Kristina Vogel is now on a par with more than 130 other German sporting greats who have already been inducted into the Hall of Fame of German Sport due to their success in competition or their commitment to society and sport.
Hall of Fame of German Sport: Three new members
In addition to Kristina Vogel, Olympic biathlon champion Kati Wilhelm and boxing trainer legend Ulli Wegner have also been appointed as new members of the Hall of Fame founded by the German Sports Aid Foundation. Vogel is the first female cyclist to receive the honour. Previously, only cyclists had made it into this illustrious circle: Gustav Kilian, Wolfgang Lötzsch, Albert Richter and Kurt Stöpel.
The website of the Hall of Fame of German Sport states the following Track bike-Olympic champion: "With two Olympic victories, Olympic bronze and eleven World Championship titles, Kristina Vogel is the most successful female track cyclist in the world together with Australia's Anna Meares. In 2018, Vogel suffered life-threatening injuries in a training accident, but fought her way back to life with strong will and confidence. Her great sporting successes and how she dealt with her paraplegia as a result of the training accident make her a role model for millions of people."
The official acceptance ceremony for Vogel, Wilhelm and Wegner is scheduled for 16 November. The ceremony will take place in Dreieich near Frankfurt am Main as part of the "Golden Sports Pyramid", where tennis legend Michael Stich will be honoured for his life's work.
All members of the German Sports Hall of Fame
- Karl Adam (rowing)
- Dr Hans-Georg Aschenbach (Nordic skiing)
- Helmut Bantz (Gymnastics)
- Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (figure skating)
- Franz Beckenbauer (Football)
- Boris Becker (Tennis)
- Prof. Dr h.c. mult. Berthold Beitz (Shaper & Thinker)
- Verena Bentele (Biathlon)
- Wolfgang Graf Berghe v. Trips (Motorsport)
- Gretel Bergmann-Lambert (Athletics)
- Willy Bogner (Alpine skiing)
- Heiner Brand (Handball)
- Hanns Braun (Athletics)
- Martin Braxenthaler (Alpine skiing)
- Prof Dr Hugo Budinger (Hockey)
- Marianne Buggenhagen (Athletics)
- Prof Dr Karin Büttner-Janz (Gymnastics)
- Rudolf Caracciola (Motorsport)
- Erwin Casmir (Fencing)
- Gottfried Freiherr von Cramm (Tennis)
- Willi Daume (designer & thinker)
- Joachim Deckarm (Handball)
- Wilfried Dietrich (Wrestling)
- Uschi Disl (Biathlon)
- Andreas Dittmer (Canoe)
- Heike Drechsler (athletics)
- Heide Ecker-Rosendahl (Athletics)
- Anja Fichtel (Fencing)
- Birgit Fischer (Canoe)
- Hans Frömming (harness racing)
- Heinz Fütterer (Athletics)
- Hans Wilhelm Gäb (table tennis)
- Hartwig Gauder (Athletics)
- Dr Willibald Gebhardt (Designer & Thinker)
- Hilde Gerg (Alpine skiing)
- Manfred Germar (Athletics)
- Eberhard Gienger (Gymnastics)
- Steffi Graf (Tennis)
- Dr Michael Groß (Swimming)
- Sir Ludwig Guttmann (designer & thinker)
- Georg Hackl (Luge)
- Regina Halmich (Boxing)
- Cornelia Hanisch (Fencing)
- Sven Hannawald (Nordic skiing)
- Rudolf Harbig (Athletics)
- Antje Harvey (Biathlon)
- Armin Hary (athletics)
- Heike Henkel (athletics)
- Sepp Herberger (Football)
- Uli Hoeneß (Football)
- Willi Holdorf (athletics)
- Gustav Jaennecke (ice hockey)
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (gymnastics)
- Dr Erhard Keller (speed skating)
- Franz Keller (Nordic skiing)
- Bernhard Kempa (Handball)
- Gustav Kilian (Cycling)
- Marika Kilius (figure skating)
- Dr Reiner Klimke (equestrian sport)
- Peter-Michael Kolbe (rowing)
- Ingrid Krämer-Gulbin (water jumping)
- Erich Kühnhackl (ice hockey)
- Willy Kuhweide (sailing)
- Dr Thomas Lange (Rowing)
- Bernhard Langer (Golf)
- Emanuel Lasker (Chess)
- Martin Lauer (Athletics)
- Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Hans Lenk (Rowing)
- Wolfgang Lötzsch (Cycling)
- Joachim Löw (Football)
- Sepp Maier (Football)
- Henry Maske (Boxing)
- Lothar Matthäus (Football)
- Dr Roland Matthes (Swimming)
- Ingrid Mickler-Becker (Athletics)
- Henner Misersky (Nordic skiing)
- Rosi Mittermaier-Neureuther (Alpine skiing)
- Gerd Müller (Football)
- Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth (athletics)
- Josef Neckermann (equestrian sports)
- Meinhard Nehmer (Bob)
- Silvia Neid (Football)
- Günter Netzer (Football)
- Magdalena Neuner (biathlon)
- Christian Neureuther (Alpine skiing)
- Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (speed skating)
- Alexander Pusch (Fencing)
- Erich Rademacher (swimming)
- Dr Helmut Recknagel (Nordic skiing)
- Albert Richter (Cycling)
- Kristina Richter (Handball)
- Walter Röhrl (Motorsport)
- Gustav Schäfer (rowing)
- Max Schmeling (Boxing)
- Dr Harald Schmid (Athletics)
- Dr Arnd Schmitt (Fencing)
- Alwin Schockemöhle (Equestrian sport)
- Eberhard Schöler (table tennis)
- Helmut Schön (Football)
- Gerd Schönfelder (Alpine skiing)
- Carl Schuhmann (gymnastics)
- Michael Schumacher (Motorsport)
- Jochen Schümann (Sailing)
- Alfred Schwarzmann (Gymnastics)
- Werner Seelenbinder (Wrestling)
- Uwe Seeler (Football)
- Katja Seizinger (Alpine skiing)
- Renate Stecher (Athletics)
- Prof Dr Klaus Steinbach (Swimming)
- Matthias Steiner (weightlifting)
- Michael Stich (Tennis)
- Kurt Stöpel (Cycling)
- Heiner Stuhlfauth (Football)
- Fritz Thiedemann (equestrian sport)
- Georg Thoma (Nordic skiing)
- Bert Trautmann (Football)
- Prof. Dr h. c. Walther Tröger (Designer & Thinker)
- Harry Valérien (Designer & Thinker)
- Franziska van Almsick (swimming)
- Kristina Vogel (Cycling)
- Georg von Opel (designer & thinker)
- Fritz Walter (football)
- Hans-Ullrich "Ulli" Wegner (Boxing)
- Liesel Westermann-Krieg (Athletics)
- Willi Weyer (designer & thinker)
- Frank Wieneke (Judo)
- Kati Wilhelm (biathlon)
- Hans Günter Winkler (equestrian sport)
- Katarina Witt (figure skating)
- Klaus Wolfermann (Athletics)
- Erhard Wunderlich (Handball)
