"You all show how attractive and sporty Salzgitter is," praised Mayor Stefan Klein in his opening speech. "But without our tirelessly committed volunteer heroes, these successes would hardly be possible." Klein did not forget the people behind the scenes who are indispensable for the sport and for the many good results.
A total of 25 state championships, 3 North German championships, 1 German championship, 8 second or third places at German championships, 1 third place at European championships and 1 third place at world championships were won by Salzgitter's athletes in 12 sports in the past calendar year. In recognition of their outstanding sporting achievements, the 74 children and young people were presented with certificates, cooling towels and a voucher by Mayor Christian Striese and Nicole Mölling, Director of Volksbank BRAWO eG in Salzgitter. The 63 adults received medals and certificates.
Mayor Stefan Klein also presented awards to particularly deserving volunteers. They received the silver or gold plaque for many years of voluntary work. The letter of honor, the highest award of the city of Salzgitter, went to Dennis Lendeckel from Billard-Sport-Club Salzgitter.
The special honors:
Silver plaque for Lars-Oliver Arsenjuk (TGJ Salzgitter), Björn Hinsch (Schützengilde Ringelheim), Jonny Kügler, Ulf Papendorf (both SC Salzgitter Sportfreunde), Andreas Schmitz (SC Hellas Salzgitter), Edwin Stolz (SC Delphin Salzgitter)
Gold plaque for Marcus Müller (FSB Salzgitter), Christian Schum (SC Hellas Salzgitter)
Letter of honor for Dennis Lendeckel (Billard-Sport-Club Salzgitter)
The 2024 sports champions:
Billiards: Ralph Hirschfeld, Dennis Lendeckel (both BSC Rot-Weiß Salzgitter)
Cheerleading: Sophia Castiglione, Liisi Ehrenberg, Medine Erdem, Finja Esche, Megan Rose Jacobi, Marie Krüger, Lidya Özucar, Emma Reimer, Nisanur Sever, Diana Wac, Emma Wiegleb (all MTV Salzgitter), Lia Aßmann, Alissa Beketow, Ayla Berge, Greta Bode, Antonia Bothe, Maileen Bruckmaier, Joseline Gemann, Olivia Grainca, Elly Marie Grainca, Emily Maier, Isabella Mazurkiewicz, Maria Nazin, Xenia Schmidt, Elif Tosun, Hannah Würfel, Aylin Ahmad, Melina Beims, Liv Buttler, Ida-Sophie Dittkrist, Diana Doeva, Lea Eggeling, Emine Gökgündüz, Leonie Hannig, Lilian Heinze, Dilara Hirzallah, Olivia Hofmann, Sophie-Charlotte Kempf, Melina Pappalardo, Marie Payne, Clara Payne, Sofiia Rashina, Novalie Säglitz, Dilem Sürer, Lena Maliena Utz, Victoria Bartczak, Gina-Marie Bley, Sophie Hagerott, Lara Hartmann, Jana Heise, Kiara Hoffmann, Anna Hofmann, Maja Keil, Anna Kernspecht, Hanna Klose, Violetta Kopatschev, Hanna Müller, Havin Pekgöz, Marie-Luisa Reiter, Ainhoa Marie Ramirez Galindo, Lina Theileis, Lisa Tihen, Eda Aksac, Ariana Badura, Lara Börschmann, Lindsay Faulhaber, Lea Hermann, Leonie Keller, Mia-Emily Kriwat, Nike Manzewski, Tamina Cherin Moderow, Henna Pfeifer, Ida Pfeifer, Malia Elin Reupke, Lina Rittel, Mary-Kate Rycroft, Gemma Schuldt, Veronica Staub, Vanesa Trip, Marlene Voges, Kimberley Wohlgemuth (all DCC Lichtenberg)
Darts: Patrick Heitmüller, Markus Hoffmann, Pascal Jeske, Jan Kasten, Marcus Kirchmann, Jennifer König, Kevin Nitschke, Daniel Riedel, Timo Schweppe. Eugen Stober, Lasse Utecht (all TSV Hallendorf)
Soccer: Ahmet Cetkin, Emre Dogan, Christian Dombrowski, Vitali Donst, David Gasch, Patrick Günther, Niklas Hermann, Roman Kechter, Norman Kientopp, Steven Kientopp, Sven Knappe, Patrick Marquardt, Andreas Peters, Marcel Plehn, Moritz Pyrskalla, Philipp Schüssler, Waldemar Seebold, Ron Sickert, Lars Sieber, Sebastian Ulrich (all SG Salder/Lichtenberg)
Skittles: Karl-Heinz Becker, Jörg Brandenburg, Dirk Henningsen, Andreas Twardowski, Carsten Warnecke (all SKV Salzgitter)
Athletics: Ole Behrens, Nikolas Raeth (both SV Union Salzgitter)
Swimming: Henriette Schmitz, Peter Schulze, Sebastian Schulze, Ferike Tynior (all SC Hellas Salzgitter)
Sailing: Nadja Kopp (Salzgitter Sailing Club)
Shooting: Stephan Passon (Gebhardshagen shooting club), Oliver Schröder (Thiede shooting club)
Table tennis: Horst Hedrich (TSV Salzgitter)
Trampolining: Liska Hirsch, Alexandra Melnichuk, Nikola Volska (all TGJ Salzgitter)
Volleyball: Felix Brennecke, Cosmin Cezar, Noah Cordes, Hannes Urbanek, Noah Wolff (all Gymnasium Salzgitter-Bad)