Germany has a worldwide reputation as a soccer nation.
This week on Meet the Germans, Rachel finds out how football came to Germany and how women’s football has developed.
But it’s not ALL about soccer… tune in for lots of summer and winter Olympic action, sports clubs and a look at East Germany’s doping scandal.
Rachel moved from the UK to Germany in 2016. As a relative newcomer she casts a fresh eye over German clichés and shares her experiences of settling into German life.
Every two weeks she explores a new topic – from unusual bans to meaty cuisine or haunted castles. This week: sports in Germany.
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Who are your German sporting heroes and why?
My German sporting hero? Alphonso Davies, of course, Bayern Munich.
Rachel, greetings from Leipzig and thank you once again. I went to Beverley Grammar School in East Yorkshire in the 1950s and spent my training as a dissident by getting out of sports. I could never the see the point of kicking a ball round a muddy field on a winter's afternoon.
Finally! Nifty football kit too – You had this for a while?
I have the Bayern Shirt that Rachel is wearing in the video
Da muss aber einer an seinen Liegestützen arbeiten! Ich mach nur Spaß, tolles Video
Motorsport didn't even get a mention? The home of the car and arguably the best racing driver in history in the form of Micheal Schumacher and it wasn't even mentioned? C'mon
As I've said B4, I enjoy your vlogs, BUT, I keep waiting for German subtitles while you're speaking English?
And F1 ??
I LOVE Rachel
and Biathlon
and Womans Soccer Football
Where did she get the Bayern shirt with Opel sponsorship?
Dear Ausländerbehörde, please award wonderful Rachel with dual citizenship! Neither DW nor Rachel will ever wish you anything bad despite your strange bureaucracy that I, as a German, will never understand.
Very interesting topic – however, zillions of joggers may feel a little bit underrepresented. Nonetheless – job very well done, as always. What I like best though, is the diversity of your interview partners, and yes: GER is a colorful nation – literally! Keep up your positivity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
German sport hero: Franz Beckenbauer
Hey hi
Franz Beckenbauer in Fusßball ! The first pro player I known when I was a kid.
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I have always wondered why cycling didnt became as huge in Germany as it did with its neighbours. I would love to see a German Grand Tour.
Ah yes Die Mannschaft. The thorn in the side of nearly every other country in Europe.
Interestingly the coach of the Indian athlete who won gold in Tokya Olympics in javelin throw is also a German!
Added an international angle to it with relevance to coaching in Germany!
Yet another perfectly finished job from Rachel, and she ice-skates so smoothly.
I really like this format! Thanks Rachel, keep it going
Well, I somehow missed the mentioning of tennis – Steffi Graf, anybody? – and (formula 1) car racing, where Germany have a track record in, too. And don't forget about table tennis, ice hockey and in-door cycling…
What German cities have the best conditions for cross-country skiing? How long is the skiing season there?
I feel like I know a bit about video production and presenting, and these DW Videos from Rachel are absolutely world class in both. I always learn interesting stuff and they are so engaging from start to finish. Keep it up!
That was Rachel's usual experienced and entertaining insight into Germany's sporting activities. It's a pleasure every time.
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Sporting Heroes for me are Miroslav Klose and Michael Schumacher.
Very good video. Only thing really missing is Motorsport.
In 1972 Olympic games, both German Nations did Doping. It was known from GDR. Therefore, West-Germany wouldn't be blame and did Doping as well.
Turnvater Jahn initiated Gym for everybody, because Military want's to make war and needs fit soldiers!
When will Germany have transgender sports?
Since I'm a massive handball fan, I have to say that I love the fact I can watch the German handball bundesliga in Denmark, where THW, SG Flensburghandewitt and Füchse Berlin are amazing teams to watch, and when we talk about German sport heroes I don't think so really. The only ones should be the handball referee couple Tobias Tönnies and Robert Schulze, they're an awesome couple on the pit
Great look into German sports. Thanks Rachel!
Loved the episode, as always!
Are you planning on making a video on the different dialects AND accents here in Germany?
Would be fun to see your take on that!
Imagine needing to equate the glory of the state with Olympic performance. All countries take pride in their citizens' Olympic achievements, but the communist countries took this pride to another level. Olympic performance was transformed into a pillar of the state's legitimacy. This politicization of the Olympics continues in Russia and China today.