“Never change a winning team” – following this tactic, the German Olympic Academy (DOA) organised its Olympic Day at the German Sport & Olympic Museum (DSOM) in Cologne for the ninth time. Around 500 children from 11 schools came together on 18 June for the first of many national events to mark IOC Foundation Day. […]
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From 11th to 17th September, the German Olympic Academy (DOA) held its “Olympia Seminar” on the premises of the IOA in Ancient Olympia. 90 participants consisting of students from 10 universities as well as experts and multipliers from sports organisations, sport politics, media and academia spent an intensive week together. Under the overall theme of
With the regional summer holidays in mind, the German Olympic Academy (DOA) hosted Olympic Day on Tuesday – three days before the founding day of the International Olympic Committee, which was founded 129 years ago on 23 June 1894. For the eighth time, the German Sports & Olympic Museum (DSOM), located directly at the Rhine
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In the beginning of May 2023, the second German-Israeli Seminar took place in Frankfurt after its launch in 2019. The two-day seminar strengthened the binational relationship and brought together nine delegates from Israel and Germany. In this regard, the seminar was organised by the German Olympic Academy (DOA), conducted by them and the National Olympic
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The ability of sport to build bridges is one of its most astonishing elements, which EOA President Manfred Laemmer, at the age of 80, has embodied like few others. In his honour, the EOA, together with four national sports institutions, the German Olympic Academy, the German Sports & Olympic Museum, Maccabi Germany and the Forum
The German Olympic Academy (DOA), together with the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and the EOA, acted as hosts for the four-day event. Numerous other tasks were involved in organising the congress. The German Olympic Academy Media Team lets you catch a glimpse behind the scenes from four different vantage points.
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Three months after the end of the Winter Olympics, the participants of the German Olympic Youth Camps (DOJL) Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 met in Munich. Together with the leadership teams, 48 participants looked back on their time together in Frankfurt (DOJL Tokyo) and Bischofsgruen (DOJL Beijing), met Dajana Eitberger, silver medallist in luge at
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The 8th Biebricher Schlossgespräch (Biebrich Castle Conference) of the German Olympic Academy (DOA) took place in Wiesbaden on 5 May, 2022. 100 invited guests from sports, politics, business and the media attended the annual event. This year, the focus was placed on the challenges and perspectives of Olympic and Paralympic sports. In addition to the
Together with its partners, the Olympic Committee of Slovenia carried out a project called “Athletes Friendly Education” with the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The project’s main objective was to develop an evaluation system for educational institutions that support athletes during their sports careers and education. The National Olympic Academies of
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On behalf of the German Olympic Academy (DOA), the EOA is pleased to announce the recent publication of a new book entitled “The Educational Potential of the Olympic Idea” which is now available digitally and in print. The new publication is an anthology offering a broad variety of perspectives on topics relating to the Olympic Games.
