The sports awards ceremony takes place in the city theater: Mona Weber, Joel Kaiser and Lebenshilfe are honored.
Klaus Thiel
Oct 29, 2024 | Status: 5:00 p.m
This year there was a vote online and in person to determine who would be the athlete and team of the year 2024 in Kaufbeuren: And the winners are: Mona Weber, weightlifter from the Kaufbeuren Athletic Club, Joel Kaiser, track and field athlete from Lebenshilfe Ostallgäu/Kaufbeuren , as well as the Lebenshilfe running team (season 2).
Voting online and by a jury
The honorary titles were chosen from a nomination list. On the one hand, there was the possibility of online voting and, on the other hand, voting by a five-member jury with Pascal Lechler (city councilor and sports representative), Hanna Rieger (city councilor), Karin Dängel (sports teacher at the Sophie La Roche School), Nadine Forster (district chairwoman of the regional association). Youth/BSJ) and Stefan Günter (district chairman of the BLSV). The candidates and winners were presented and honored at a ceremony in the city theater.
Thorsten Friedrich, Chairman of Kaufbeuren Tourism and City Marketing, moderated the event, which was impressively and smoothly organized by Melis Karakus, responsible for schools and sports in the city administration. Friedrich recalled the major sporting events of the recent past such as the European handball and football championships, the Tour de France and the Olympic Games in Paris with the “gigantic opening ceremony”.
The march of the city delegation was less gigantic, but all the more pleasant, when the jury and Kaufbeuren’s mayor Stefan Bosse conquered the stage of the city theater. It was reserved for the head of the town hall to open the ceremony and present certificates, trophies and gifts. Bosse was impressed by the variety of sports practiced within the Wertachstadt, which are practiced regardless of age and gender.
Usain Bolt and Christiano Ronaldo in sight
This makes a significant contribution to increasing the attractiveness of a community. The tangible and audible looseness of the sports honor in the city theater was reinforced by members of the Bruck Gymnasium theater group Moskitos, who in Intermezzi satirized the sportsmanship and behavior of Usain Bolt and Cristiano Ronaldo. In contrast, Simon of the Mosquitoes was thought-provoking. He described the dark side of the good and bad heroes of sports, when you can’t realize your dreams, have to fall down and get back up again, or have to settle for second or last place. This is also a heroism that you can grow from. That’s why he’s committed to it and believes in heroism in sport.
The result of the city cycling has been determined
In addition, the results of this year’s and now sixth city cycling event were announced. The number of kilometers cycled was counted between June 17th and July 7th. A total of 1,146 cyclists covered a distance of 215,292 kilometers. The Jakob Brugger Gymnasium school team proved to be particularly keen on cycling with 30,319 kilometers and 179 participants. In the individual ranking, city council member Paul Meichelböck impressed as a true two-wheeler enthusiast, driving 2,359 kilometers for the ADFC.
In Germany, Kaufbeuren came in 267th place out of 2,864 participating municipalities; in a Bavaria-wide comparison, the city came in 49th place out of 532 participating municipalities.
Sports honor of the city of Kaufbeuren – the proposed participants.
- 1st place Swabian championship: TV 1858 Kaufbeuren judo team with David Karle, Georgii Voshchan, Julian Kelle, Lukus Morus, Nico Schmid, Shahin Amir Hoffmann, Sophia Bauer, Vincent Rümmler.
- 1st place South Bavarian Championship: Levin Saveur, TV 1858 Kaufbeuren, athletics. Teams Taekwondo Team Buron Kaufbeuren with Natalie Smok, Lisa-Marie Langner, Charlotta Langner, Rosie Simpson, Lilli Wegner, Luise Glocker.
- 1st to 3rd place South German or Bavarian championship: Duo Raphael Hafenmaier, Sarahspeiser from Taekwondo Team Buron. Adelina Hubner, Elisaveta Orel from TV Kaufbeuren, judo. Artur Krischanowski, Nikolay Bashmanov, Regina Slobodyanikov from the Kaufbeuren boxing club: Fiona Illig from TV Kaufbeuren, fencing. Markus Knab from Taekwondo Team Buron. Lukas Demuth, Martin Saur, Mona Weber, Joachim Michael from the Kaufbeuren Athletic Club. Teams: ESV Kaufbeuren U13 (Raik Bäsche, Luca Becherer, Simon Götzfried, Marei Hauser, Elias Hörl, Nils Hübner, Karl Hüttinger, Aaron Kopf, Liam Linke, Jakob Ölschläger, Paul Otte, Felix Schmid, Romeo Städele, Lucas Bernhard). Taekwondo Team Buron: Lisa-Marie Langner, Charlotta Langner, Luise Glocker. TV Neugablonz, fistball (2nd Bundesliga): Sandro Bürger, Luca Padula, Jakob Mehr, Johannes Böhm, Christoph Sax, Michael Friedrich, Andreas Schneeweis. TV Kaufbeuren, fencing: Yassin Rawashi, Zaid Abu Obaid, Dimitris Konias, Zacharay Schroeder, Hanna Stumpe. Lebenshilfe Ostallgäu, climbing: Samantha Kohnert, Niklas Lange. Snowshoeing: Stefanie Winkler, Aljoscha Kuffner, Markus Knab, Sven Helfer, Andre Straub, Oliver Raabe, Michael Huber, Max Giebenhain. Relays: Running team 1: Joel Kaiser, Oliver Raabe, Andre Staub, Stefanie Winkler. Running team 2: Michael Huber, Richard Karg, Christian Negele, Marcus Tarnowski. Running team 3: Aljoscha Kuffner, Max Giebenhain, Christian Negele, Marcus Tarnowski. Running team 4: Sven Helfer, Markus Knab, Peter Petzold, Andreas Negele.
- German Championship: Individual athlete: Axel Rottach, athletics club, bench press. Donat Vogel, Archery Sports Club. Desiree Girgenti, TV 1858 Kaufbeuren, artistic/equipment gymnastics. Tim Lederer, athletics club, bench press. Andrea Stowasser, Archery Sports Club. Team: ESV Kaufbeuren U20.
- World and European Championships (participants): Andrea Hacker, DAV, kayak. Noah Schüttler, ski club, biathlon. Conrad Euler, TVK fencing. Jonas Fischer, ESVK. Lucia Hacker, DAV kayak/canoeist, Joel Kaiser, life support, inline skating. Sonja Hacker, DAV, Canadian. Björn Hertrampf, athletics club, duel and weightlifting.
