Berlin Athletes

From swimming to cycling, football to hockey, and boxing to discus throwing – Berlin has a number of successful athletes who accomplish world-class feats every year and get the spectators cheering. At the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, they not only do the German capital proud – but also the whole country.

Jens Voigt

The stage has just now begun, most of the cyclers are still set in a leisurely pace—there, the first attacks are already starting. Jens Voigt is almost always among...

Arthur Abraham

It was only the second round when he got hit by two big hooks and suffered a double fracture to the jaw. His cheeks swelled up. He was spitting blood. But he carried...

Birgit Fischer

With eight gold medals and four silver, she is the most successful female German athlete in sport history. Yet, as is known, the Olympic games are not everything in...

Britta Steffen

She needs 23.73 seconds for 50-metres. And the 100-metres, she swims in 52,07 seconds. In the short range, no other woman in the world is faster than Britta Steffen....

Florian Keller

Florian Keller is a corner specialist and a reliable scorer from seven metres. His technique is superb. He has an incredible response time. He is an attacking player...

Heidi Hetzer

Heidi Hetzer is now in her mid 70s. But she is still the fastest woman in Berlin. The female rally driver secured more than 150 victories during her career. In 2004...

Jenny Wolf

She is no moody diva. And yet, across 500-metres, Jenny Wolf is the star on the ice. The Berlin speed skater is word champion, world record holder and overall winner...

Max Schmeling

He regularly knocked his opponents lights out and yet he was a champion of fair play. Not only in the ring, but also in everyday life. Max Schmeling is, without doubt...

Pierre Littbarski

Pierre Littbarski and Thomas Hässler, both key players in the German national football team and both of rather short stature, went into a bar and ordered: "two shorts...

Robert Harting

A small, flat disc was thrown up into the air at the very first Olympic Games held back in 708 BC. Discus throwing is therefore one of the oldest Olympic disciplines...

Thomas Häßler

It was during the deciding qualification match for the 1990 World Cup that the 1.66-metre Thomas "Icke" Hässler suddenly felt "1.95 metres" tall. He had scored the...

Turnvater Jahn

It was the year of 1811, when in Berlin’s Hasenheide, something strange was happening. Hundreds of pupils and students, but also some adults, practiced walking,...

Chill out in a restaurant along the water

Located directly on the water, this romantic, relaxed and comfortable restaurant is decorated with wooden furniture, old lamps and ornate picture frames. Simply put, Freischwimmer is a cool location in Kreuzberg’s Flutgraben area. The restaurant is in a very old building that was once used for renting and repairing boats. The entrance is directly next to Berlin’s oldest gas station. You can sit outdoors during the summer and indoors during the winter.

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