"inaugural 1979 contest (on Gladstone) and also in 1997 and 1998 (both on E.T.). This feat was later matched by Rodrigo Pessoa in 2000 and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum in 2009. Simon is a businessman who has always considered show jumping a favorite hobby. He was still competing as of 2011, at age 68. He is regarded as the oldest winner of a show jumping Grand Prix, as he won the Grand Prix of Ebreichsdorf (CSI 2*) in May 2011. Simon competed at his first Olympics in 1972 riding Lavendel. This followed by numerous Grand Prix's nations cups and another four Olympic"
"featured reigning Olympic discus throw champion Robert Harting and his younger brother Christoph, shot put runner-up David Storl, hammer thrower Betty Heidler, pole vaulter Raphael Holzdeppe, Worlds medalists Rico Freimuth, Gesa Felicitas Krause and Christina Schwanitz, and javelin thrower and current world leader Thomas Röhler. Germany has qualified a total of seven badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: one entry each in the men's and women's singles, and a pair in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles. The badminton team was officially named"
"Schaffartzik, Patrick Femerling, Robin Benzing, Jan Jagla (Coach: Dirk Bauermann) 2010 World Championship: finished 17th among 24 teams Tim Ohlbrecht, Elias Harris, Per Günther, Tibor Pleiss, Christopher McNaughton, Steffen Hamann, Demond Greene, Lucca Staiger, Heiko Schaffartzik, Philipp Schwethelm, Robin Benzing, Jan Jagla (Coach: Dirk Bauermann) 2011 EuroBasket finished 9th among 24 teams Dirk Nowitzki, Chris Kaman, Jan-Hendrik Jagla, Tim Ohlbrecht, Sven Schultze, Steffen Hamann, Robin Benzing, Heiko Schaffartzik, Tibor Pleiss, Lucca Staiger, Johannes Herber, Philipp Schwethelm (Coach: Dirk Bauermann) 2014, 2015: Peak 2014, 2015: ING DiBa Germany national basketball team The Germany national basketball team is organized and run by"
"#60 Aprilia RS 125 R 2009- 25th, 125cc World Championship #88 Hajoue 125 / Aprilia RS 125 R 2010- 2nd, German IDM Supersport Championship #18 Yamaha YZF-R6 2011- 2nd, German IDM Superbike Championship #18 BMW S1000RR 2012- 2nd, German IDM Superbike Championship #2 BMW S1000RR 2013- 2nd, German IDM Superbike Championship #18 Honda CBR1000RR 2014- 12th, German IDM Superbike Championship #18 Honda CBR1000RR Michael Ranseder Michael Ranseder (born 7 April 1986 in Antiesenhofen) is an Austrian motorcycle racer who participates in motorcycle Grand Prix race. He currently competes in the IDM Superbike Championship. Ranseder's first points came at Catalunya in"
"Diethart and Gregor Schlierenzauer he took a silver in the team large hill competition at the same games. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, he won together with Stefan Kraft, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, and Jacqueline Seifriedsberger the silver medal in the mixed team competition. In the men's team competition he won bronze together with Stefan Kraft, Manuel Fettner, and Gregor Schlierenzauer. Michael Hayböck Michael ""Michi"" Hayböck (; born 5 March 1991) is an Austrian ski jumper. He took his first World cup win on 6 January 2015 in Bischofshofen in the final event of the Four Hills Tournament"
"both segments. Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalia Karamysheva, and Martin Skotnický coach them in Oberstdorf, Germany. ""CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix"" Valentin Wunderlich Valentin Wunderlich (born 2 August 1996) is a German ice dancer. With his skating partner, Ria Schwendinger, he reached the final segment at three World Junior Championships and finished within the top ten in 2017 (Taipei) and 2018 (Sofia). Wunderlich began skating as a five-year-old in Ulm and relocated to Oberstdorf when he was 15. During the 2011–2012 season, he competed in novice ice dancing with Marisa Sailer. In 2013, Wunderlich teamed up with Ria Schwendinger. Their"
"countries. Kelvin Hoefler from Brazil placed first in the Street competition. Fellow competitor Nyjah Huston, generally regarded as “the best contest street skateboarder in the world,” won the Street Competition in 2013. Kimberley Diamond Cup championships are webcast worldwide. SuperSport, the leading sports provider in South Africa, broadcasts the event. The Kimberley Diamond Cup replaced the Maloof Money Cup, a skateboarding event held in South Africa in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, the Kimberley Diamond Cup World Skateboarding Championships replaced the Maloof Money Cup World Championships, previously held in South Africa in 2011 and 2012. The 2013 skateboarding competition was"
