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Olympians Who Were Elected East German Athlete of the Year (37)

Athlete	Nation(s)	Sport(s)	Era	Notes
Klaus Ampler	GDR	CRD	1968	1963
Hans-Georg Aschenbach	GDR	SJP	1972—1976	1974
Rolf Beilschmidt	GDR	ATH	1976	1977
Udo Beyer	GDR GER	ATH	1976—1992	1978
Waldemar Cierpinski	GDR	ATH	1976—1980	1976, 1980
Heike Drechsler	GDR GER	ATH	1988—2000	1986
Bernd Drogan	GDR	CRD	1980	1979, 1982
Peter Ducke	GDR	FBL	1972	1965 (finished second, but awarded in 1967 after Jürgen May flew to West Germany)
Kornelia Ender	GDR	SWM	1972—1976	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Ute Geweniger	GDR	SWM	1980	1981
Maxi Gnauck	GDR	GAR	1980	1980
Ingrid Gulbin-Engel-Krämer	GDR GER	DIV	1960—1968	1960, 1962, 1963, 1964
Margitta Helmbold-Gummel	GDR GER	ATH	1964—1972	1968
Karin Janz	GDR	GAR	1968—1972	1967, 1972
Marita Koch	GDR	ATH	1976—1980	1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985
Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer	GDR GER	ATH	1956—1960	1959
Olaf Ludwig	GDR GER	CRD/CTR	1980—1996	1986, 1988
Roland Matthes	GDR	SWM	1968—1976	1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975
Jürgen May	GER FRG	ATH	1964—1972	1965 (lost his title when he flew to West Germany in 1967)
Silke Möller	GDR	ATH	1988	1987
Wolfgang Nordwig	GDR	ATH	1968—1972	1972
Kristin Otto	GDR	SWM	1988	1988, 1989
Uwe Raab	GDR	CRD	1988	1983
Helmut Recknagel	GDR GER	SJP	1960—1964	1962
Karin Richert-Balzer	GDR GER	ATH	1960—1972	1971
Gustav-Adolf Schur	GDR GER	CRD	1956—1960	1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
Gabriele Seyfert	GDR GER	FSK	1964—1968	1966
Ute Starke	GDR GER	GAR	1960—1968	1961
Lothar Thoms	GDR	CTR	1980	1981
Klaus Urbanczyk	GDR GER	FBL	1964	1964
Torsten Voss	GDR GER	ATH/BOB	1988—1998	1987
Andreas Wecker	GDR GER	GAR	1988—2000	1989
Jens Weißflog	GDR GER	SJP	1984—1994	1985
Frank Wiegand	GDR GER	SWM	1960—1968	1966
Rosie Witschas-Ackermann	GDR	ATH	1972—1980	1977
Katarina Witt	GDR GER	FSK	1984—1994	1984
Erika Zuchold	GDR	GAR	1968—1972	1970