Timo Boll is there: Values ​​Foundation awards prizes

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ODenise Schindler was asked if she had any other piece of advice that she wanted to get rid of. “Never fall into the role of victim,” replied the cyclist and four-time Paralympic medalist. The 35-year-old needs to know what she’s talking about: As a two-year-old, she was hit by a tram and lost her leg – and still had an impressive career in sport. Only one year after entering competitive cycling, she became world champion. This was followed by World Cup victories, another world championship title and Paralympic precious metal, most recently bronze in the single pursuit in Tokyo. She was one of three honorees at this year’s Values ​​Foundation’s award ceremony on Monday in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. Since 2009, the Values ​​Foundation, in cooperation with Deutsche Sporthilfe, has been awarding the prize to honor outstanding personalities from the world of sport who make a contribution to the values ​​that some see threatened in modern sport.

Denise Schindler received the Value Prize for respect. The very name of the award suggests that she was not only honored for her sporting successes. Born in Chemnitz, she has been working tirelessly for inclusive sports projects for years, not least because of the memory of her own childhood: “It was said: If you are disabled, you are not allowed to take part. It’s great to see that things are different today. ”The best thing about it is“ to see that everyone is worth something ”.

The values ​​foundation, which supports entrepreneurs and start-ups, among others, in developing sustainable innovations with its projects, also wants to build a bridge between sport and business with its award ceremony. With Jonas Reckermann, gold medalist in beach volleyball at the Olympics in London in 2012, your CEO is, appropriately, someone who has personally experienced the teaching of values ​​in and through sport.

“The love of the game”

The foundation has been supporting competitive athletes in their transition to a second professional career since 2013. One of the people who obviously didn’t need any help with this is Erik Pfannmöller. The former canoeist, 2007 world champion in slalom, is himself a founder. His company offers customers solutions for machine learning, works in a climate-neutral manner and, as a member of the “Leaders For Climate Action” initiative, is also committed to the fight against climate change. The 36-year-old received the prize in the innovation category.

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The best-known among those honored is probably Timo Boll, who achieved so many successes in table tennis that his laudator was simply not able to list them all. Boll was awarded the prize in the category for his outstanding sports career in connection with his social commitment – the 40-year-old is a member of the “Athletes for Organ Donation” association and is the patron of the “Acción Humana” foundation, which runs a children’s village in Honduras Achievement honored. What drives him to top performance after all the grueling years in top-class sport, which brought him the European championship title and Olympic silver in the team this year? “The love of the game,” he said.

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