NFTs for Germany’s Olympic athletes— Team D goes NFT
The Winter Olympic Games are starting in just a few weeks and Germany will be represented by a lot of top-tier athletes from a variety different disciplines. All of these athletes are coming to the Fanzone platform, for you to collect and trade. Our partnership with the DOSB is the first one, where we offer can offer a multitude of disciplines, overseen by one association. Let’s take a look at who will starring on our platform.
The DOSB (Deutscher Olympischer Sport Bund) or German Olympic Sports Association was officially founded on May 20th 2006 with the “German Sports Association” and the National Olympic Committee uniting after working independently before. It currently represents 27 million members in about 90.000 sports clubs. Since the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang in 2018 german athletes are competing under the brand of “Team Deutschland”. Athletes are training in 18 bases all around Germany with up to 900 athletes training at one base.
One of the most successful disciplines from a german perspective are the bob-sleighing competitions. Germany received its first medal in this discipline in 1924 in the four man category. They have been especially successful recently, winning all three disciplines in the 2018 Olympics. In these competitions, Germany has scored a total of 25 medals. You will be able to collect cards from Olympic champions Francesco Friedrich and Mariama Jamanka amongst others.
After the introduction of the Luge discipline in 1964, athletes from the GDR (DDR) won gold in Men’s and Women’s singles. Currently they hold titles in pairs (only the men have a pair discipline), women’s singles and team relay. Since the unification of Germany the team has won 32 medals since 1992 with stars like Georg Hackl, Felix Loch and Natalie Geisenberger, some of whom you’ll be able to collect.
Ice- and especially figure-skating is a discipline dominated by the Russian Federation. Some Germans were able to make an impact are well-known to date. The first medal for Germany in this discipline was achieved by Manfred Schnelldorfer in 1964. Annett Pötzsch and Katharina Witt won three consecutive gold medals between 1980 and 1988 for the GDR. In 2018 Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot won gold in pairs and thereby are reigning champions. Speed skating was the other half of the discipline with the likes of Britta Pechstein winning gold at the Olympics multiple times, including two team medals in the “pursuit” discipline in 2006 and 2010.
Alpine Skiing is one of the most well-known disciplines. The Oslo Olympics in 1952 marked the first medal for Germany in Alpine Skiing (Downhill). The first gold medal followed 4 years later in Squaw Valley in Giant Slalom. Markus Wassmeier was successful in Super-G and Giant Slalom in 1994. Viktoria Rebensburg in Giant Slalom in 2010 and Maria Riesch in Slalom in 2010 and the combination 2010 and 2014 have been the most recent successors.
Germany is the most successful nation in Biathlon in the overall medal table. The GDR won the first medal in 1972 and the first golden medal followed eight years later. Since 1992, where Germany was present as a united nation for the first time since the 2nd World War, they have collected 52 medals and have been successful in both, men’s and women’s competition, with athletes like Denise Herrmann or Erik Lesser spearheading the German team.
Ski Jumping has been revolutionized continuously since it has been elevated to Olympic status. The german athletes have remained successful, with the first medal being achieved in 1956 (first gold medal in 1960). Andreas Wellinger won a silver medal from the large hill and gold from the normal hill in the last Winter Olympics in 2018. The team managed to win a medal in each of the last three team competitions, including a win in 2014.
As every time, the german squad will be headed by athletes that stand out with their history or their successes or both. They come from various disciplines and have had success there as well as on an Olympic level. Here are some of the athletes that will be featured. Maybe you will find one of the on the podium in a couple of weeks.
The first of the athletes is Moritz Müller. The Ice-Hockey player was born in Frankfurt but moved to the “Kölner Haie” youth team being 16 years old. He played his first full season in 2006/2007 and was nominated by the national team two years later. He was elected captain and crowned his career with the silver medal in the 2018 Olympics. He has a big passion for his sport, describing it as his passion and not just a job. As an opinion-leader and the poster-boy of german ice-hockey he is perfect to represent the german team.
Started off as cross-country skier, winning the bronze medal in the relay in the Olympics in 2014. She changed to biathlon, already winning a world cup race in the relay in her first year. In Biathlon she has won 6 world cup races in single disciplines overall. Her biggest success in the discipline is winning the world championship in pursuit in 2019. In 2021 she also won the silver medal in the relay with the german team in the world championships.
Anna Seidel is one of the most promising youngsters in the german team. We previously spoke about the importance of ice-skating, especially figure skating. Speed-skating however has been a discipline, where Germany has had successes as well and look to continue that with Seidel. She made her World Cup debut, being only 15 years old. She already qualified for the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, where she was the 2nd youngest participant from Germany. At her young age she already has won multiple medal in European championships and at the youth Olympics. Her most recent medal is from the European Championship in 2021. Overall she has achieved multiple top-10 places in various disciplines.
The line-up is rounded off by the most successful athlete in his discipline, the Nordic combination. He’s going into his 15th World Cup Season and has won three Olympic gold medals, seven world titles and five overall World Cups. He is waiting on his first World Cup win since 2018, having scored his first win in World Cup competition in 2008, but still is considered one of the best in the cross-country discipline. If he can improve his jumping he will definitely be a threat for the gold medal.
On Fanzone you will not only find these special athletes, but every athlete from every disciplines. Make sure to check them out and collect as many as you can, so you can be even more invested in the Olympic journey of each and every athlete. They are available in 4 packs and you can get cards in 4 different rarities as well. With different packs come different chances to get very rare cards. Prices range from 8 to 30€ with packs also being limited to a certain quantity.
We hope you enjoyed this article about the Olympic team of Germany, their history in different disciplines and some of the highlight athletes. Believe us, there is so much more to come as we strive to improve every day and bring you the best digital trading cards there are! Follow us on our journey.
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