"#1 in the world as of July 2018. He followed his older brother into fencing. Dershwitz has been coached since 2004 when he was 9 years old by Tulum, at the Zeta Fencing club in Natick, Massachusetts. Tulum coached the US men’s saber team in the 2016 Olympics. In February 2016, Dershwitz beat Russia's 2015 world champion Alexey Yakimenko at the Warsaw World Cup. In March 2016, while winning the gold medal at the Seoul Grand Prix in South Korea, he defeated 2014 world silver medalist Gu Bon-gil of Korea in the quarterfinals, 2014 world champion Nikolay Kovalev of Russia"
"championship the same year. Most national championships are actually ""open"" events, in which non-nationals are permitted to compete. Sergis and Rasmanis, for example, also won the German championship in 1998. The highest number of championships has been won by Daniël Willemsen with ten, with the last of those coming in 2012. The most successful team is Kristers Serģis and Artis Rasmanis with five titles together. The two missed out on a sixth title, when in 1999 they lost by only one point to Daniël Willemsen. The first edition of the world championship in 1980 saw the only German victory to"
"book ""Fitness für Manager"". <br> Kurt Bendlin Kurt Bendlin (born 22 May 1943) is a retired West German decathlete. In 1967 he became the first German person to set a world decathlon record in 34 years; he was voted German Sportsman of the Year, received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, and was cast in bronze by Arno Breker. Next year he won a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympics. Bendlin won national decathlon titles in 1965, 1967, 1971, and 1974. Besides sport, he worked as policeman and teacher of physical education. He also organized outdoor camps and training courses for managers, and"
"feat equalled by Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum in 2007. 1975 München (FRG) – 6 Teams 1977 Vienna (AUT) – 9 Teams 1979 Rotterdam (NED) – 10 Teams 1981 München (FRG) – 9 Teams 1983 Hickstead (GBR) – 11 Teams 1985 Dinard (FRA) – 8 Teams 1987 St. Gallen (SUI) – 8 Teams 1989 Rotterdam (NED) – 8 Teams 1991 La Baule (FRA) – 11 Teams 1993 Gijon (ESP) – 9 Teams 1995 St. Gallen (SUI) – 11 Teams 1997 Mannheim (GER) – 12 Teams 1999 Hickstead (GBR) – 14 Teams 2001 Arnhem (NED) – 14 Teams 2003 Donaueschingen (GER) – 18 Teams"
"Marc Zwiebler Marc Zwiebler () (born 13 March 1984) is a badminton player from Germany. He is currently ranked number 15 in the world and German number 1. He is a seven-time German national champion in men's singles. He won gold at the 2012 European Championships in Karlskrona over Henri Hurskainen 21–15, 21–13. 2010 he won bronze behind Peter Gade and Jan Ø. Jørgensen. By reaching the third round at the 2008 Olympics and the final participation at 2009 Denmark Open, one of premier tournament competition series BWF World Superseries, Zwiebler is Germany's top Badminton player of all time. Zwiebler"
"award winner. Described as the ""most dominant athlete in the world"", Vergeer won 470 matches in a row during her career, collecting 284 titles, including 21 grand slam singles titles and 23 grand slam doubles titles. She is one of two people to have won the Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award more than once, winning again in 2008; she was also nominated in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012. The Brazilian swimmer Daniel Dias has the most wins, collecting the award three times with a further three nominations, while German racing cyclist Michael Teuber has been nominated the"
"Claudia Kristofics-Binder, Helmut Kristofics-Binder, Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl, Petra Ruhrmann, Dagmar Lurz, Uschi Kessler, Rita Trapanese. The Hellmut Seibt Memorial is an annual competition named after him. Hellmut Seibt Hellmut Seibt (born 25 June 1929 – 21 July 1992) was an Austrian figure skater. He was the 1952 Olympic silver medalist, 1951 World bronze medalist, a two-time European champion (1951–52), and three-time national champion. Seibt was born on 25 June 1929 in Vienna. He married figure skater Inge Regner in March 1956. He died on 21 July 1992. Seibt began skating at age four, having been advised to take"
