Disabled Sports

Bayer - a partner of disabled sports in Germany

Bayer AG has been sponsoring the German Association of Disabled Sports (DBS) since 2000. The commitment is designed to help increase the acceptance of disabled sports in Germany. The company also hopes that numerous young disabled people draw courage from the idols in the world of sport at its highest level, draw confidence and live their life accordingly.

The TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Disabled Sports Department can offer its members a large variety of competitive, rehabilitation and recreational sports. So far athletes from the Bayer-backed disabled athletes have managed to win 47 medals at the Paralympics.

The Herbert Grünewald Foundation for encouraging sport among the disabled has been a cornerstone for handicapped sports since being founded in 1981 and is further evidence of Bayer's commitment to sports for the disabled.

Bayer athletes training for 2008 Olympic Games and the Paralympics
Around 60 athletes from Bayer sports clubs are preparing hard for the sporting highlight in Beijing. » more

13 Bayer athletes in Beijing Paralympics team
Bayer will send the biggest contingency backed by a single sponsor within the German team. » more

47 Paralympic medals
Disabled Bayer athletes have won 47 medals at the Paralympic Games so far. » more

Herbert-Grünewald-Foundation
Bayer AG created the Herbert-Grünewald-Foundation for the promotion of sporting opportunities of disabled people in 1981. » more