# Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

The Germany's Sports Hall of Fame (German: Hall of Fame des deutschen Sports) is the national sports hall of fame in Germany, initiated 2006. The inductions are made by Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe, Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund and Verband Deutscher Sportjournalisten.

## Members

| Member | Sport | Inducted |
| Karl Adam (1912–1976) | Rowing | 2008 |
| Hans-Georg Aschenbach (born 1951) | Ski jumping | 2015 |
| Cilly Aussem (1909–1963) | Tennis | 2008 |
| Helmut Bantz (1921–2004) | Gymnastics | 2008 |
| Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (born 1942) | Figure skating | 2011 |
| Franz Beckenbauer (1945–2024) | Football | 2006 |
| Boris Becker (born 1967) | Tennis | 2015 |
| Berthold Beitz (1913–2013) | Organizer | 2008 |
| Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips (1928–1961) | Motorsport | 2008 |
| Gretel Bergmann (1914-2017) | Athletics | 2012 |
| Willy Bogner (born 1941) | Alpine skiing | 2013 |
| Heiner Brand (born 1952) | Handball | 2007 |
| Hanns Braun (1886–1918) | Athletics | 2008 |
| Martin Braxenthaler (born 1972) | Alpine skiing | 2019 |
| Hugo Budinger (1927-2017) | Field hockey | 2011 |
| Karin Büttner-Janz (born 1952) | Gymnastics | 2011 |
| Rudolf Caracciola (1901–1959) | Motorsport | 2008 |
| Erwin Casmir (1895–1982) | Fencing | 2008 |
| Gottfried von Cramm (1909–1976) | Tennis | 2008 |
| Willi Daume (1913–1996) | Handball | 2006 |
| Joachim Deckarm (born 1954) | Handball | 2013 |
| Wilfried Dietrich (1933–1992) | Wrestling | 2008 |
| Andreas Dittmer (born 1972) | Canoeing | 2018 |
| Heike Drechsler (born 1964) | Athletics | 2017 |
| Heide Ecker-Rosendahl (born 1947) | Athletics | 2011 |
| Anja Fichtel (born 1968) | Fencing | 2015 |
| Birgit Fischer (born 1962) | Canoeing | 2008 |
| Johannes Frömming (1910–1996) | Harness racing | 2008 |
| Heinz Fütterer (1931-2019) | Athletics | 2011 |
| Hartwig Gauder (born 1954) | Athletics | 2016 |
| Willibald Gebhardt (1831–1921) | Organizer | 2014 |
| Manfred Germar (born 1935) | Athletics | 2006 |
| Eberhard Gienger (born 1951) | Gymnastics | 2016 |
| Steffi Graf (born 1969) | Tennis | 2008 |
| Michael Groß (born 1964) | Swimming | 2015 |
| Ludwig Guttmann (1899–1980) | Organizer | 2014 |
| Cornelia Hanisch (born 1952) | Fencing | 2016 |
| Sven Hannawald (born 1974) | Ski jumping | 2017 |
| Rudolf Harbig (1913–1944) | Athletics | 2008 |
| Antje Harvey (born 1967) | Nordic skiing, biathlon | 2012 |
| Armin Hary (born 1937) | Athletics | 2011 |
| Sepp Herberger (1897–1977) | Football | 2008 |
| Willi Holdorf (1940-2020) | Athletics | 2011 |
| Gustav Jaenecke (1908–1985) | Ice hockey | 2008 |
| Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778–1852) | Gymnastics | 2013 |
| Erhard Keller (born 1944) | Speed skating | 2011 |
| Franz Keller (born 1945) | Nordic combined | 2017 |
| Bernhard Kempa (1920-2017) | Handball | 2011 |
| Gustav Kilian (1907–2000) | Cycling | 2008 |
| Marika Kilius (born 1943) | Figure skating | 2011 |
| Reiner Klimke (1936–1999) | Dressage | 2008 |
| Peter-Michael Kolbe (born 1953) | Rowing | 2016 |
| Ingrid Krämer-Gulbin (born 1943) | Diving | 2011 |
| Erich Kühnhackl (born 1950) | Ice hockey | 2016 |
| Willy Kuhweide (born 1943) | Sailing | 2011 |
| Bernhard Langer (born 1957) | Golf | 2016 |
| Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) | Chess | 2008 |
| Martin Lauer (born 1937) | Athletics | 2011 |
| Hans Lenk (born 1935) | Rowing | 2012 |
| Wolfgang Lötzsch (born 1952) | Cycling | 2012 |
| Joachim Löw (born 1960) | Football | 2015 |