"the bronze medal in the individual distance and finished fourth in relay. At the 1990 European Championships Derr won a gold medal in relay, with teammates Annett Hesselbarth, Grit Breuer and Petra Schersing. In 1992 Derr was found guilty of clenbuterol doping, together with training partners Grit Breuer and Katrin Krabbe. Her personal best time was 51.95 seconds, achieved at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv. She represented the sports club SC Neubrandenburg. Manuela Derr Manuela Derr, married Rödel (born 17 July 1971 in Neubrandenburg) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She won"
"his adulthood. His most notable accomplishments include winning 4 Olympic Golds (his first at age 25) and numerous European and World Championship medals. On Sunday 21 September 2008, at the Samsung Super League Final in Barcelona, Beerbaum was a member of the winning German Nations Cup team. He was awarded Leading Rider of the 2008 Super League, along with 50,000 CHF ($46,000). In the Final, he rode the nine-year-old Westphalian gelding, ""All Inclusive NRW"" to a double clear round, and was one of only two riders to do so, his teammate Marco Kutscher being the other. Ludger Beerbaum is the"
"Waterfield"" Fencing ""James-Andrew Davis"", ""Richard Kruse"", ""Soji Aiyenuro"", ""Curtis Miller"" Football "" Chris Bart-Williams, Siobhan Chamberlain, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Dickson Etuhu, Gavin Hoyte, Jordon Ibe, Justin Hoyte, Ledley King, Eartha Pond, Claire Rafferty, Lianne Sanderson, Alex Scott, Danny Shittu, Raheem Sterling, Casey Stoney, Fara Williams, Rachel Yankey"" Gymnastics ""Chris Bower"" Hockey ""Darren Cheesman"", ""Dan Shingles"" Judo ""Victoria Dunn"", ""Gemma Gibbons"", ""Karina Bryant"", ""Winston Gordon"", ""Michelle Holt"", ""Ashley McKenzie"" Kayak / Canoe Leanne Brown, ""Lizzie Broughton"", ""Richard Hounslow"", ""Lucy Ormorod"" Karate ""Rachel Newey"" Netball ""Kadeem Corbin"", ""Sasha Corbin"", ""Amanda Newton"" Rugby ""Maggie Alphonsi"", ""Helen Clayton"", ""Louise Horgan"", ""Katy Storie"", ""Topsy"
"players such as Leon Draisaitl, Christian Ehrhoff, Jochen Hecht, Dennis Seidenberg, Thomas Greiss, Dominik Kahun, Dominik Kubalik, Marcel Goc and Marco Sturm and NHL prospects like Alexander Sulzer, Philip Gogulla, Korbinian Holzer and Marcel Müller. The men's national team is currently ranked 9th in the world. In 2010, Mannheim and Cologne co-hosted the Ice Hockey World Championships. Germany defeated the USA in the opening game in front of a record breaking crowd of 77,803 in Gelsenkirchen's Veltins-Arena. Germany finished the tournament in fourth place, the nation's best finish since 1953. German goaltender Dennis Endras was named the tournament's top goaltender"
"behind the United States in the IAAF placing tables, which awards points for top eight finishes. Germany has been most successful in the men's and women's throwing events, and the field events more generally. It's relay teams are competitive and regularly make the finals. The country's most successful athlete is men's discus throw champion Lars Riedel, who from 1991 to 2001 won five world titles and one bronze medal. Another discus thrower, Robert Harting, has three gold medals and one silver medal to his name. Several women hold a claim to be Germany's most successful female athlete: Astrid Kumbernuss and"
"to his back problem. Wende was diagnosed with a second herniated disc in January 2013. She began competing as Maylin Wende in the 2013–14 season. Hausch and Wende were married in June 2013. With Wende Maylin Wende Maylin Wende (née Hausch) (born 22 September 1988) is a German pair skater. With husband and partner Daniel Wende, she is the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard bronze medalist, the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, and a two-time German national champion. They have competed twice at the Winter Olympics (2010, 2014) and have placed as high as sixth at the European Championships (2011, 2014)."
