Bayer and Sports

Medals and Achievements

Willi Holdorf (middle)
There are many notable landmarks and famous athletes in the history of sport at Bayer. As a result of outstanding achievements on the national and international sporting stage, individual athletes have become household names.

Names like Heide Rosendahl, Olympic gold medallist in both the long jump and the 4 x 100 metres relay in Munich in 1972, Willi Holdorf, winner of the decathlon at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, Ulrike Meyfarth, Olympic high-jump champion in Munich in 1972 and Los Angeles in 1984, fencer Arnd Schmitt, who claimed gold medals in Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992, Dieter Baumann, Olympic 5,000 metres champion in Barcelona in 1992, high-jump gold medallist Heike Henkel and rower Stephan Volkert, who won gold in the quadruple sculls in Barcelona in 1992 and in Atlanta in 1996, are all closely linked with Bayer.

At the "Paralympics" (the Olympic games for the disabled) participants from Bayer clubs regularly make a major contribution to the achievements of the German team with a large squad. The most successful sportswoman ever at the Paralympics is Britta Siegers of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who won 5 golds medals, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in various swimming events in Barcelona 1992.
Heide Ecker-Rosendahl
Athletes wearing the Bayer cross have collected a total of 61 Olympic and 55 Paralympic medals, have won almost two hundred World-Championship medals and over one hundred European-Championship titles, and have stood on the winner's podium at German national championships on countless occasions. 

Medals of Bayer athletes at the Olympic Games

Gold
2008 Beijing Britta Heidemann Épée fencing
1998 Nagano Marco Jakobs Four-man bob
1996 Atlanta Stephan Volkert Rowing, quadruple sculls
1996 Atlanta Jens Fiedler Cycling/sprint
1996 Atlanta Kristine Andersen Handball (Denmark)
1992 Barcelona Stephan Volkert Rowing, quadruple sculls
1992 Barcelona Arnd Schmitt Épée fencing/team
1992 Barcelona Petra Roßner Cycling
1992 Barcelona Heike Henkel High jump
1992 Barcelona Dieter Baumann 5.000 m
1988 Seoul Arnd Schmitt Épée fencing
1984 Los Angeles Fredi Schmidtke 1.000 m time trial
1984 Los Angeles Ulrike Meyfarth High jump
1972 München Heide Rosendahl 4x100 m relay
1972 München Heide Rosendahl Long jump
1964 Tokio Willi Holdorf Decathlon
Silver
2004 Athen Thomas Rupprath 4x100 m relay medley
2004 Athen Steffen Driesen 4x100 m relay medley
2004 Athen Steffi Nerius Javelin
2004 Athen Britta Heidemann Épée fencing/team
1996 Atlanta Reka Szabo Foil fencing/team (Rumania)
1992 Barcelona Simone Grässer Field hockey
1992 Barcelona Kristina Peters Field hockey
1992 Barcelona Franziska Hentschel Field hockey
1992 Barcelona Orhan Delibas Boxing light-heavyweight
1992 Barcelona Robert Andersson Handball
1988 Seoul Arnd Schmitt Épée fencing/team
1988 Seoul Christian Schliemann Field hockey
1984 Los Angeles Markku Slawyk Field hockey
1984 Los Angeles Susanne Schmid Field hockey
1984 Los Angeles Corinna Lingnau Field hockey
1984 Los Angeles Andrea Lietz-Weiermann Field hockey
1984 Los Angeles Dagmar Breiken Field hockey
1984 Los Angeles Jürgen Hingsen Decathlon
1972 München Rita Wilden 400 m
1972 München Heide Rosendahl Pentathlon/400 m
1968 Mexiko City Liesel Westermann Discus
1968 Mexiko City Claus Schiprowski Pole vault
1968 Mexiko City Gerhard Hennige 400 m hurdles
1964 Tokio Wolfgang Reinhardt Pole vault
Bronze
2004 Athen Sarah Poewe 4x100 m relay medley
2000 Sydney Simon Archer Badminton (England) mixed doubles
2000 Sydney Stephan Volkert Rowing, quadruple sculls
1996 Atlanta Linda Kisabaka 4x400 m relay
1996 Atlanta Thomas Becker Canoe slalom/single
1992 Barcelona Arnold Vanderlijde Boxing/heavyweight
1992 Barcelona Jan Quast Boxing/light-flyweight
1988 Seoul Ralf Lübke 4x400 m relay
1988 Seoul Christian Schreier Soccer
1988 Seoul Gerd Kleppinger Soccer
1988 Seoul Thomas Hörster Soccer
1988 Seoul Wolfgang Funkel Soccer
1988 Seoul Holger Fach Soccer
1984 Los Angeles Claus Ploghaus Hammer
1976 Montreal Paul-Heinz Wellmann 1.500 m
1976 Montreal Reinhard Skricek Boxing/welterweight
1976 Montreal Franz-Peter Hofmeister 4x400 m relay
1976 Montreal Bernd Herrmann 4x400 m relay
1972 München Rita Wilden 4x400 m relay
1968 Mexiko City Gerhard Hennige 4x400 m relay
1968 Mexiko City Kurt Bendlin Decathlon

