Overview
- The awards were presented on national television, with the ceremony airing on ZDF’s Aktuelles Sportstudio at 23:00.
- Biathlete Johanna Recktenwald earned the women’s honor after winning world championship gold in Pokljuka along with three silver medals.
- Swimmer Josia Topf took the men’s award following two world titles in Singapore plus a silver and a bronze.
- Germany’s U23 men’s wheelchair basketball team was recognized after winning the world championship in Brazil and becoming the first European side to claim the title twice with a late comeback over Turkey.
- An expert jury and roughly 12,000 online votes determined the results, and Jule Roß received the newcomer award after setting a German 400m record and winning world bronze.