"since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ""Men's doubles"" ""Mixed doubles"" ""Men's doubles"" ""Mixed doubles"" Mixed Doubles results with Birgit Michels against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Michael Fuchs (badminton) Michael Fuchs (born 22 April 1982 in Würzburg) is a retired international level badminton player from Germany. Michael Fuchs concentrates on doubles badminton competing with Johannes Schöttler in Men's and with Birgit Michels in the Mixed event. Fuchs and Michels have risen as high as sixth in the world rankings for their event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Fuchs"
"Beijing. Other notable defending champions featured NBA basketball players Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, who led their team by recapturing the nation's gold medal in Beijing, shooters Walton Eller and Vincent Hancock, road cyclist Kristin Armstrong in women's time trial, and swimmers Rebecca Soni and Ryan Lochte. First-time Olympians also featured gymnasts Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman, decathlete Ashton Eaton, and swimmers Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, the youngest of the team at age 15. Former basketball player and five-time Olympic champion Teresa Edwards served as the U.S. team's chef de mission. Double Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis became the third"
"Indonesia Open, and BWF World Championships will be his last tournaments. Marc Zwiebler Marc Zwiebler () (born 13 March 1984) is a badminton player from Germany. He is currently ranked number 15 in the world and German number 1. He is a seven-time German national champion in men's singles. He won gold at the 2012 European Championships in Karlskrona over Henri Hurskainen 21–15, 21–13. 2010 he won bronze behind Peter Gade and Jan Ø. Jørgensen. By reaching the third round at the 2008 Olympics and the final participation at 2009 Denmark Open, one of premier tournament competition series BWF World"
"by the IIHF directors and the top goaltender and most valuable player by the media. Together with football, ice hockey and handball, basketball in Germany is among the most popular spectator sports. One of the most popular non-football athletes to come out of Germany is Dirk Nowitzki, who plays power forward for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. In , he became the first player trained totally outside the U.S. to be named league MVP, and in 2011 led the Mavericks to their first NBA title. The Germany national basketball team's biggest successes are the victory in the European Championship"
"for men in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of May 31, 2016 and top two for women, not yet qualified, at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships. London 2012 Olympian Luis Brethauer and BMX rookie Nadja Pries were named to the German cycling team. German divers qualified for five individual spots and three synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series. A total of eight divers (four per gender), highlighted by Beijing 2008 silver medalists Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein in men's synchronized platform, were named as part of"
"athlete Curtis Beach. On his way to the podium, he set three personal bests: 5.10 m for the pole vault, 7.30 m for the long jump, and 2:34.10 minutes for the 1000 metres. Mathias Brugger Mathias Brugger (born 6 August 1992) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He was a bronze medallist in the indoor heptathlon at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His decathlon personal best is 8009 points, set in 2015. A member of SSV Ulm 1846 athletics club and trained by Christopher Hallmann, Brugger failed to finish his first international decathlon"
