom Cycling  1996 Frank Busemann Decathlon  Katja Seizinger Ski alpin  National team of men football  1995 Michael Schumacher Motorsport  Franziska van Almsick To swim  Borussia Dortmund football  1994 Markus Wasmeier Ski alpin  Katja Seizinger Ski alpin  National team Ski jumping  1993 Henry mask Box  Franziska van Almsick To swim  National team of men Basketball  1992 Dieter Baumann Long -distance run  Heike Henkel high jump  National team of men Hockey  1991 Michael Stich Tennis  Katrin Krabbe Sprint  1. FC Kaiserslautern football  1990 Boris Becker Tennis  Katrin Krabbe Sprint  National team of men football  1989 Boris Becker Tennis  Steffi Graf Tennis  Germany-eight rowing  1988 Michael Gro\u00df To swim  Steffi Graf Tennis  Germany-eight rowing  1987 Harald Schmid 400-meter hurdle run  Steffi Graf Tennis  Fed-Cup-Team Tennis  1986 Boris Becker Tennis  Steffi Graf Tennis  Degenfechter fencing  1985 Boris Becker Tennis  Cornelia Hanisch fencing  Davis-Cup-Team Tennis  1984 Michael Gro\u00df To swim  Ulrike Meyfarth high jump  Degenfechter fencing  1983 Michael Gro\u00df To swim  Ulrike Meyfarth high jump  VfL Gummersbach Handball  1982 Michael Gro\u00df To swim  Ulrike Meyfarth high jump  4 \u00d7 400 m relay (Erwin Skamrahl, Harald Schmid, Thomas Giessing, Hartmut Weber) 400-meter run  1981 Toni Mang motorcycle  Ulrike Meyfarth high jump  National team of men Water polo  1980 Guido Kratschmer Decathlon  Irene Epple Ski alpin  National team of men football  1979 Harald Schmid 400-meter hurdle run  Christa Kinshofer Ski alpin  TV Gro\u00dfwallstadt Handball  1978 Eberhard Gienger Do gymnastics  Maria Epple Ski alpin  National team of men Handball  1977 Dietrich Thurau Cycling  Eva Wilms Shot put  Foil fencer fencing  1976 Gregor Braun Cycling  Roses mytermaier Ski alpin  Bahnrad-Vierer Cycling  1975 Peter-Michael Kolbe rowing  Ellen Wellmann Medium -haul run  Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach football  1974 Eberhard Gienger Do gymnastics  Christel Justen To swim  National team of men football  1973 Claus wolperman Javelin throw  Uta Schorn Do gymnastics  Bahnrad-Vierer Cycling  1972 Claus wolperman Javelin throw  Heide Rosendahl Long jump  National team of men Hockey  1971 Hans Fassnacht To swim  Ingrid Mickler-Becker Long jump\/sprint  Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach football  1970 Hans Fassnacht To swim  Heide Rosendahl Long jump  National team of men football  1969 Hans Fassnacht To swim  Liesel Westermann Discus throw  Show jumping Ride  1968 Franz Keller Nordic combination  Ingrid Becker athletics  Germany-eight rowing  1967 Kurt Bendlin Decathlon  Liesel Westermann Discus throw  FC Bayern Munich football  1966 Rudi Altig Cycling  Helga Hoffmann and Karin Frisch athletics  National team of men football  1965 Hans-Joachim Klein To swim  Helga Hoffmann athletics  National team athletics  1964 Willi Holdorf athletics  Roswitha Esser\/Annemarie Zimmermann Canonian gate  Berliner Ruder-Vierer from the Berlin rowing club rowing  1963 Gerhard Hetz To swim  Ursel Brunner To swim  National team of men Hockey  1962 Gerhard Hetz To swim  Jutta Heine athletics  Ratzeburg rowing eight rowing  1961 Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips Motorsport  Heidi Schmid fencing  1. FC N\u00fcrnberg football  1960 Georg Thoma Nordic combination  Ingrid creams Art and tower jumping  Germany-eight rowing  1959 Martin Lauer athletics  Marika Kilius figure skating  Germany-eight rowing  1958 Fritz Thiedemann Ride  Marianne Werner athletics  National team athletics  1957 Manfred Germar athletics  Wiltrud Urselmann To swim  Borussia Dortmund football  1956 Hans G\u00fcnter Winkler Ride  Ursula acid To swim  – 1955 Hans G\u00fcnter Winkler Ride  Helene Kienzle Rolling skating  – 1954 Heinz F\u00fctterer athletics  Ursula acid To swim  – 1953 Werner Haas motorcycle  Christa Seliger athletics  – 1952 Karl Kling Motorsport  Ria Baran-Falk figure skating  – 1951 Couple Falk (Paul Falk and Ria Baran-Falk) figure skating  Ria Baran-Falk figure skating  – 1950 Herbert Klein To swim  Ria Baran-Falk figure skating  – 1949 Georg Mon motorcycle  Lena Stumpf athletics  –  Germany  1948 Gottfried von Cramm Tennis  Mirl Buchner-Fischer Ski alpin  – 1947 Gottfried von Cramm Tennis  Marga Petersen athletics  – # Years Who ten 1966, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 Men’s national soccer team 7 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Consumption of the women’s wheelchair basketball