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The Rudolf Harbig Memorial Award (German: Rudolf-Harbig-Gedächtnispreis) is an annual sports award in recognition of German competitors in the sport of athletics who, in performance and attitude, have been role models for young people. The award was created in 1950, named after German middle-distance runner Rudolf Harbig, who died age 30 fighting for the Wehrmacht in World War II. The award was suggested by the Clubs der Alten Meister (Old Masters Club), a union of former athletes and made official by Karl Ritter von Halt, the former leader of the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise. Given by the German Athletics Association (DLV), the award was for West German athletes only prior to German reunification.

The prize may only be awarded once to an athlete, who is selected by an internal German Athletics Association panel. The DLV president gives the award at the German Athletics Championships each year, a tradition started at the championships in 1950. The award was historically mostly been given to men (37 male to 13 female winners in its first 50 years) – prior to 2005, a female winner had succeeded another woman on one occasion only. Men and women have received the honour in roughly equal frequency since 1999.

Winners

Clemens Prokop gives Ralf Bartels the 2013 award
Year Winner Sex Event
1950 Alfred Dompert Male Steeplechase
1951 Karl Wolf Male Hammer
1952 Hermann Eberlein Male Long-distance
1953 Heinz Ulzheimer Male Middle-distance
1954 Karl Storch Male Hammer
1955 Herbert Schade Male Long-distance
1956 Maria Sander Female Hurdles
1957 Karl-Friedrich Haas Male Sprints
1958 Heinz Fütterer Male Sprints
1959 Marianne Werner Female Shot put
1960 Manfred Germar Male Sprints
1961 Paul Schmidt Male Middle-distance
1962 Karl Hein Male Hammer
1963 Helmut Janz Male Hurdles
1964 Erika Fisch Female Long jump
1965 Manfred Kinder Male Sprints
1966 Helga Hoffmann Female Long jump
1967 Klaus Lehnertz Male High jump
1968 Hinrich John Male Hurdles
1969 Ingrid Becker Female Pentathlon
1970 Harald Norpoth Male Long-distance
1971 Hermann Salomon Male Javelin
1972 Horst Beyer Male Decathlon
1973 Heide Rosendahl Female Pentathlon
1974 Bernd Kannenberg Male Racewalking
1975 Michael Sauer Male Triple jump
1976 Rita Wilden Female Sprints
1977 Annegret Richter Female Sprints
1978 Klaus Wolfermann Male Javelin
1979 Gerhard Weidner Male Racewalking
1980 Franz-Peter Hofmeister Male Sprints
1981 Guido Kratschmer Male Decathlon
1982 Karl-Hans Riehm Male Hammer
1983 Ulrike Meyfarth Female High jump
1984 Willi Wülbeck Male Middle-distance
1985 Thomas Wessinghage Male Middle-distance
1986 Brigitte Kraus Female Middle-distance
1987 Harald Schmid Male Hurdles
1988 Dietmar Mögenburg Male High jump
1989 Rolf Danneberg Male Discus
1990 Claudia Losch Female Shot put
1991 Hans Grodotzki Male Long-distance
1992 Heike Henkel Female High jump
1993 Hartwig Gauder Male Racewalking
1994 Thomas Schönlebe Male Sprints
1995 Christian Schenk Male Decathlon
1996 Dieter Baumann Male Long-distance
1997 Steffen Brand Male Steeplechase
1998 Florian Schwarthoff Male Hurdles
1999 Heike Drechsler Female Long jump
2000 Heinz Weis Male Hammer
2001 Jürgen Schult Male Discus
2002 Sabine Braun Female Heptathlon
2003 Lars Riedel Male Discus
2004 Frank Busemann Male Decathlon
2005 Astrid Kumbernuss Female Shot
2006 Franka Dietzsch Female Discus
2007 Charles Friedek Male Triple jump
2008 Steffi Nerius Female Javelin
2009 Nadine Kleinert Female Shot put
2010 Ingo Schultz Male Sprints
2011 Tim Lobinger Male Pole vault
2012 Ralf Bartels Male Shot put
2013 Björn Otto Male Pole vault
2014 Betty Heidler Female Hammer
2015 Christian Reif Male Long jump
2016 Verena Sailer Female Sprints
2017 Christina Obergföll Female Javelin
2018 Linda Stahl Female Javelin

References

  1. Schwenk, Gustav (2013-11-09). Rudolf Harbig - Tragisches Ende des Laufhelden. Leichtathletik. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  2. Rudolf-Harbig-Preis an Frank Busemann. Leichtathletik (2004-07-10). Retrieved 2019-07-22.
List of winners

External links

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