ASV Köln

ASV Köln is the name of a sports club based in Cologne with a focus on athletics.

• 4.1 Achievements
• 4.2 Rugby Park Cologne
• 4.3 Known former rugby player

• 5.1 Teams
• 5.2 Achievements
• 5.3 ASV Floor Baller in the national

• 6.1 Achievements

History

The ASV Köln was founded on 27 February 1929 as Academic Sports Association at the University of Cologne. In 1936 the detachment of the University and was renamed Athletics Sports Club Cologne eV

Until the early 1980s, the ASV Cologne was one of the leading German athletics clubs. Lack sponsors it came from the 1990s, however, especially when compared to regional competitors TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen to a decreasing financial strength. The continuous loss of almost all top athletes and a large part of the talented young was the result. Added to this was that in 1995 only a few hundred meters away from the training ground, with the track team German Sport University Cologne was another athletics club.

From 1934 to 1999, the ASV Köln was the organizer of the highly successful ASV Sports Day in Mungerdorferstadion in which several world records have been set and that drew in the best of times, more than 30,000 spectators.

With the beginning of 2008 a community was established with the adjacent track team German Sport University Cologne in the field of athletics. This concentration of Cologne's top athletics was considered from a sporting and financial terms, necessary. Both clubs started about two and a half years together as LG ASV DSHS Cologne and used together the training facilities. Under this mutual agreement Athletics Community was disbanded for the winter season 2010.

Today, the ASV Köln next to the Athletics also other sports such as rugby, triathlon, hockey, Ultimate Frisbee and summer biathlon will be offered. For a long time there was also a basketball team, the three seasons in the National Basketball League (BBL ) of the German Basketball Federation (DBB) played and eventually became independent with a sponsor as BSC Saturn Köln.

Well-known athletes of the ASV Köln (selection)

• Gaby Bussmann launched from 1978 to 1981 for the ASV Köln, 1978, she won the European Championship with the Fifth Season
• Bernd Cullmann 1960 with the relay Olympic champion
• Christel Frese was 1972 European Indoor Champion, 1969 she won the European Championship Season Bronze, 1971 Silver
• Manfred Germar won 1956 Olympic bronze team, was three times European Champion in 1958 and 1962
• Jutta Heine won the 1960 at the Olympic Games in Rome, silver medal in the 200 m and the 4 x 100 meters relay, starting in 1962 with the ASV Köln
• Brigitte Kraus was second World Cup in 1983 and European Indoor champion in 1976, 1983 and 1984
• Martin Lauer was Olympic champion in 1960 with the squadron, 1956 and 1960 Olympic fourth and European Champion 1958
• Tim Lobinger was 1999, 2000 and from 2003 to 2007, in the ASV Köln, he was in 2006 European Championships and 2003 World Indoor champion Second
• Dietmar Mögenburg launched in 1983 and 1984 for the ASV Köln, 1984, he was Olympic gold medalist and European Champion Hall
• Marlene Schmitz- Portz was multiple German champion and 1960 Olympian
• Carlo Thränhardt occurred from 1977 to 1986 for the ASV Köln in 1986 he won the European Championship bronze, 1983, he was European Indoor Champion
• Klaus Ulonska was 1962 European Champion in the relay
• Gustav Weinkötz was 1936 Olympian and 1937 second German two-meter Springer
• Thomas Wessinghage was from 1981 when ASV Cologne, in 1982 European Champion and 1981, 1982 and 1986 European Indoor Champion
• Ulrike Meyfarth vaulter, twice Olympic champion

ASV running team

The ASV running team is a training community of middle and long distance runners as well as some long sprinters in the ASV Köln. Membership in the club tradition, however, is mandatory, so that the overwhelming majority of runners completed competitions for the ASV Köln.

Formation

The beginnings of the ASV run teams date back to 1997 when the running of the department ASV Cologne was almost extinct. Youth team coach Jürgen Jaenisch, a former Hallenweltrekordler about 4 x 400 m and German hall runner 1964 on 400 m, but acquired from year to year more young runners, so that from the 2000 season formed a solid and large tribe of middle distance learning. Since then, the membership numbers, best times and titles profits have risen steadily.

On July 7, 2002, Philipp Legath about 1,500 m of the men in 3:45,22 min German vice champion behind Franek Haschke from the LG Asics Pirna. From the said year she Legaths best time of 3:42,87 min. The recent success at the national level succeeded Marius Piwonka, Erik Somssich and Christian Schreiner at the German Junior Championships 2007 in Hanover. In 7:21,08 min, they were German Junior Vice Champion 3 x 1000 m and bestowed the running team so that a long-awaited medal.

