Star of the year is Ilkay Gündogan, rising star of the year Niclas Füllkrug / German national ice hockey team as surprise of the year / First inclusion award / SPORT BILD award honors 60-year Bundesliga legends Wolfgang Overath, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Matthias Sammer , Robert Lewandowski, Felix Magath, Lothar Matthäus and Thomas Müller
It was an evening of great stars and strong emotions: for the 21st time, outstanding achievements in sport were honored at the SPORT BILD Awards on Monday, August 21, in the Fischaukthalle in Hamburg in front of around 600 guests from sport, business and the media. The editors of SPORT BILD, Europe’s largest sports magazine, have awarded prizes in a total of eight categories. The sports gala was moderated by TV presenter Andrea Kaiser and Matthias Brügelmann, Editor-in-Chief SPORT of the BILD Group.
The first prize of the evening went to Niclas filling jug. If „Climber of the Year“ he was the German ray of hope at the World Cup in Qatar, and as a promoted player he was top scorer in the Bundesliga right away.
For the first time, this year’s SPORT BILD Awards also included a prize for successful ones inclusion in sports. This one came on The Hokies, a mixed team for hockey players from Hamburg with and without disabilities. A commitment with great success: the German team won gold at the Special Olympics in Berlin in June. Hamburg’s interior and sports senator Andi Grand emphasized in his appreciation “the unbelievable joie de vivre” that the hockies convey with their game. For initiator and patron Greta Blunck (former coach of the women’s national hockey team) the SPORT BILD award is the “most beautiful award I’ve ever received in sport”.
Charm, humor and expertise characterize the new TV dream couple Esther Sedlaczek and Bastian Schweinsteiger from who for their moderation performance the TV-Award received. Even when the German team lost the World Cup, they asked the right questions openly and courageously.
surprise of the year was for SPORT BILD German national ice hockey team. In Finland, the team sensationally made it to the final and won silver, Germany’s first World Cup medal in 70 years.
There was a big stage at the SPORT BILD Awards for 60 years Bundesliga-Legends, which had its first day of play on August 24, 1963. Wolfgang Overath, who became the first German champion in Bundesliga history with 1. FC Köln and scored the first goal for Cologne in the Bundesliga, showed in his video message that he is still active in sports at the age of 79. Due to a knee injury during training, he was the only winner who was unable to accept the award in person. Everyone else had come: Matthew Sammerthe father of success at Borussia Dortmund, Lothar Matthäusworld footballer and leader at Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Bayern, Karl Heinz Rummeniggethe only German to have been named European Footballer of the Year twice, Felix Magathwho was champion three times as a player and coach, Thomas MüllerGerman record champion with twelve titles, and Robert Lewandowski, record goalscorer in the Bundesliga with 41 goals in one season, who was also able to celebrate his 35th birthday at the SPORT BILD Awards with a spontaneous serenade from the audience. All of the award winners agreed that they were accepting the award on behalf of many other great footballers in Bundesliga history.
The Champions-League-Award went to the 1. FC Union Berlin and SC Magdeburg. After being promoted to the 1st Bundesliga in 2019, the Berliners surprisingly qualified for the Champions League for the first time. The German champions SC Magdeburg defeated the big favorites FC Barcelona in the semifinals and won the Champions League in handball by beating Kielce in the final.
Sebastien Haller won the fight of his life for his life. The Dortmund striker beat testicular cancer, was back on the pitch 188 days after his diagnosis and scored nine goals by the end of the season. For this personal victory and his comeback he received the Editor-in-chief’s special award.
The crowning glory of the SPORT BILD Award 2023 was the award star of the year an Ilkay Gundogan. He was by far the most successful German footballer of the past season and won the treble as the new captain with Manchester City.
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The winners of the SPORT BILD Award 2023 at a glance
60 years Bundesliga: Wolfgang Overath, Matthias Sammer, Lothar Matthäus, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Felix Magath, Thomas Müller, Robert LewandowskiClimber of the Year: Niclas filling jugChampions-League-Award: 1. FC Union Berlin and SC Magdeburg Inclusion Award: The HokiesEditor-in-chief’s special award: Sebastien Haller star of the year: Ilkay GundoganTV-Award: Esther Sedlaczek/Bastian Schweinsteiger surprise of the year: German national ice hockey team
2023-08-21 20:57:15
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