The German Sportspersonality of the Year (German : Sportler des Jahres ) 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)
1947
Gottfried von Cramm
Marga Petersen
1948
Gottfried von Cramm
Mirl Buchner-Fischer
1949
Georg Meier
Lena Stumpf
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
Helene Kienzle
1956
Hans Günter Winkler
Ursula Happe
1957
Manfred Germar
Wiltrud Urselmann
Borussia Dortmund
1958
Fritz Thiedemann
Marianne Werner
1959
Martin Lauer
Marika Kilius
Deutschland-Achter
1960
Georg Thoma
Ingrid Krämer
Deutschland-Achter
1961
Wolfgang von Trips
Heidi Schmid
1. FC Nürnberg
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
Deutschland-Achter
1969
Hans Fassnacht
Liesel Westermann
Deutschland-Achter
1970
Hans Fassnacht
Heide Rosendahl
men's national football team
1971
Hans Fassnacht
Ingrid Mickler-Becker
Borussia Mönchengladbach
1972
Klaus Wolfermann
Heide Rosendahl
Germany men's national field hockey team
1973
Klaus Wolfermann
Uta Schorn
Bahnrad-Vierer
1974
Eberhard Gienger
Christel Justen
men's national football team
1975
Peter-Michael Kolbe
Ellen Wellmann
Borussia Mönchengladbach
1976
Gregor Braun
Rosi Mittermaier
Bahnrad-Vierer
1977
Dietrich Thurau
Eva Wilms
Germany Foil team
1978
Eberhard Gienger
Maria Epple
Germany men's national handball team
1979
Harald Schmid
Christa Kinshofer
TV Großwallstadt
1980
Guido Kratschmer
Irene Epple
men's national football team
1981
Toni Mang
Ulrike Meyfarth
men's national water polo team
1982
Michael Groß
Ulrike Meyfarth
Erwin Skamrahl , Harald Schmid , Thomas Giessing , Hartmut Weber (4 × 400 metres relay )
1983
Michael Groß
Ulrike Meyfarth
VfL Gummersbach
1984
Michael Groß
Ulrike Meyfarth
Germany Fencing team
1985
Boris Becker
Cornelia Hanisch
Germany Davis Cup team
1986
Boris Becker
Steffi Graf
Germany Fencing team
1987
Harald Schmid
Steffi Graf
Germany Fed Cup team
1988
Michael Groß
Steffi Graf
Deutschland-Achter
1989
Boris Becker
Steffi Graf
Deutschland-Achter
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
Germany ski jumping team
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
Germany ski jumping team
2000
Nils Schumann
Heike Drechsler
Bahnrad-Vierer
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
Sitting volleyball team
2006
Michael Greis
Kati Wilhelm
men's national football team
Gerd Schönfelder
Verena Bentele
Wheelchair basketball team (women)
2007
Fabian Hambüchen
Magdalena Neuner
men's national handball team
Mathias Mester
Natalie Simanowski
Wheelchair basketball team (women)
2008
Matthias Steiner
Britta Steffen
men's national field hockey team
Wolfgang Sacher
Kirsten Bruhn
Wheelchair basketball team (women)
2009
Paul Biedermann
Steffi Nerius
women's national football team
Michael Teuber
Andrea Rothfuss
Wheelchair curling team
2010
Sebastian Vettel
Maria Riesch
men's national football team
Gerd Schönfelder
Verena Bentele
Paracycling team
2011
Dirk Nowitzki
Magdalena Neuner
Borussia Dortmund
Gerd Schönfelder
Anna Schaffelhuber
Wheelchair basketball team (women)
2012
Robert Harting
Magdalena Neuner
Deutschlandachter
Jochen Wollmert
Birgit Kober
Wheelchair basketball team (women)
2013
Robert Harting
Christina Obergföll
FC Bayern Munich
Thomas Schmidberger
Anna Schaffelhuber
Wheelchair basketball team (youth)
2014
Robert Harting
Maria Höfl-Riesch
men's national football team
Markus Rehm
Anna Schaffelhuber
Wheelchair basketball team (women)
2015
Jan Frodeno
Christina Schwanitz
Nordic combined team Germany
Georg Kreiter
Anna Schaffelhuber
Wheelchair basketball team (women)
2016
Fabian Hambüchen
Angelique Kerber
Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst (beach volleyball)
Niko Kappel
Vanessa Low
Johannes Floors , Markus Rehm , and Léon Schäfer , Tom-Sengua Malutedi (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 , Alexander Ehler , and Steffen Lehmker (Cross-country para skiing mixed team)
2019
Niklas Kaul
Malaika Mihambo
Germany men's national ski jumping team
2020
Leon Draisaitl
Malaika Mihambo
FC Bayern Munich
2021
Alexander Zverev
Malaika Mihambo
Bahnrad-Vierer women
Valentin Baus
Elena Semechin
Wheelchair basketball team (women)
2022
Niklas Kaul
Gina Lückenkemper
Eintracht Frankfurt
Marco Maier
Anna-Lena Forster
mixed para-rowing team
2023
Lukas Dauser
Denise Herrmann-Wick
Germany men's national basketball team
Léon Schäfer
Anna-Lena Forster
Sebastian Marburger , Marco Maier , Linn Kazmaier with guide Florian Baumann , Nico Messinger with guide Robin Wunderle (Cross-country skiing relay team )
2024
Oliver Zeidler
Darja Varfolomeev
Germany women's national 3x3 team
East Germany
See also
References
National Regional Continental World