Training camp

Together with the youth squad of the German Athletics Federation (DLV ) perform the athletes every year in April, a two -week training camp on the Baltic island of Usedom. The runners form residential communities, and, two weeks of training with partial three units per day deal so common. In 2008, the team 's first flown to Albufeira training camp.

Germany coach Henning von Papen write a training plan that is not so much places the emphasis on units on the tartan track, but rather promotes athleticism, pace hardness and stamina. Traditionally anchored in the training plan are runs through the hilly island portions and a 10 km long test run.

ASV Rugby

The ASV rugby department is the second oldest department in the ASV Köln. It was founded on March 1, 1951, primarily promotes the 15er Rugby according to rules of the International Rugby Board (IRB ). Your teams take part in regular league play of the German Rugby Federation ( DRV) as well as various national and international tournaments. Currently, there are more men's teams, a women's team, the youth and student department and the minis as the youngest team. The seniors can pursue as Ahl Säck and Ahl Föttcher the ASV Köln Rugby.

Achievements

The first team plays in the Rugby League, as well as the first women's team. The second men's team plays in the NRW-Liga. In the seasons 2012-2013 Cologne has won four games in the Bundesliga. Three in the Western League ( against RC Luxembourg, RC and RC Aachen Mainz), in the Master Round won the Cologne just a game ( against RC Mainz) and ended the season in the seventh place in the South / West division.

In 2005, the women's team was German champion in 7- rugby for the first time. In 2008, she succeeded again winning the German championship in a 10 - rugby.

Rugby Park Cologne

The Rugby Department of the ASV Köln bear its home games since the summer of 2004 at the Rugby Park in the south of Cologne Cologne district Velcro mountain. The area counts within North Rhine -Westphalia to the largest plants of its kind until 2010 denied the first men's team in the rugby department here their games the first rugby league.

Well-known former rugby player

• Howard Carpendale played in the 1970s for the ASV Köln Rugby

ASV Floorball

The ASV Floorball department exists since 1998 and was founded by Petra Rickenberg. The relatively young team sport from the family of stickball games originated from the different hockey sports, from which is derived the former name floorball. In 2009, the German federation decided to use now the international name floorball. This is a the halls or ice hockey like game can be played at the behind the goals. When ASV Köln two variants are played in North Rhine -Westphalia widespread variant Floorball Kleinfeld ( three field players plus goalkeeper per team) and the international variant Floorball large field ( five field players plus goalkeeper per team).

Men

Since 2006, the floorball department next to the offer for adults and a youth training on, which allows children and adolescents aged six to enter the fast-paced sport. The first men's team has been playing the 2010/11 season in the 2nd Bundesliga Nord -West. But figurehead of the department is that of Daniel Mahnken, coach of the German U19 Women National Team, coached women's team. She plays in the first Maxxprint Floorball Bundesliga ladies, the top division in Germany. The other teams in the ASV Köln participate in the leagues of the North Rhine -Westphalian Floorball Federation ( NWUV ). The second men's team takes on part of the West Regional. In addition, there are five junior teams in age groups U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17, all of which participate in the Youth League of the respective NWUV.

Achievements

The greatest success of floorball department is winning the West German Championship 2010 ( men's large field ) and the associated rise in the 2nd Bundesliga Nord -West. The women's team was able to demonstrate in their debut season 2009/10 in the West Regional second place and qualified for the play-offs at the German Championship 2010 in Kiel, which was finished in third place. In the season 2010/11, the ladies were able to win the West German Championship and qualified so again for the German championship. Also notable was a friendly game of the ASV Köln against the Belgian national team in 2002, which went out with almost 3:5 for Belgium. Internationally known is the department by the orientation of the largest floorball large field tournament in Germany, the Floorball Festival Cologne, participating in the regular 16 killer teams from five nations. The tournament has been held annually since 2004.

ASV -Floor Baller in the national

Since 1 August 2010, Daniel Mahnken is coach of the German U19 national team of ladies. He is a player in the first men's team and coach of the women's team of ASV Köln. Janik Pfeiffer, player of the first men's team, was at the Floorball World Championship 2010 in Helsinki / Finland in the Germany squad. With Larissa Kuhn, Caroline Lieber, Carolin Henze three players of the ASV Köln took part in the U19 World Cup 2012 in Nitra / Slovenia.

ASV Frisbee

The ASV Ultimate and Frisbee department is known as the morning sports 0.2 and is dedicated to the popular as a recreational trend Frisbeesport. Offered are the two variants Ultimate and Freestyle.

Achievements

The greatest success of the Frisbee department was winning the German Meisterscheift in outdoor Ultimate 2004 and won the German Championship Indoor Ultimate 2008 and the successful hosting of the German Championship in 2006.