TV Wattenscheid 01 Leichtathletik is a German sports club focused on

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

. Founded in 1971 in

Wattenscheid Wattenscheid () is a Stadtbezirk of the city of Bochum. Until 1975, it was a separate town in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia. Wattenscheid has a population of about 80,000 citizens. Some notable firms have their headquarters in there ...

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

in the Western part of Germany, the club's history is linked to that of an older club, ''Turnverein Wattenscheid 01'', a gymnastics club in the city which was formed in 1901.TV Wattenscheid 01 - die Chronik
. TV Wattenscheid 01. Retrieved on 2016-04-17. The club's main stadium for events and training is

Lohrheidestadion The Lohrheidestadion is a multi-use stadium in Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SG Wattenscheid 09. The stadium is able to hold 16,233 people and opened in 1954. It is us ...

. The athletics section of the club grew in the mid-1960s and received sponsorship from Klaus Steilmann, a local businessman who was involved with textile manufacturing. Shortly after, the team split away from the main club to form a distinct, athletics-specific club. Among the club's first internationally successful athletes was

Sabine Braun Sabine Braun (born 19 June 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes ...

, who was twice

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

world champion. The current chairman of the club is former sprint athlete Jörg Klocke.Jörg Klocke zum Vorsitzenden des TV Wattenscheid wiedergewählt
. FLVW (2010-04-24). Retrieved on 2016-04-17.

Athletes

The club is among the most successful in Germany and has had many international athletes as members. *

Jan Fitschen Jan Gerrit Fitschen (born 2 May 1977 in Nordhorn) is a German long-distance runner, competing for TV Wattenscheid 01. At the 1999 Under 23 European Championships he finished fifth over the 5000 metres. He was German champion over 5000 met ...

, European champion at 10,000 metres * Melanie Paschke, World sprint relay champion * Christian Nicolay, European junior champion in javelin *

Raymond Hecht Raymond Hecht (born 11 November 1968) is a German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. His personal best throw is 92.60 m, achieved in 1995. This places him eighth on the all-time rankings. During his career, Hecht set fiv ...

, German javelin throw record holder * Katja Tengel, Olympic sprinter * Sina Schielke, European sprint medallist *

Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald (born 7 April 1974, in Beeskow) is a German sprint athlete. He finished 8th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He has had more success as a relay runner for Germany, winning a bronze medal ...

, European sprint medallist *

Alexander Kosenkow Alexander Kosenkow (russian: Александр Косенков; born 14 March 1977) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid. Biography Kosenkow was born in Tokmok, Kirghiz SSR, but ...

, European sprint medallist *

Sebastian Ernst Sebastian Ernst (born 11 October 1984 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200m ...

, European junior champion in 200 m *

Bastian Swillims Bastian Swillims (born 9 December 1982) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He was born in Dortmund. His personal best time is 45.44 seconds, achieved in August 2007 in Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai regi ...

, European indoor sprint medallist *

Monika Merl Monika Merl (née Grądzka; born 21 September 1979 in Sztum, Poland) is a German 800 metres runner and former champion in the 800 meters in Germany. Career Merl finished fifth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 2004 ...

, multiple German 800 m champion *

Willi Mathiszik Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), Austrian violinis ...

, World Championships competitor in the 110 m hurdles *

Kerstin Werner Kerstin is a female German and Swedish given name; it is the Scandinavian version of Christina. Notable persons with this name include: * Kerstin Alm (born 1949), Finnish politician from the Åland Islands * Kerstin Anderson (born 1994), America ...

, German champion in 1500 m *

Henning Hackelbusch Henning is a surname, also used as a given name, with origins in East Prussia (now part of Germany). Henning may also refer to: People with Henning as a surname * A. J. Henning (born 2002), American football player * Andrew Henning (1863� ...

, European Championships competitor in the 400 m hurdles *

Eleni Gebrehiwot Eleni Gebrehiwot (born 3 August 1984 in Asmara, Ethiopia) is a German long-distance runner. She became German citizen in 2014. On 8 September 2014 she won the 12 edition of the Münster Marathon in record time of 2:29:12 h. It was also th ...

, Münster Marathon winner *

Irina Mikitenko Irina Mikitenko, ''née'' Volynskaya (russian: Ирина Волынская (Микитенко); born 23 August 1972 in Bakanas, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union), is a retired German long-distance runner who competed in marathons. She won the Berlin ...

, three-time

World Marathon Majors The World Marathon Majors (WMM) (known for sponsorship reasons as the Abbott World Marathon Majors) is a championship-style competition for marathon runners that started in 2006. A points-based competition founded on six major marathon races recog ...

winner *

Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs (born 7 June 1987 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.07 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympi ...

, European indoor shot put medallist *

Denise Krebs Denise may refer to: * Denise (given name), people with the given name ''Denise'' * Denise (computer chip), a video graphics chip from the Amiga computer * "Denise" (song), a 1963 song by Randy & the Rainbows * Denise, Mato Grosso, a municipalit ...

, German champion in 1500 m *

Christoph Lohse Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzenho ...

, World Indoor Championships competitor in the 1500 m *

Michael Möllenbeck Michael Friedrich Möllenbeck (12 December 1969 – 2 November 2022) was a German discus thrower. Möllenbeck's greatest achievements were two World Championship bronze medals, and his bronze at the 2005 World Championships was especially welc ...

, world discus medallist *

Julian Reus Julian Reus (born 29 April 1988) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the 100 and 200 meters dash. His 100 m personal best of 10.01 seconds is the German record. Though unofficial according to IAAF regulations of a maximum +2.0& ...

, European indoor sprint medallist * Marion Rothhaar, Multiple German champion, gymnastics

References

External links

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