Berlin . We regularly introduce sporting talents from Berlin. Here are our candidates. Vote!
Not only Berlin’s top athletes, but also many of the capital’s young athletes deliver outstanding sporting achievements in national and international competitions every day.
The Berlin State Sports Association and the Berlin Olympic Training Center, together with the Berliner Sparkasse and the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family, would like to recognize these achievements even more. An expert jury from the LSB and the OSP nominates the best young Berlin athletes every month.
Who do you think stood out with outstanding sporting achievements in each month?
Vote!
The winners will be announced and the prizes will be presented at the end of the month.
Elina Prüsse (judo)
Reason for nomination: Elina took 1st place at an international tournament in Eindhoven
Elina Prüsse, 15 years old
- Trainer: Sonja Weber
- ·School: Berlin school and competitive sports center
- Association: Sc Lotos eV
- Judo since: June 1, 2014
Previous sporting successes:
2023
- Berlin Championship: 1st place
- Northeast German Championship: 2nd place
- IT Düsseldorf: 1. Platz
- Ruhr-Games: 3. Platz
2024
- German Open: 1st place
- Berlin Championship: 1st place
- Northeast German Championship: 1st place
- German Championship: 2nd place
Hobbies: Judo, cinema, meeting friends
Sporting goals: Participation in the European Championships, Olympics
Life motto: If you give it your all, no one can blame you
Erik Camilo Amezquita Schmidtke (diving)
Reason for the nomination: Erik Camilo became German youth champion on the 3m board.
Erik Camilo Amezquita Schmidtke, 15 years old
- Trainer: Herr Annas
- School: Berlin School and Competitive Sports Center
- Club: Berliner TSC
- Diving since: 2012
Previous sporting successes:
German champion of 1 and 3 meter board
Hobbies: I like to play basketball
Sporting goals: European Youth Championship + Youth World Championship 2025
Life motto: Only those who know their destination will find the way.
Josi Neumann (table tennis)
Reason for nomination: Josi won silver at the WTT Youth Star Contender Tunis U15.
Josi Neumann, 14 years old
- Trainer: Chen Zhibin
- School: Elite School of Sports, Carl von Weinberg School Frankfurt am Main
- Club: ttc eastside berlin
- Table tennis since: 2014
Previous sporting successes:
- 2-time European team champion U15
- European doubles champion
- Bronze World Championship U15
- German team champion and cup winner with eastside berlin
Hobbies: I don’t have time for table tennis, but when I’m at home I like to spend time with my friends and my dogs.
Sporting goals: Play well at the European Championships and become champions with eastside berlin.
Life motto: Never give up
Leni Hoffmann (speed skating)
Reason for nomination: Leni became a five-time German youth champion
Leni Hoffmann, 13 years old
- Trainer: Mr. Liebezeit
- School: Berlin School and Competitive Sports Center
- Club: SCC Skating Berlin
- Speed skating since: 2016
Previous sporting successes:
- 6x Gold German Junior Championships 2024
- German record over 500m 2024
- Winner EVB Sprintcup 2023 in the C2 age group
- Vice European Youth Champion Viking Race 2023
- 5x Gold German Junior Championships 2023
Hobbies: Racing bikes, drawing, jogging, doing things with friends, speed skating, short track
Sporting goals: Participation in the Olympic Games, World Cup, European Championships
Lukas Kalski (athletics)
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Reason for the nomination: Lukas took first place in the 60m hurdles at the German indoor championships.
Lukas Kalski, 17 years old
- Trainer: Christopher Druck
- School: Berlin School and Competitive Sports Center
- Club: SC Berlin
- Athletics since: 2016
Previous sporting successes:
- 1st place German Championships 60m hurdles (U20/2024)
- 4th place German Championships 110m hurdles (U18/2022)
- 6th place German Championships 110m hurdles (U18/2023)
Hobbies: Spending time with friends
Sporting goals: a start at a European/World Championships & the German championship title over the 110m hurdles in the U20
Life motto: Testing is above studying
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2024-03-12 20:12:58
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