The German Democratic Republic (GDR), often called East Germany, founded a separate National Olympic Committee for socialist East Germany on 22 April 1951 in the Rotes Rathaus of East Berlin. This was the last of three German Olympic committees of the time. It was not recognized by the IOC for over a decade.
Imke Duplitzer is a German épée fencer. Imke is a four time Olympian where she placed 10th, 5th, 5th, and 29th respectively. She also fenced in three team events at the Olympics, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the team épée competition with Britta Heidemann and Claudia Bokel. During the 2006 World Fencing Championships, she won the bronze medal after beating Romania in the épée team event together with her teammates Claudia Bokel, Britta Heidemann and Marijana Markovic. She is also a two-time European Champion in the individual event as well as being a part of the Gold medal-winning team in 1998.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund (DSB), and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC.
The football league system of the German Democratic Republic existed from 1949 until shortly after German reunification in 1991.
Sports Associations in East Germany were nation-wide sports agencies for certain economic branches of the whole society, which were members of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (DTSB) Members of biggest social employers had their own branch sports clubs or the Sportvereinigung.
Hans-Georg Moldenhauer is a German former football goalkeeper, playing for 1. FC Magdeburg and its predecessors. After his career he became a sports functionary in East Germany football and later in the unified Germany.
The Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund was a national German sports organization active between 1893-1933. The organization actively promoted leftist political views built around class struggle and nationalism.
1. FC Breslau was a German association football club from the city of Breslau, Lower Silesia. It was established by the former membership of SV Stern Breslau, a workers' club that had been banned by the Nazis in 1933 alongside other left-leaning and faith-based clubs. Stern was notable as the losing side in the 1924 title match of the Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund,, a leftist national sports organization which organized a football competition and championship separate from that of the DFB.
Fritz Zimmermann is a German former fencer.
Jörg Fiedler is a German épée fencer, European champion in 2011 and 2013, and three-time team silver world medallist.
The Tauberbischofsheim Fencing Club is a fencing club based in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Tauberbischofsheim fencers have earned more than 300 medals in international sporting events.
Deutsches Sportecho was an East German daily sports newspaper of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (DTSB).
The Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund was a mass organization of the German Democratic Republic from 1957 until shortly after German reunification. Membership in the organization included nearly four million people, which accounted for almost 20% of the population of the GDR.
The German Taekwondo Union is the largest taekwondo association in Germany. It is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation.
The Deutscher Schlitten- und Bobsportverband (DSBV) was the governing body for the sports of luge and bobsleigh in the German Democratic Republic.
The Deutscher Tischtennis-Verband (DTTV) was the governing body for table tennis in the German Democratic Republic. It was a constituent sports association within the larger Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund, which was the primary sports authority in the country and a part of the National Front. Shortly after German reunification in 1990, the DTTV was absorbed by the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB).
The Deutscher Schwimmsport-Verband (DSSV) was the governing body for swim sports in East Germany (GDR). It was an organ of the larger Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund, which was a mass organization that oversaw all sports associations in the GDR. In 1988 the organization had 83,509 registered athletes and 6,911 trainers. Shortly after German reunification the remnants of the DSSV were absorbed by the various swimming associations of the West German states.
The Bund Deutscher Segler (BDS) was the governing body of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund for sailing sports in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in East Berlin in April of 1958 and merged with the German Sailing Federation after German reunification in early 1991. By 1988 it had 31,318 members and 2,231 trainers across the GDR.
The Deutscher Bogensport-Verband (DBSV), formerly the Deutscher Bogenschützen-Verband der DDR, is a nationwide sports association for archery in Germany. Until German reunification in 1990, it was the state-operated governing body for the sport in East Germany and operated under the umbrella of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund. During its time as the state governing body for archery, the DBSV participated in the East German Olympic Committee and was a member organization of the World Archery Federation. Like the other handful of East German sports associations that survived reunification, the DBSV has since spread and opened constituent associations in the rest of the nation.
The Deutscher Anglerverband (DAV) was an association of anglers in Germany that existed from 1958 until 2013. Until German reunification in 1990, the DAV was the governing body for the sport of angling in East Germany and was a constituent organization within the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund. After reunification the DAV expanded into the formerly West German states.
