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 [ edit ] 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 )
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