 | |
| National Paralympic Committee | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Germany |
| Code | GER |
| Created | 1951 |
| Continental association | EPC |
| Headquarters | Frechen |
| President | Friedhelm Julius Beucher [1] |
| Website | www |
National Paralympic Committee Germany (German : Deutsche Behindertensportverband e.V. (DBS)) is responsible for Germany's participation in the Paralympic Games.
The DBS represents rehabilitation sports, popular sports, and professional sports. [2]
To raise awareness, players from Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich along with players from the Football 5-a-side national team and students from the St. Anna Gymnasiums in Augsburg participated in a promotional training session. [3]
Germany participated in the ninth Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy.
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 Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation, generally abbreviated NOC*NSF, is the overall coordinating Dutch sports organisation that also functions as the Dutch National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee. NOC*NSF, based at the National Sports Centre Papendal in Arnhem, is the umbrella organisation for sports in the Netherlands, representing more than 23,000 sports clubs and 5.2 million Dutch people involved in sports.
World ParaVolley, formerly the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD), is an international organization that is for people with physical disabilities. It is affiliated with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The World Organization Volleyball for Disabled was established in 1981 and was part of the International Sports Organization for Disabled (ISOD). In 1992 the WOVD became its own separate Organization in Barcelona, Spain. The WOVD Headquarters were also established in the Netherlands.
Germany competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. 150 German athletes, 88 men and 62 women, participated in London.
Mathias Mester is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F40 throwing events.
Dr. Bridie Kean is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and canoeist. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. In 2016, she became a va'a world champion.
Florian Fuchs is a German former field hockey player who played as a forward.
Mario Hochberg was a German Paralympic weightlifter. His coach was Thomas Mersdorf and he is a sports instructor and physiotherapist head coach weightlifting in DBS.
Germany competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in sailing events. They also qualified athletes in archery, cycling, equestrian, paracanoeing, paratriathlon, rowing and wheelchair basketball.
Ferdinand Gerz is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class. He represented Germany, along with his partner Patrick Follmann, in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career at Deutscher Touring Yacht Club in Tutzing.
Mats Jürgen Grambusch is a German field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Rot-Weiss Köln and the Germany national team.
Martin Detlef Zwicker is a German field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Berliner HC and the German national team.
Selin Oruz is a German field hockey player. She represented her country at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Linda Dallmann is a German professional footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.
Sydney Matilda Lohmann is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.
Anja Wicker is a German disabled cross-country skier and biathlete. She represented Germany at the 2014 Winter Paralympics claiming a gold and a silver medal in the biathlon events. She also represented Germany at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Jamal Musiala is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. Widely regarded as one of the best young players in the world, Musiala is known for his passing and technical skills, and is nicknamed "Bambi" for his close-control dribbling. Musiala has represented Germany at UEFA Euro 2020, the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and Euro 2024. He was the joint winner of Euro 2024's Golden Boot.
Henrike Handrup is a German former Paralympic cyclist who competes at international elite competitions. She is a World road racing champion and a track bronze medalist has competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal.
Kai-Christian Kruse is a German former cyclist and rower. As a rower, he competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal. As a cyclist, he competed in track cycling at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the former.
| Summer Olympic Sports |
|
|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Sports | |
| Other IOC Recognised Sports |
|
| Paralympic and Disabled Sports | - |
| Others Sports | |
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This parasport organization article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This Paralympics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  | This article about sports in Germany is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
