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Olympians Who Were Elected German Athlete of the Year (92)

Athlete	Nation(s)	Sport(s)	Role(s)	Era	Notes
Ronny Ackermann	GER	NCB	Olympics	1998—2006	2005
Franziska van Almsick	GER	SWM	Olympics	1992—2004	1993, 1995, 2002
Dieter Baumann	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1988—1996	1992
Boris Becker	GER	TEN	Olympics	1992	1985, 1986, 1989, 1990
Kurt Bendlin	FRG	ATH	Olympics	1968	1967
Paul Biedermann	GER	SWM	Olympics	2008—2016	2009
Gregor Braun	FRG	CTR	Olympics	1976	1976
Ursel Brunner	GER FRG	SWM	Olympics	1960—1964	1963
Mirl Buchner	GER FRG	ALP	Olympics	1952—1956	1948
Frank Busemann	GER	ATH	Olympics	1996—2000	1996
Laura Dahlmeier	GER	BTH	Olympics	2014—2018	2017
Uschi Disl	GER	BTH	Olympics	1992—2006	2005
Heike Drechsler	GDR GER	ATH	Olympics / Other	1988—2000	2000
Irene Epple	FRG	ALP	Olympics	1976—1984	1980
Maria Epple	FRG	ALP	Olympics	1976—1984	1978
Roswitha Esser	GER FRG	CSP	Olympics	1964—1972	1964
Paul Falk	GER FRG	FSK	Olympics	1952	1951
Ria Falk	GER FRG	FSK	Olympics	1952	1950, 1951, 1952
Hans Faßnacht	FRG	SWM	Olympics	1968—1972	1969, 1970, 1971
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt	GDR GER	CSP	Olympics / Other	1980—2004	2004
Jan Frodeno	GER	TRI	Olympics	2008—2012	2015
Heinz Fütterer	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics / Non-starter	1952—1956	1954
Manfred Germar	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics / Other	1956—2001	1957
Eberhard Gienger	FRG	GAR	Olympics	1972—1976	1974, 1978
Steffi Graf	GER FRG	TEN	Olympics / Non-Medal / Other	1984—1999	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1999
Michael Greis	GER	BTH	Olympics	2002—2010	2006
Michael Groß	FRG	SWM	Olympics	1984—1988	1982, 1983, 1984, 1988
Ingrid Gulbin-Engel-Krämer	GDR GER	DIV	Olympics / Other	1960—1968	1960
Georg Hackl	GER FRG	LUG	Olympics / Other	1988—2006	1998
Fabian Hambüchen	GER	GAR	Olympics	2004—2016	2007, 2016
Cornelia Hanisch	FRG	FEN	Olympics	1976—1984	1985
Sven Hannawald	GER	SJP	Olympics	1998—2002	2002
Ursula Happe	GER FRG	SWM	Olympics	1952—1956	1954, 1956
Robert Harting	GER	ATH	Olympics	2008—2016	2012, 2013, 2014
Jutta Heine	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1960—1964	1962
Gerhard Hetz	GER FRG	SWM	Olympics	1960—1964	1962, 1963
Helga Hoffmann	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1956—1964	1965, 1966
Maria Höfl-Riesch	GER	ALP	Olympics / Other	2010—2014	2010, 2014
Willi Holdorf	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1964	1964
Niklas Kaul	GER	ATH	Olympics	2020	2019
Franz Keller	FRG	NCB/SJP	Olympics	1968—1972	1968
Angelique Kerber	GER	TEN	Olympics	2012—2016	2016, 2018
Marika Kilius	GER FRG	FSK	Olympics	1956—1964	1959
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein	FRG	ALP	Olympics	1980—1988	1979
Hans-Joachim Klein	GER FRG	SWM	Olympics	1960—1964	1965
Herbert Klein	GER FRG	SWM	Olympics	1952—1956	1950
Peter-Michael Kolbe	FRG	ROW	Olympics	1976—1988	1975
Katrin Krabbe	GDR	ATH	Olympics	1988	1990, 1991
Guido Kratschmer	FRG	ATH	Olympics	1976—1984	1980
Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	ATH	Olympics	1996—2004	1997
Martin Lauer	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1956—1960	1959
Henry Maske	GDR	BOX	Olympics	1988	1993
Ulrike Meyfarth	FRG	ATH	Olympics / Other	1972—1984	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Ingrid Mickler-Becker	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics / Other	1960—1972	1968, 1971
Malaika Mihambo	GER	ATH	Olympics	2016—2020	2019, 2020, 2021
Rosi Mittermaier	GER FRG	ALP	Olympics / Other	1968—1999	1976
Steffi Nerius	GER	ATH	Olympics	1996—2008	2009
Magdalena Neuner	GER	BTH	Olympics / Other	2010	2007, 2011, 2012
Dirk Nowitzki	GER	BKB	Olympics / Other	2008	2011
Christina Obergföll	GER	ATH	Olympics	2004—2016	2013
Marga Petersen	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1952	1947
Heike Redetzky-Henkel	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1984—1992	1992
Karin Reichert-Frisch	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1964—1968	1966
Heide Rosendahl	FRG	ATH	Olympics	1968—1972	1970, 1972
Johannes Rydzek	GER	NCB	Olympics	2010—2022	2017
Harald Schmid	FRG	ATH	Olympics	1976—1988	1979, 1987
Heidi Schmid	GER FRG	FEN	Olympics	1960—1968	1961
Martin Schmitt	GER	SJP	Olympics	1998—2010	1999
Uta Schorn	FRG	GAR	Olympics	1972—1976	1973
Nils Schumann	GER	ATH	Olympics	2000	2000
Christina Schwanitz	GER	ATH	Olympics	2008—2020	2015
Katja Seizinger	GER	ALP	Olympics	1992—1998	1994,1996, 1998
Britta Steffen	GER	SWM	Olympics	2000—2012	2008
Matthias Steiner	AUT GER	WLF	Olympics	2004—2012	2008
Michael Stich	GER	TEN	Olympics	1992	1991
Hannah Stockbauer	GER	SWM	Olympics	2000—2004	2001, 2003
Christa Stubnick	GDR GER	ATH	Olympics	1956	1953
Fritz Thiedemann	GER FRG	EDR/EJP	Olympics / Other	1952—1960	1958
Georg Thoma	GER FRG	NCB	Olympics / Other	1960—1964	1960
Ellen Tittel-Wellmann	FRG	ATH	Olympics	1972—1976	1975
Jan Ullrich	GER	CRD	Olympics	2000—2004	1997, 2003
Wiltrud Urselmann	GER FRG	SWM	Olympics	1960—1964	1957
Markus Wasmeier	GER FRG	ALP	Olympics	1988—1994	1994
Marianne Werner	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1952—1956	1958
Liesel Westermann	FRG	ATH	Olympics	1968—1972	1967, 1969
Kati Wilhelm	GER	BTH/CCS	Olympics / Other	1998—2010	2006
Eva Wilms	FRG	ATH	Olympics	1976	1977
Hans Günter Winkler	GER FRG	EJP	Olympics / Other	1956—1976	1955, 1956
Klaus Wolfermann	FRG	ATH	Olympics	1968—1972	1972, 1973
Erik Zabel	GER	CRD	Olympics	1992—2004	2001
Annemarie Zimmermann	GER FRG	CSP	Olympics	1964—1968	1964
Alexander Zverev	GER	TEN	Olympics	2020	2021