“Successful project” Team Düsseldorf continues to grow

En route to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games promotes D.SPORTS again numerous top athletes in the Team Düs­sel­dorf. New is among others Olym­pia-Sie­ge­rin Kira Wal­ken­horst. It supports more athletes from so many different sports than ever before.

Superstars and hidden champions among the newcomers
With the beach volleyball icon Kira Wal­ken­horst comes a real Olympic champion Team Düs­sel­dorf. Wal­ken­horst emphasizes how important good youth work is for the sport: “The youth department of DJK TUSA 06 Düsseldorf is one of the most successful in Germany. I hope that I can convince many young people from Düsseldorf to believe in their dream of becoming a professional athlete.” They are also new to the Düsseldorf team 3×3 basketball player Shawn Gulley, Kevin Bryant, Alan Boger and Bastian Landgraf, national hockey player Maike Schaunig, reigning German champion in beach volleyball Sarah Schulz and Borussia Düsseldorf shooting star Dang Qiu.

“Successful project” Team Düsseldorf continues to grow
Never before has a Düsseldorf support team stood for so much sporting diversity: 3×3 basketball, beach volleyball, field hockey, judo, athletics, rowing, skateboarding and table tennis – the eight different sports represent a record, as does the number of 23 athletes in the Düsseldorf team . Many of them are at home in sports in which there is less financial strength and training at a professional level is still necessary in order to be among the best in the world. To make this possible, D.SPORTS supports the top athletes from Düsseldorf clubs with its funding program.

“Team Düsseldorf is a successful project that enables many hard-training athletes from Düsseldorf to take part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is a very important sign that we are supporting so many athletes from an unprecedented variety of sports today,” says Burkhard Hintzsche, city director and head of sports department of the state capital Düsseldorf. Sira Breuer, project manager of Team Düsseldorf at D.SPORTS, adds: “A look at our medal table reveals that our funding concept works very well. By taking on more athletes and other sports, we are positioning ourselves even more broadly in order to represent the sports city of Düsseldorf in the best possible way at the world’s largest sports festival in Paris in 2024.”

Five medals in Tokyo
Last year, the members of the Düsseldorf team won a total of five medals in Tokyo. Para table tennis player Valentin Baus won the gold medal in singles, his teammate Tho­mas Schmid­ber­ger won silver in the individual and team competitions. Also table tennis superstar Timo Boll brought a silver medal back to Düsseldorf. In addition, judoka was allowed to Johan­nes Frey happy about the bronze medal in the team competition. In addition, took with Karla Borger and Julia Sude(Beach­vol­ley­ball), Nathalie Kubalski and Selin Oruz (Feld­ho­ckey), Leo­nie Men­zel (Rowing),San­dra Miko­la­schek (Para table tennis) as well Ben­ja­min Klei­brink (fencing) seven other athletes from the Team Düs­sel­dorf took part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.