The Bavarian State Minister of the Interior, for Sport and Integration Joachim Herrmann has appointed Prof. Dr. Michael Schaffrath to the jury for the Bavarian Sports Award for a further three years from January 1, 2024. The Head of the Institute of Media and Communication has been a member of this committee since 2012.
In addition to the Minister of State Joachim Herrmann, other jury members include Dr. Florian Herrmann (Head of the State Chancellery and son of former TU President Prof. Dr. Dr h.c. mult. Wolfgang A. Herrmann), Jörg Ammon (President of the Bavarian State Sports Association), Björn Gulden (CEO of adidas), Thomas Hitzlsperger (former national soccer player), Magdalena Holzer (double Olympic champion and multiple world champion in biathlon) and Christoph Netzel (Head of Sports at Bayerischer Rundfunk).
"I am delighted that Minister of the Interior, for Sport and Integration Joachim Herrmann wants me to continue working on this high-caliber panel of experts for another three years," says Prof. Schaffrath on his renewed appointment. He adds: "Having good contacts with the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior and Sports is certainly not a disadvantage for the Department Health and Sport Sciences."
The Bavarian Sports Award is awarded in various categories, for which each jury member can nominate award-worthy protagonists to select the future prize winners from the list of all nominees in a jury meeting lasting several hours. The categories include "Sports Moments for Eternity," "Outstanding Bavarian Sports Career," "Outstanding Promotion of Sport," "Outstanding Innovation in Sport," "Now-More-Than-Ever-Award," "Outstanding Young Sportsman or Sportswoman," and "Outstanding Media Presentation of Sport." Prof Schaffrath's expertise is particularly expected and valued in the latter category.
The highlight of every Award ceremony is the "Personal Prize of the Bavarian Minister President." In 2022, Dr. Markus Söder presented this Award to professional Bavarian soccer player Thomas Müller, eleven-time German Bundesliga Champion. Last year, the "Huberbuam" Thomas and Alexander Huber (mountaineers and extreme climbers) received this personal Award.
The Bavarian Sports Award ceremony will occur again on October 12, 2024 at the BMW World in Munich.
To the homepage of the Bavarian Sports Award
To the homepage of the Institute of Media and Communication
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Michael Schaffrath
Institute of Media and Communication
Uptown Munich, Campus D
Georg-Brauchle Ring 60/62
80992 Munich
phone: 089 289 24639
e-mail: Michael.Schaffrath(at)tum.de
Text: Bastian Daneyko
Photos: private/Bavarian Sports Award