| Sepp Maier (born 1944) | Football | 2014 |
| Henry Maske (born 1964) | Boxing | 2012 |
| Lothar Matthäus (born 1961) | Football | 2017 |
| Roland Matthes (1950-2019) | Swimming | 2006 |
| Ingrid Mickler-Becker (born 1942) | Athletics | 2006 |
| Henner Misersky (born 1940) | Nordic skiing | 2012 |
| Rosi Mittermaier (1950–2023) | Alpine skiing | 2006 |
| Gerd Müller (1945-2021) | Football | 2014 |
| Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth (born 1956) | Athletics | 2011 |
| Josef Neckermann (1912–1992) | Dressage | 2006 |
| Meinhard Nehmer (born 1941) | Bobsled | 2016 |
| Günter Netzer (born 1944) | Football | 2016 |
| Magdalena Neuner (born 1987) | Biathlon | 2017 |
| Christian Neureuther (born 1949) | Alpine skiing | 2017 |
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born 1966) | Speed skating | 2019 |
| Alexander Pusch (born 1955) | Fencing | 2016 |
| Erich Rademacher (1901–1979) | Swimming | 2008 |
| Helmut Recknagel (born 1937) | Ski jumping | 2011 |
| Albert Richter (1912–1940) | Cycling | 2008 |
| Kristina Richter (born 1946) | Handball | 2016 |
| Walter Röhrl (born 1947) | Motorsports | 2016 |
| Gustav Schäfer (1906–1991) | Rowing | 2008 |
| Max Schmeling (1905–2005) | Boxing | 2006 |
| Harald Schmid (born 1957) | Athletics | 2016 |
| Arnd Schmitt (born 1965) | Fencing | 2016 |
| Alwin Schockemöhle (born 1937) | Show jumping | 2016 |
| Eberhard Schöler (born 1940) | Table tennis | 2011 |
| Helmut Schön (1915–1996) | Football | 2008 |
| Gerd Schönfelder (born 1970) | Alpine skiing | 2018 |
| Carl Schuhmann (1869–1946) | Gymnastics, wrestling | 2008 |
| Michael Schumacher (born 1969) | Motorsports | 2017 |
| Jochen Schümann (born 1954) | Sailing | 2014 |
| Alfred Schwarzmann (1912–2000) | Gymnastics | 2008 |
| Werner Seelenbinder (1904–1944) | Wrestling | 2008 |
| Uwe Seeler (1936-2022) | Football | 2006 |
| Katja Seizinger (born 1972) | Alpine skiing | 2018 |
| Renate Stecher (born 1950) | Athletics | 2011 |
| Klaus Steinbach (born 1953) | Swimming | 2018 |
| Michael Stich (born 1968) | Tennis | 2015 |
| Kurt Stöpel (1908–1997) | Cycling | 2008 |
| Heinrich Stuhlfauth (1896–1966) | Football | 2008 |
| Fritz Thiedemann (1918–2000) | Show jumping | 2008 |
| Georg Thoma (born 1937) | Nordic combined | 2011 |
| Bert Trautmann (1923-2013) | Football | 2011 |
| Walther Tröger (1929-2020) | Organizer | 2019 |
| Harry Valérien (1923–2012) | Journalist | 2013 |
| Franziska van Almsick (born 1978) | Swimming | 2019 |
| Georg von Opel (1912–1971) | Rowing | 2008 |
| Fritz Walter (1920–2002) | Football | 2008 |
| Liesel Westermann-Krieg (born 1944) | Athletics | 2011 |
| Willi Weyer (1917–1987) | Swimming | 2008 |
| Frank Wieneke (born 1962) | Judo | 2016 |
| Hans Günter Winkler (1926–2018) | Show jumping | 2006 |
| Katarina Witt (born 1965) | Figure skating | 2010 |
| Klaus Wolfermann (born 1946) | Athletics | 2011 |
| Erhard Wunderlich (1956–2012) | Handball | 2016 |
Uli Hoeneß (Football) was introduced in 2009, but had to resign after he was sentenced to a imprisonment for tax evasion in 2014.

## Controversy

Germany's Sports Hall of Fame caused a lot of criticism since five former Nazi Party members were included. It was even called a “Hall of Shame”. Nazi Party members include football manager Sepp Herberger, Olympic riding champion Josef Neckermann, former IOC member Willi Daume, cyclist Gustav Kilian and middle distance runner Rudolf Harbig.
The Hall of Fame also includes two victims of the Nazis, cyclist Albert Richter who was murdered by Gestapo in 1939 and wrestler Werner Seelenbinder who was executed in 1944.