"Daniel Mesotitsch Daniel Mesotitsch (born 22 May 1976) is an Austrian biathlete. Mesotitsch originally competed in cross-country skiing. However, in 1997 he was injured in a car crash and took up shooting during his recovery when he was unable to undertake ski training. He subsequently switched to biathlon. He has competed in four Winter Olympics, in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. He won 2 medals: silver in the Men's relay in 2010, and a bronze in Men's relay in 2014. Both of the relays together with Dominik Landertinger, Simon Eder and Christoph Sumann. He was named Sportsman of the Year"
"European heavyweight champion Karl Mildenberger. The wheelchair basketball team FCK Rolling Devils was founded in 2009 as a part of the club's basketball department and turned into a separate department in 2013. Since 2014, the Rolling Devils play in the 1st German Wheelchair Basketball Federal League. In July 2015, the outsourcing of Rolling Devils into an independent club with 1.FC Kaiserslautern as name sponsor took place and the FCK department was suspended at the annual meeting of 1.FC Kaiserslautern in December 2015. 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK or 1. FC Kaiserslautern"
"Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) for the 2018–19 season. Derrick Williams (basketball) Derrick LeRon Williams (born May 25, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He was selected with the second overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2011 NBA draft. Williams was born in La Mirada, California and graduated from La Mirada High School. Williams originally committed to play at the University of Southern California. He was quickly recruited by first-year head coach Sean Miller at the University of Arizona. As a freshman Williams averaged 15.7"
"large number of players who had seen action in the 2014 FIFA World Cup weeks earlier. On the MLS side, Clint Dempsey, Matt Besler, DeAndre Yedlin, Kyle Beckerman (United States) and Tim Cahill (Australia), among others, all got time on the pitch. Bayern saw contributions from Julian Green (USA), Javi Martínez (Spain), Dante (Brazil), Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) and Arjen Robben (Netherlands). Most notably, Bayern's six members of the World Cup winning-German national team—Phillip Lahm, Manuel Neuer, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller, Mario Götze and Jérôme Boateng—all made appearances to much fanfare. ""As of August 6, 2014"" Notes: Notes: On July 8,"
"achieved in June 1970 in Potsdam, and 13:31.2 in the 5000 metres, achieved in June 1972 in East Berlin. He also had 3:39.8 in the 1500 metres, achieved in May 1969 in Potsdam, and 28:24.6 in the 10,000 metres, achieved in April 1972 in Potsdam. After retiring he has worked as a coach in the sports club LAC Erdgas Chemnitz, for André Pollmächer among others. He has also coached Ulrike Bruns (for a very brief period of time), Jens-Peter Herold, Jürgen Straub and Olaf Beyer. Bernd Dießner Bernd Dießner (born 26 March 1946 in Aken, Saxony-Anhalt) is a retired East"
"in the Rottnest 21-kilometre open-water relay swim in 2006, along with Australian Olympians Bill Kirby, Todd Pearson and Duncan Armstrong. His mother, Hella Rentema, is a former Olympic swimmer from the Netherlands. He has a sister, Kim, and a brother Niels, who is also a competitive swimmer. His father Kees (Cornelis) won a Silver Medal in the 320+ age group relay at the FINA World Masters Swim Championships held in Montreal in 2014. Mark Versfeld Mark Andreas Cornelis Versfeld (born June 13, 1976) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he finished in"
"segments. Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalia Karamysheva, and Martin Skotnický coach them in Oberstdorf, Germany. ""CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix"" Ria Schwendinger Ria Schwendinger (born 25 September 1998) is a German ice dancer. With her skating partner, Valentin Wunderlich, she reached the final segment at three World Junior Championships and finished within the top ten in 2017 (Taipei) and 2018 (Sofia). Schwendinger began skating as a three-year-old at EC Oberstdorf. She was coached by Rita Mensching before joining Karel Fajfr. She competed in novice ladies' singles until the end of the 2012–2013 season. In 2013, Schwendinger teamed up with Valentin"