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The long-time official from the Hohenems cycling club received the city of Hohenems’ biggest award.
Honor where honor is due. Year after year, many professional and amateur athletes deliver top performances. The city of Hohenems, in collaboration with the IG Hohenemser sports clubs, honored and recognized these top performances at the big sports gala in the Tennis Event Center. The count city has been an extremely good home for young and older sports stars for many decades.
The Hohenems city office paid great tribute to the top sporting achievements and invited the large Ems sports family to a nice evening. It used to be the “Oscar” and now it is the “Siegfried”. The focus of the awards and honors was the presentation of the “Siegfried”. Alfred Melbinger. Those responsible for the city of Hohenems with the mayor Dieter Egger and sports city councilor Mark Client and IG President Stefan Huchler were able to present the city of Hohenems’ highest honorary gift to a dazzling sports personality. Alfred Melbinger has been a member of the Hohenems Cycling Club for 48 years, including working on the committee for more than three decades. He has been the honored sports director of the artistic cyclist group for 46 (!) seasons. “My father-in-law told me to help him a little. The result is that I’m still active. You can achieve a lot in a club and it’s still a lot of fun and a lot of joy,” says Alfred Melbinger. Alfred Melbinger’s other outstanding activities include 25 years as a member of indoor cycling in Austria, 25 years as a member of the extended state cycling presidium, UCI commissioner, OC member at the Indoor Cycling World Championships in Dornbirn, national referee, trainer, initiator of the EMS Cup in Hohenems and, last but not least, fourteen Years President of the Vorarlberg Cyclists’ Association.
Hohenems Sports Gala in the Hohenems Event Center
Sport Siegfried: Alfred Melbinger (Hohenems cycling club)
Wildcard: Ludwig Müller (Vorarlberg sport pilot), Petra Reis (judo), Heinrich Führer (ice shooter)
Teams: Dance Sports Club Blue Gold (Ingrid Moll/Thijs Niesten)
Hohenems Ice Skating Club – Masters VEHL 3 Yannick Ackermann, Patrick Dobler, Jonas Glamowski, Silvano Gmeiner, Julian Hämmerle, Lukas Kohler, Marcel Maier, Marc Riemer, Lukas Schuler, Nico Schwarz, Jakob Staffler, Tobias Stöckler, Julian Waidacher, Kevin Wank, Mathias Purtscher ;
Hohenems Chess Club: State champion 2024/2023, Vorarlberg Cup winner 2023
Boccia club: Philipp Wolfgang/Joel Wolfgang
Tennis Hohenems: Men 60Plus-Dieter Drexel, Thomas Bell, Heinz Peter, Andreas Pföstl, Klaus Scheichl;
Football VfB Hohenems: fighting team – cup winner 2024, national champion 2024/2023
Hohenems handball club: fighting team – VHV Cup winner 2024, district league champion
Officials 20 years: Anita Griesl (Judo Vorarlberg), Rene Dolischka (VfB Hohenems)
Officials 10 years: Dieter Amann (tennis), Verena Wäger (gymnastics), Lisa Akermann (gymnastics), Klaus Drexel (skiing), Martin Koch (Frisbee), Christian Mathis, Sandra Weber, Bianca Mathis (all football), Franziska Schneider, Amelie Schneider, Julian Schneider, Leonie Schneider, Markus Schneider, Philip Nachbauer (all ice hockey)
Olympic Games/World Cup: Benjamin Kienböck (chess), Elisabeth Moser (cycling), Leni Bohle (gymnastics), Maximilian Taucher (tennis), Laurin Böhler (judo), Madeline Player (move4style), Ivo Cuk (strength sports club), Lubjana Pivesana (judo)
European Championships: Simon Mathis (skiing), Verena Wegerth, Jürgen Wegerth (both Frisbee), Wolfgang Reis (judo), Phlipp Wolfgang (boccia), Joel Wolfgang (boccia), Anna Lena Schuchter (judo), Norbert Amann, Klaus Aberer, Thomas Scherz, Karin Plachy, Bernhad Allgäuer (all running club), Mathias Rensi (strength sports club), Pamela Reis. Sigrun Fenkard-Ploner, Sabine Aberer, Daniel Peknik, Jasmine Reis, Christian Kraml (all badminton)
State champion: Jakob Schreiber (Sportflieger), Giani Compnas (Judo), Eszter Tibold, Andrea Hajdanyi (beide Schützengilde)
State champion 2/3rd place: Michelle Andrich (bike), Klaus Burtscher, Mario Rauer, Adi Horvath, Dominik Rauer (all shooting guild)
National champion: Marion Oberti, Katrin Fenkart (both agility team), Thomas Bell, Paul Ender, Clemens Bell (all tennis), Christian Steurer, Marcel Rüdisser (both gymnastics), Amelie Thurnherr, Timo Jäger, Nico Jäger (all badminton), Fabian Matt ( Chess), Sarah Wolfgang, Michael Reis (both Judo), Monalisa Klien (Agility Dogs)
