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 60 Olympic 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
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