Team sports Germany has to look for a new full-time leadership. Anett Sattler leaves the initiative of the DBB associations, DEB, DFB, DHB and DVV at the end of the year for personal reasons. The 34-year-old journalist started her job as manager of Teamsport Germany BerlinThe office of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) was added on July 1st of this year.
“The decision was not easy for me,” says Sattler. “I am convinced of the idea of this initiative. The merger is the right way to position team sports in the best possible way. Until the end of this year I will put all my strength into team sports in Germany.”
“We regret and respect Anett Sattler’s decision,” says Andreas Michelmann, President of the German Handball Federation and spokesman for Teamsport Germany. “Anett Sattler did valuable development work for all of us and helped launch Teamsport Germany. We thank you for that. Now we will take care of the successor together.”
The German Basketball Association, Deutscher Eishockey-Bund, German Football Association, German Handball Association and German Volleyball Association merged in March of this year. In this way, the associations pool their interests and appear with one voice. Key topics include the promotion of competitive sports, regulations for the promotion of talent trained in Germany, the national and international situation of media rights, advertising rights and marketing, service offerings and international events.

