On flickr I posted a series “kids of the world”, photographs of boys and girls of 70 different countries, partly ofwhich I made travelling and the rest at junior sports events, where I am regularly active.
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Kids of the world
February 15, 2012Danone Nations Cup
February 15, 201240 countries worlwide, 40 teams, 40 national tournaments, more than 2,5 million kids, that’s the Danone Nations Cup, the biggest soccer event imaginable on this planet for boys and girls under the age of thirteen. The last world final took place in the beautiful city of Madrid. What an experience for the young athletes having the opportunity to display their talents in the legendary Bernabéau Stadium! And the trophy was presented by Zinedine Zidane to the team of Brazil.
The next world finals will be held in October 2012 in Poland.
Photos on http://www.jugendsport-foto.de
Videos on http://www.youtube.com/user/hejot2
Wrestling Champ Andi Walter
June 25, 2011Andi’s talent has tradition. His great-uncle was a well reputed wrestler and after him the club’s SC Isaria international annual tournament is named. The father of Andi, a wrestler himself, is not only the coach of the young champ and his sister Lisa, but also of the the Bavarian state’s squad.
The young Andi Walter, 16 years old, with a weight of just 54 kg, has already become one of Germany best freestyle wrestlers. In the last five years he was always on the winner’s podium at the German Championships, which gained him a place in the national team. He came in first place at several international tournaments, and he is sixfold Bavarian champion. A model athlete I would call him, who besides wrestling loves skiing and soccer. And I bet he’s good at that too.
And guess what his little brother Steve will become !
Photos on www.jugendsport-foto.de
Andi Walter wrestling video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT-aPiBG3hM&feature=related
Shorttrack Champ Felix Spiegl
April 20, 2011One who with great interest is looking forward to the decision wether the Olympic Wintergames in 2018 will take place in his hometown Munich, is Felix Spiegl. In his sports – shorttrack – the 14 years old made great progress during the last season. In March at the Junior Europa Cup, sort of an inofficial European Championship, where the best skaters from East and West competed, he was on the winners’ podium in all three race distances of his age category C, and overall he attained second place behind the strong Hungarian Alex Varnyú . Three weeks later, at the German Junior Championships, Felix was as successful as you can get, as he won all the the distances 500, 1000 and 1500m to become overall German Junior C Champion in front of his teammates Leon Kaufmann-Ludwig and Markus Graf.
Felix together with his father
Felix knows he has to work even harder in the years to come in order to be one to represent his country at the Olympic Wintergames in 2018, which his objective is. The committee’s decision on coming July, 6th, to choose Munich as the host city would give the young sportsman, as well as the other hopefuls from his club SLIC Munich, a big boost. Besides school and training not much time will be left for hobbies such as tennis, playing the guitar, photography. However the outcome, I’m confident that Felix will retain his pleasant personality.
Shorttrack-photos on www.jugendsport-foto.de
Felix Spiegl’s photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/56377041@N08/
Olympic Winter Games in Munich
February 10, 2011Munich is ccandidating for the Olympic Winter Games in 2018. See http://www.muenchen2018.org/en
In the framework of the bidding the city organized for the second time a wintersports festival in the Olympic Park. The visitors had the possibility to try out all kinds of wintersports such as icehockey, iceskating, figureskating, skiing, skeleton, snowboard, biathlon, curling. Presentation of the sports as well as competitions were also on the program. It was a lot of fun, especially for the kids. See http://www.jugendsport-foto.de/Wintersport.htm
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships began Tuesday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the proposed location for the Munich 2018 Snow Park should the Munich host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
The event takes place just three weeks before the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Evaluation Commission visits Munich 2018 March 1 to 4 to inspect the city’s bid.
The fantastic opening ceremony showcased the potential of Munich 2018’s Festival of Friendship concept with live music (including opera, rock and traditional Bavarian folk music), 1,300 volunteers, and a crowd filling the Olympic Ski Snow Park.
The other two candidates for the ganes are Pyeongchang, South Korea, and Annecy, France. The election of the host city will be on July 6 during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa.
Upcoming talents in photography
August 15, 2010Last week two boys aged 14 accompanied me to a youth tournament in tennis. The idea was to practise sports photography. The same day we shot pics of a group of boys having fun with their BMX-bikes and boards. And we went to a nearby lake to do some nature photographs.
The outcome was phantastic. I was amazed how much talent these young guys had, how creative they were. Have a look at their sites:
Soccer Worldcup 2010
June 22, 2010It’s a tradition: During the Worldcup there is a Mini Worldcup being played in Munich/ Germany. 11 years old boys from local football clubs represent the participants of the real one. For the kids it’s a great experience they won’t forget. Maybe they don’t feel like being in Southafrica, but they revel in the role of the greatest players of all continents. And they might become a great one in the future. One, who took part in the Mini Worldcup in 1994 is PHILIPP LAHM, just now in Southafrica as the captain of the German team.
Many photos of this event on http://www.jugendsport-foto.de
German Finals of the Danone Nations Cup 2010
June 8, 2010The Danone Nations Cup is world’s greatest soccer tournament for young players, 10 to 12 years old. Out of 700 participating teams in Germany 32 had qualified for the national finals through regional preliminaries. The finals were held in the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt/Main on June, 5th. The winning team from MSV Duisburg will fly to Johannesbourg in SouthAfrica to take part in the world finals, where they’ll meet kids from 39 other countries from all over the world. What an experience for young sportspeople!
Many photos to be found on http://www.jugendsport-foto.de
Buntkicktgut Open
June 2, 2010“Buntkicktgut” means “Colourful kicks well”. It’s an initiative – established in 1996 by Ruediger Heid and Memo Arikan – which uses street football (soccer) as means for the integration of immigrant kids. In the meantime its League with 150 teams and more than 1500 participants has become a respected institution that served as example in several countries in Europe. For it’s efforts to promote tolerance, integration, non-violence and self-esteem within the community of young people from different origins and cultures Buntkicktgut has received awards from the German Football Association, from the Lord Mayor of Munich and from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The annual highlight is the “International Buntkicktgut Open”. This year it took place in the Olympic Park from May, 21st to 24th . Thirty-six teams from Germany, England, Poland, 
Serbia, Austria, Switzerland and even two from as far away as China competed for the trophies in four categories. Important was not the victory, but fairplay and the cross-cultural encounter of juveniles from diverse backgrounds.
Many more photos on http://www.jugendsport-foto.de
Peter Heller wins Rudi-Berger-Cup
May 12, 2010In memory of Rudi Berger, the former popular tournament director, a junior competition carrying his name is being played in the frame of the prestigious BMW Open in Munich. The aim is to give up-and-coming tennis talents the opportunity to experience an ATP tour event at first hand. On sunday 18 years old Peter Heller hailing from Cham in Bavaria won the final of the cup against Albert Wagner from Amberg 6:4, 7:5 in a dramatic game, in which both opponents showed sparkling abilities.
For his victory Peter Heller received a wild card for next year’s BMW Open. This very year – if everything goes well – the young man, who is on position 37 in the world junior rankings U18 – is going to play the Junior Championships of Roland Garros, Wimbledon and New York. Gifted and determined as he is, in a couple of years he might go far in professional tennis. Watch out for him! I’ve been admiring his dynamic body language, his pugnacious dedication since he was 12.
See more photos on http://www.jugendsport-foto.de
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