Beach volleyball player Karla Borger, 32, succeeds founding president Max Hartung at the Athleten Deutschland club. The two-time Olympian from Heppenheim prevailed against wheelchair basketball player Mareike Miller and former water polo player Tobias Preuss, who becomes vice president, at the virtual general meeting on Saturday. The former fencing world champion Hartung, 32, like all other members of the executive committee, had not stood for election. After the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Dormagener ended his active career and is now managing director of the Sportstiftung NRW. In 2017, Hartung co-founded the Athletes Germany Association. Under his leadership, the independent interest group established itself as a voice for the squad athletes and gained considerable influence in sports policy – against the resistance of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), which saw the athletes adequately represented in its athletes’ commission.
Athletes Germany – Borger new President – Sport
