- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
The Silberne Lorbeerblatt (Silver Bay Laurel Leaf) is the highest sports award in Germany. It had been endowed on
June 23 , 1950 by the German PresidentTheodor Heuss . It is awarded to athletes and teams if they placed several times at international championships. Furthermore, the honoree also has to have an exemplary character. [„Mit dem Silbernen Lorbeerblatt wird nicht nur die sportliche Höchstleistung gewürdigt. Es ist gleichfalls eine Würdigung der „menschlichen und charakterlichen Haltung“ (Federal Ministry of the InteriorOtto Schily onMarch 31 , 2003 in Berlin)] Exempt from the rule of several medal wins are medal winner at Olympic and Paralympic Games and winning an important international title like thefootball World Cup. In these cases, a single medal win (during the Olympic and Paralympic Games) or winning the gold medal can be honored with the Silberne Lorbeerblatt.To be honored with the Silberne Lorbeerblatt an athlete or a team has to be nominated by the president of the
German Olympic Sports Confederation to the German President. The request will be reviewed a) by the agency of the German President and b) the Federal Ministry of the Interior as this agency is responsible forsport inGermany . The Federal Ministry of the Interior signs the approved application, following article 58 of the 'Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany' [article 58Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany : "Anordnungen und Verfügungen des Bundespräsidenten bedürfen zu ihrer Gültigkeit der Gegenzeichnung durch den Bundeskanzler oder durch den zuständigen Bundesminister". ] .Teams
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VfB Stuttgart (for the German football championship 1950)
*Team Telekom (First place at the1997 Tour de France )
* TSG Bremerhaven A-Team (formation dance Latin American, World Champion 1977, 1979–1981, 1983–1985, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2007) [ [http://www.formationen.de/content/historie/internationalemeister.html Deutscher Tanzsportverband e.V. | Formationstanzsport in Deutschland ] ]
* Braunschweiger TSC A-Team (formation dance Standard, World Champion 1991-1994, 2000, 2004, 2005) [ [http://www.formationen.de/content/historie/internationalemeister.html Deutscher Tanzsportverband e.V. | Formationstanzsport in Deutschland ] ]
* 1. TC Ludwigsburg A-Team (formation dance Standard, World Champion 1985-1990, 1995, 1996, 2007) [ [http://www.formationen.de/content/historie/internationalemeister.html Deutscher Tanzsportverband e.V. | Formationstanzsport in Deutschland ] ]
*Germany national football team (World Champion 2002 and 2006)
*Germany women's national football team (European Champion 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997 and World Champion 2003, 2007)
*Germany national handball team (World Champion 2007)References
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