Medals of Bayer athletes at the Paralympics

New York 1984 - 2 x Gold, 1 x Silver
All medals Britta Siegers swimming
Seoul 1988 - 6 x Gold, 6 x Silver
3 x Gold Petra Quade athletics
1 x Gold Team:
Dr. Karl Quade, Siegmund Soicke, Karl-Josef Weißenfels, Rolf Dürer, Manfred Kohl, Bernd Heinrich
volleyball
1 x Gold Peter Hermann athletics
1 x Gold Britta Siegers swimming
3 x Silver Roberto Simonazzi athletics
1 x Silver Rainer Guhl athletics
1 x Silver Rita Laux wheelchair basketball
1 x Silver Britta Siegers swimming
Barcelona 1992 - 8 x Gold, 3 x Silver, 4 x Bronze
5 x Gold Britta Siegers swimming
1 x Gold Team:
Karl-Josef Weißenfels, Bernard Schmidl, Manfred Kohl, Rudolf Dürer, Bernd Heinrich
volleyball
1 x Gold Jörg Frischmann athletics
1 x Gold Roberto Simonazzi athletics
2 x Silver Britta Siegers swimming
1 x Silver Jörg Frischmann athletics
2 x Bronze Dirk Mimberg athletics
1 x Bronze Team:
Jens Faerber, Siegmund Soicke, Robert Grylak, Joachim Wahl
sitting volleyball
1 x Bronze Roberto Simonazzi athletics
1 x Bronze Britta Siegers swimming
Atlanta 1996 - 1 x Gold, 2 x Silver, 2 x Bronze
1 x Gold Team:
Karl-Josef Weißenfels, Bernard Schmidl, Manfred Kohl
volleyball
1 x Silver Jörg Frischmann athletics
1 x Silver Britta Jänicke athletics
1 x Bronze Britta Jänicke athletics
1 x Bronze Dirk Mimberg athletics
Sydney 2000 - 3 x Gold, 4 x Bronze
1 x Gold Team:
Timo Hager, Manfred Kohl, Bernard Schmidl
volleyball
1 x Gold Michaela Daamen athletics
1 x Gold Britta Jänicke athletics
2 x Bronze Jörg Frischmann athletics
1 x Bronze Britta Jänicke athletics
1 x Bronze Georg Meyer athletics
Athen 2004 - 5 x Bronze
1 x Bronze Astrid Arndt Judo
1 x Bronze Andrea Hegen athletics
3 x Bronze Heinrich Popow athletics
Beijing 2008 - 1 x Gold, 5 x Silver, 2 x Bronze
1 x Gold Katrin Green athletics
2 x Silver Natalie Simanowski cycling
1 x Silver Andrea Hegen athletics
1 x Silver Mathias Mester athletics
1 x Silver Heinrich Popow athletics
1 x Bronze Michaela Floeth athletics
1 x Bronze Astrid Höfte athletics
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