team 6 1986, 1987 (2 \u00d7), 1988, 1989, 1999 Steffi Graf (five times as an athlete, once as a member of the German Fed Cup team (1987)) 1959, 1960, 1968, 1988, 1989, 2012 Germany-eight 5 1985, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990 Boris Becker (four times as a single athlete, once as a member of the German Daviscup team (1985)) 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 Anna Schaffelhuber 4 1950, 1951, 1951, 1952 Ria Baran-Falk (three times as a single athlete, once as a couple with Paul Falk) 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 Ulrike Meyfarth 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988 Michael Gro\u00df 1963, 1972, 1992, 2008 Men’s hockey national team 1967, 2001, 2013, 2020 FC Bayern Munich 3 1955, 1956, 1969 Hans G\u00fcnter Winkler (twice individually, once as a member of the Springreiter-Equipe (1969)) 1969, 1970, 1971 Hans Fassnacht 1979, 1982, 1987 Harald Schmid (twice individually, once as a member of the 4 \u00d7 400 m relay (1982)) 1994, 1996, 1998 Katja Seizinger 1994, 1999, 2019 National team ski jumping 1973, 1976, 2000 Bahnrad-Vierer 1993, 1995, 2002 Franziska van Almsick 1997, 1997, 2003 Jan Ullrich (twice individually, once as a member of Team Telekom (1997)) 2004, 2005, 2008 Kirsten Bruhn 2006, 2010, 2011 Gerd Sch\u00f6nfelder 1957, 1995, 2011 Borussia Dortmund 2007, 2011, 2012 Magdalena Neuner 2012, 2013, 2014 Robert Harting 2019, 2020, 2021 Malay prehable 2 1947, 1948 Gottfried von Cramm 1954, 1956 Ursula acid 1962, 1963 Gerhard Hetz 1965, 1966 Helga Hoffmann 1970, 1972 Heide Rosendahl 1972, 1973 Claus wolperman 1971, 1975 Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach 1974, 1978 Eberhard Gienger 1990, 1991 Katrin Krabbe 1991, 1998 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2001, 2003 Hannah Stockbauer 1995, 2004 Michael Schumacher 1993, 2005 Men’s national basketball team 2005, 2011 Dirk Nowitzki (once individually, once as a member of the national basketball team) 2005, 2009 Michael Teuber 2010, 2011 Gerd Sch\u00f6nfelder 2007, 2016 Fabian Hamb\u00fcchen 2016, 2017 Niko Kappel 2016, 2017 Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst 2016, 2018 Angelique Kerber 2019, 2022 Nikllas bone Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth was chosen four times in a row (1981\u20131984), which afterwards only Steffi Graf (1986\u20131989) succeeded, who at ten years also has the greatest time difference as a single athlete between two honors (1989 and 1999). With Hans G\u00fcnter Winkler, the active 13 years were between two honors (1956 as a single athlete and 1969 as a member of the Springreiter-Equipe). At Berti Vogts it was even 26 years between the election as an active team of the German national soccer team (1970) and the election as their coach (1996). So far, athletes have managed four times in one year to be elected both alone and in the team: 1976 Gregor Braun, 1985 Boris Becker, 1997 Jan Ullrich and 1999 Martin Schmitt and once an athlete: 1987 Steffi Graf. The Fed Cup team was also the first pure women’s team in 1987 to be elected as a team of the year. A curiosity is also the choice of Ria Baran-Falk, who was voted athlete of the year in 1951 both the athlete of the year and with her husband Paul Falk.   The Olympic champion Ingrid Kr\u00e4mer from Dresden was elected in 1960 both in the Federal Republic and in the GDR. With Katrin Krabbe, an athlete from the new federal states was also elected in 1990 in the year of reunification. Heike Drechsler, elected in 2000, was already athlete of the year in the GDR in 1986. While in 1964 with Roswitha Esser and Annemarie Zimmermann two athletes were elected who were active together in the Kajak-Zweier, in 1966 two athletes with the same number of points were elected to first place with Helga Hoffmann and Karin Frisch. In 1961 Wolfgang Graf Berthe was elected to athlete of the year. The youngest individual award winners were Wiltrud Urselmann in 1957 at the age of 15 among women and Boris Becker in 1985 at the age of 18. The oldest individual award winners were Karl Kling in 1952 among men and Birgit Fischer in 2004 for women at 42. In 2011, a team athlete was awarded Dirk Nowitzki as an athlete of the year. Nowitzki had already finished second in 2005. The appointment as athlete of the year 2011 is Nowitzki’s second award, after the men’s German national basketball team was elected as the team of the year in 2005. 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