German Sportspersonality of the Year
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The German Sportspersonality of the Year has been chosen annually since 1947, with separate awards made for men and women. The record holder is tennis player Steffi Graf, who won five awards. Swimmer Michael Groß, tennis player Boris Becker, and high jumper Ulrike Meyfarth each have four awards. Since 1957 the sport journalists also vote for Germany's Sportsteam of the Year.
In East Germany (GDR) there was also an annual vote for the Best Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, from 1953 to 1989, chosen by the readers of the daily newspaper Junge Welt. Since 1990, after reunification, the East and West German awards merged into one single award.
West Germany and Germany[]
YEAR | MALE | FEMALE | TEAM | MALE (DISABLED) | FEMALE (DISABLED) | TEAM (DISABLED) |
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1947 | Gottfried von Cramm | Marga Petersen | ||||
1948 | Gottfried von Cramm | Mirl Buchner-Fischer | ||||
1949 | Georg Meier | |||||
1950 | Herbert Klein | Ria Baran-Falk | ||||
1951 | Paul Falk | Ria Baran-Falk | ||||
1952 | Karl Kling | Ria Baran-Falk | ||||
1953 | Werner Haas | Christa Seliger | ||||
1954 | Heinz Fütterer | Ursula Happe | ||||
1955 | Hans Günter Winkler | |||||
1956 | Hans Günter Winkler | Ursula Happe | ||||
1957 | Manfred Germar | Wiltrud Urselmann | ||||
1958 | Fritz Thiedemann | Marianne Werner | ||||
1959 | Martin Lauer | Marika Kilius | ||||
1960 | Georg Thoma | Ingrid Krämer | ||||
1961 | Wolfgang von Trips | Heidi Schmid | ||||
1962 | Gerhard Hetz | Jutta Heine | ||||
1963 | Gerhard Hetz | Ursel Brunner | ||||
1964 | Willi Holdorf | Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann | ||||
1965 | Hans-Joachim Klein | Helga Hoffmann | ||||
1966 | Rudi Altig | Helga Hoffmann Karin Frisch | ||||
1967 | Kurt Bendlin | Liesel Westermann | FC Bayern Munich | |||
1968 | Franz Keller | Ingrid Becker | ||||
1969 | Hans Fassnacht | Liesel Westermann | ||||
1970 | Hans Fassnacht | Heide Rosendahl | ||||
1971 | Hans Fassnacht | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |||
1972 | Klaus Wolfermann | Heide Rosendahl | ||||
1973 | Klaus Wolfermann | Uta Schorn | ||||
1974 | Eberhard Gienger | Christel Justen | ||||
1975 | Peter-Michael Kolbe | Ellen Wellmann | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |||
1976 | Gregor Braun | Rosi Mittermaier | ||||
1977 | Dietrich Thurau | Eva Wilms | ||||
1978 | Eberhard Gienger | Maria Epple | ||||
1979 | Harald Schmid | Christa Kinshofer | ||||
1980 | Guido Kratschmer | Irene Epple | ||||
1981 | Toni Mang | Ulrike Meyfarth | men's national water polo team | |||
1982 | Michael Groß | Ulrike Meyfarth | ||||
1983 | Michael Groß | Ulrike Meyfarth | ||||
1984 | Michael Groß | Ulrike Meyfarth | ||||
1985 | Boris Becker | Cornelia Hanisch | ||||
1986 | Boris Becker | Steffi Graf | ||||
1987 | Harald Schmid | Steffi Graf | ||||
1988 | Michael Groß | Steffi Graf | ||||
1989 | Boris Becker | Steffi Graf | ||||
1990 | Boris Becker | Katrin Krabbe | Germany national football team | |||
1991 | Michael Stich | Katrin Krabbe | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||
1992 | Dieter Baumann | Heike Henkel | men's national field hockey team | |||
1993 | Henry Maske | Franziska van Almsick | men's national basketball team | |||
1994 | Markus Wasmeier | Katja Seizinger | ||||
1995 | Michael Schumacher | Franziska van Almsick | Borussia Dortmund | |||
1996 | Frank Busemann | Katja Seizinger | men's national football team | |||
1997 | Jan Ullrich | Astrid Kumbernuss | T-Mobile-Team - Road cycling | |||
1998 | Georg Hackl | Katja Seizinger | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||
1999 | Martin Schmitt | Steffi Graf | ||||
2000 | Nils Schumann | Heike Drechsler | ||||
2001 | Erik Zabel | Hannah Stockbauer | FC Bayern Munich | |||
2002 | Sven Hannawald | Franziska van Almsick | men's national football team | |||
2003 | Jan Ullrich | Hannah Stockbauer | women's national football team | |||
2004 | Michael Schumacher | Birgit Fischer | women's national field hockey team | Wojtek Czyz | Kirsten Bruhn | |
2005 | Ronny Ackermann | Uschi Disl | men's national basketball team | Michael Teuber | Kirsten Bruhn | |
2006 | Michael Greis | Kati Wilhelm | men's national football team | Gerd Schönfelder | Verena Bentele | (women) |
2007 | Fabian Hambüchen | Magdalena Neuner | men's national handball team | Mathias Mester | Natalie Simanowski | (women) |
2008 | Matthias Steiner | Britta Steffen | men's national field hockey team | Kirsten Bruhn | (women) | |
2009 | Paul Biedermann | Steffi Nerius | women's national football team | Michael Teuber | Andrea Rothfuss | |
2010 | Sebastian Vettel | Maria Riesch | men's national football team | Gerd Schönfelder | Verena Bentele | |
2011 | Dirk Nowitzki | Magdalena Neuner | Borussia Dortmund | Gerd Schönfelder | Anna Schaffelhuber | (women) |
2012 | Robert Harting | Magdalena Neuner | Deutschlandachter | Jochen Wollmert | Birgit Kober | (women) |
2013 | Robert Harting | Christina Obergföll | FC Bayern Munich | Thomas Schmidberger | Anna Schaffelhuber | (youth) |
2014 | Robert Harting | Maria Höfl-Riesch | men's national football team | Markus Rehm | Anna Schaffelhuber | (women) |
2015 | Jan Frodeno | Christina Schwanitz | Nordic combined team Germany | Anna Schaffelhuber | (women) | |
2016 | Fabian Hambüchen | Angelique Kerber | Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst (beach volleyball) | Niko Kappel | Vanessa Low | Johannes Floors, Markus Rehm, and Léon Schäfer, (4 × 100 Meters men's Relay) |
2017 | Johannes Rydzek | Laura Dahlmeier | Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst (beach volleyball) | Niko Kappel | Anna Schaffelhuber | Johannes Floors, Felix Streng, David Behre, and Markus Rehm (4 × 100 Meters men's Relay) |
2018 | Patrick Lange | Angelique Kerber | men's national ice hockey team | Martin Fleig | Andrea Eskau | Andrea Eskau, , and (Cross-country para skiing mixed team) |
2019 | Niklas Kaul | Malaika Mihambo | ||||
2020 | Leon Draisaitl | Malaika Mihambo | FC Bayern Munich |
East Germany[]
See also[]
- German Footballer of the Year
- German Volleyball Player of the Year
- German Sports Badge
Categories:
- German sportspeople
- German sports trophies and awards
- National sportsperson-of-the-year trophies and awards
- Awards established in 1947
- 1947 establishments in Germany