Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller (r.) and City Sports Association President Peter Schwabe honor Mohamed Al Manouchi from TuS Gerresheim, who became German U17 boxing champion; Photos: Zanin
Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller (r.) and City Sports Association President Peter Schwabe with the Futsal players from the Düsseldorf Deaf Sports Club, who won the national title
Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller (r.) and city sports association president Peter Schwabe with the German U16 champions of the DHC in field hockey
Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller (r.) and City Sports Association President Peter Schwabe with the German U18 team champions from Judo Club 71
Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller (r.) and City Sports Association President Peter Schwabe with table tennis player Marianne Blasberg, who became world and European champion in AK85 in 2023
Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller (r.) and City Sports Association President Peter Schwabe with table tennis professional Kay Stumper from Borussia Düsseldorf, who, among other things, won European Championship silver with the team
Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller (r.) and city sports association president Peter Schwabe with Eva Zimmermann from AFC 1979 Düsseldorf eV – Panther, who received a badge of honor for her services
A total of 15 people were awarded a badge of honor for their services to Düsseldorf sport
Group photo with all award-winning athletes and deserving officials in the athletics hall of the Arena Sports Park
Athletes from Düsseldorf clubs celebrated great successes in the pre-Olympic year. Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller honored the successful athletes on Thursday, May 2nd, at a reception in the athletics hall of the Arena Sports Park for national and international titles 2023 in Olympic and non-Olympic sports of all classes.
113 people were honored for titles at world, European and German championships as well as international tournaments in a total of 22 sports, 17 of which were Olympic and five non-Olympic.
Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller: “With outstanding successes, Düsseldorf athletes have once again impressively demonstrated their great national and international class in 2023. These successes are also a great template for the current super sports year of 2024 with the Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games in Paris, where hopefully numerous athletes from the sports city of Düsseldorf will be there again. I keep my fingers crossed that all of Düsseldorf’s Olympic dreams will come true.”
Great success with the team and in individual sports
Borussia Düsseldorf remains the most successful Düsseldorf club. Timo Boll and Kay Stumper became vice-European champions with the team. Together with Anton Källberg, Dan Qiu and Sharat Kamal Achanta they became German team champions in the table tennis Bundesliga. Sandra Mikolaschek, Valentin Baus and Thomas Schmidberger became European champions and German champions in wheelchair table tennis in various categories. The young talent at Borussia is also very successful. Eireen Kalaitzidou reached 5th place at the World Championships with the national team and became vice-European champion with the U19 national team.
There were further successes in team sports with the women’s team from the Düsseldorf Hockey Club, which became German champions in indoor hockey. Fortuna Düsseldorf once again celebrated the German championship title in amputee football. And the American Football Club Düsseldorf 1978 – “The Panthers” also became German champions with the junior team.
Chelsea Roussikan from the Rheintreu water sports club became U23 world champion and vice-European champion in the kayak single over 200 meters. Katherina Jacob from the Rheinstadion Tennis Club became vice world champion in women’s doubles and mixed doubles in the age group (AK) 30.
In the senior class of table tennis, Marianne Blasberg from the Friedrichstädter Gymnastics Club has been on the road to success for many years. Most recently, she won gold in doubles, silver in singles and mixed doubles at the World Championships in the 85 age group and became European champion in singles and doubles. Marianne Blasberg recently celebrated her 90th birthday.
The following 15 people were also awarded a badge of honor at the reception for their many years of outstanding service to Düsseldorf sport:
Dieter Löhe, SG Benrath-Hassels 1910/12 eV
Stefan Gärtner, Düsseldorf, sur place eV
Peter M. Endres, Riding and Racing Club 1844 eV
Franz-Josef Moers, Kayak Club Düsseldorf-Hamm eV 1923
Werner Zieren, Kayak Club Düsseldorf-Hamm eV 1923
Sebastian Riech, TSV Jahn 05 Düsseldorf-Oberkassel eV
Antje Klein, TSV Jahn 05 Düsseldorf-Oberkassel eV
Bernd Obermeyer, St. Sebastianus Schützenverein Düsseldorf-Bilk eV
René Krombholz, St. Sebastianus Schützenverein Düsseldorf-Bilk eV
Eva Zimmermann, AFC 1978 Düsseldorf e.V. – Panther
Tatsiana Maroska, Kung Fu Toa Düsseldorf e.V.
Reza Ahmadi, Kung Fu Toa Düsseldorf eV
Masayo Nishioka, Judoclub 71 eV
Gerd Schidlewski, Tennis District 3 Düsseldorf eV
Dagmar Krehnke, Tennis District 3 Düsseldorf eV
2024-05-03 08:14:48
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