YOUR IDEAS. YOUR GAMES. THE PODCAST host Ninia LaGrande in an interview about the fascination of the Olympics and her wish for a German Olympic bid.

To mark World Health Day on 7 April, we spoke to sports scientist and health expert Ingo Froböse from the German Sport University Cologne about lack of exercise and its consequences, as well as possible measures and impetus from the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Deborah Levi (26) is a successful German bobsledder, was Olympic champion in the two-woman bobsleigh together with Laura Nolte in Beijing 2022 and is also a member of the Anti-Racism Working Group of Athleten Deutschland e. V. and an ambassador for Frankfurt as a host city for the 2024 European Football Championships. To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21), we spoke to her about racism in sport and the 2024 Super Sport Year.

Uwe Gensheimer (37) played handball at the highest level for 20 years. The Mannheim native’s list of successes is correspondingly long: championship titles in the German and French leagues, DHB and EHF trophies and a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The four-time Handball Player of the Year will end his active career in the summer, but Gensheimer will remain involved in handball. From next season, Gensheimer will take up the position of Sporting Director at the Rhein-Neckar-Löwen.

In this interview, Gensheimer talks about his experiences at the Olympics, the European Handball Championship and the upcoming games in Paris.

Lukas Dauser became world champion on parallel bars in October. In this interview, he talks about his ambitions for the 2024 Games in Paris and a possible Olympic bid.

On November 16, the 24 representatives of the Olympic associations met in Wiesbaden to discuss key issues relating to a potential DOSB bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Sven Albrecht is the Federal Managing Director of Special Olympics Germany and was responsible for the World Games, which took place in Berlin from June 17 to 25, 2023. An event that many still remember fondly. In this interview, he talks about the success of the Special Olympics World Games and what impetus is needed for a possible Olympic bid.

Mareike Miller has been an enthusiastic basketball player since childhood. After tearing her cruciate ligaments four times in her youth, she took up wheelchair basketball at the age of 18. Now a Hamburg resident by choice, she has been runner-up in the world and European championships. In this interview, she talks about competitive sport, Hamburg as a sporting city and the fascination of the Olympics.

Four weeks after the conclusion of the DOA’s Olympic seminar, which took place in Greece from September 11 to 17, 2023, the content is still having an impact. New formats with a strong discussion character invited students, lecturers and multipliers from sport and society to debate current challenges facing the Olympic Movement. DEINE IDEEN. YOUR GAMES.

Alexa Peusch is runner-up in the world championship, European champion and multiple German champion – in a sport that she first tried out on vacation five years ago: Roundnet, better known to many as spikeball. In this interview, we talk to the Giessen native about the upswing in the trend sport, promotion and her dream of the Olympic Games.

Interview with Alon Meyer, President of the Jewish umbrella sports association MAKKABI Germany, on coming to terms with the 1936 and 1972 Olympic Games and the opportunities and risks of a possible German bid for the 2036 Olympics.

Interview with Sarah Wellbrock, former professional swimmer and law graduate, about the importance of sport for one’s own well-being and how new incentives for exercise could be created.

Interview with Tuğba Tekkal, former professional soccer player and human rights activist, about social sustainability and the importance of sports for society.

Interview mit Jacqueline Barrett, Direktorin der Future Olympic Games Hosts beim IOC, über die Reformprozesse des IOC.

Interview with Veronika Grimm, economist and personal member of the DOSB, on the potential impact of the Olympic Games on the German economy.

Verena Bentele is, among other things, the President of the Sozialverband VdK Germany and the Vice President of the DOSB. We spoke with her about the importance of sports in society.

World rowing champion Oliver Zeidler opens up about the Olympics, competitive sports in Germany, and the 2024 Games in Paris.

Interview with Stefan Wagner, 1st Chairman of the Sports for Future Association, on the topic of sustainable games.

Interview with DOSB President Thomas Weikert on the launch of the dialogue initiative “Your Ideas. Your Games.