Germany at the 2025 World Games

Germany at the
2025 World Games
IOC codeGER
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors220 (109 men and 111 women) in 25 sports and 115 events
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
17
Silver
14
Bronze
14
Total
45
World Games appearances

Germany competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.[1] Athletes representing Germany won 17 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 14 bronze medals. The country finished in 2nd place in the medal table.


Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Nina Holt Lifesaving Women's 100 metres rescue medley 8 August
 Gold Nina Holt
Julia Hennig
Lena Oppermann
Undine Lauerwald
Lifesaving Women's 4x50-metres pool life saver relay 8 August
 Gold Khrystyna Moshenska
Marius Balan
Dancesport Latin 8 August
 Gold Mia Bitsch Karate Women's kumite 55 kg 8 August
 Gold Nina Holt Lifesaving Women's 50 metres manikin carry 9 August
 Gold Alica Gebhardt
Undine Lauerwald
Lena Oppermann
Nina Holt
Lifesaving Women's 4x25-metres manikin relay 9 August
 Gold Alica Gebhardt
Undine Lauerwald
Lena Oppermann
Nina Holt
Lifesaving Women's 4x50-metres medley relay 9 August
 Gold Johanna Kneer Karate Women's kumite +68 kg 9 August
 Gold Julia Rick Wakeboarding Women's Cable Wakeboard 10 August
 Gold Max Poschart Finswimming Men's 100 metre surface 10 August
 Gold Max Poschart
Niklas Loßner
Justus Mörstedt
Marek Leipold
Finswimming Men's 4 x 50 metre surface relay 10 August
 Gold Sophie Büscher Ju-jitsu Women's 57 kg fighting 11 August
 Gold Max Poschart
Niklas Loßner
Justus Mörstedt
Marek Leipold
Finswimming Men's 4 x 100 metre surface relay 11 August
 Gold Nike Hunecke
Julia Paszkiewicz
Ju-jitsu Mixed duo para visual 12 August
 Gold
  • Moritz Ebert
  • Timo Gunther
  • Severin Henrich
  • Jannis Herr
  • Robin John
  • Lennart Liebeck
  • Hendrik Prahst
  • Lennart Wormann
  • Lars Zelser
  • Tobias Zeyen
Beach handball Men's tournament 12 August
 Gold
  • Katharin Grunewald
  • Nina Hachenburg
  • Hannah Kunz
  • Esra Ozbay
  • Jill Rutzen
  • Svenja Schaeper
  • Nele Schmalenbach
  • Lionie Wagner
Canoe polo Women's tournament 16 August
 Gold
  • Arne Beckmann
  • Erik Beukenbusch
  • Rene Kirchhoff
  • Leon Konrad
  • Julian Prescher
  • Tim Riecke
  • Lennart Unterfeld
  • Jonas Vieren
Canoe polo Men's tournament 16 August
 Silver Lena Oppermann Lifesaving Women's 100 metres rescue medley 8 August
 Silver Sebastien Pierre Louis
Jan Malkowski
Danny Wieck
Tim Brang
Lifesaving Men's 4x50-metres pool life saver relay 8 August
 Silver Lena Oppermann Lifesaving Women's 100 metres manikin carry with fins 8 August
 Silver Alica Gebhardt Lifesaving Women's 200 metres super lifasaver 8 August
 Silver Lena Oppermann Lifesaving Women's 50 metres manikin carry 9 August
 Silver Undine Lauerwald Lifesaving Women's 100 metres tow carry with fins 9 August
 Silver Max Milde Wakeboarding Men's Cable Wakeboard 10 August
 Silver Justus Mörstedt Finswimming Men's 100 metre surface 10 August
 Silver Max Poschart Finswimming Men's 50 m apnoea 11 August
 Silver Justus Mörstedt Finswimming Men's 200 metre surface 11 August
 Silver Alessandro Schober
Christine Jahn
Ju-jitsu Mixed duo para physical 12 August
 Silver
  • Pauline Borrmann
  • Julia Drachsler
  • Belen Gettwart
  • Isabel Kattner
  • Lena Klingler
  • Lucie Kretzschmar
  • Nele Kurzke
  • Amelie Mollmann
  • Emma Pilz
  • Kirsten Walter
Beach handball Women's tournament 12 August
 Silver
  • Philip Hofmann
  • Hauke Spille
  • Johannes Jungclaussen
  • Jaro Jungclaussen
  • Felix Klassen
  • Tom Hartung
  • Oliver Kraut
  • Timon Lutzow
  • Jakob Kilpper
  • Maximilian Lutz
Fistball Men's tournament 13 August
 Silver Stefanie Megerle Kickboxing Women's point fighting 70 kg 14 August
 Bronze Felix Hofmann Lifesaving Men's 200 metres super lifasaver 8 August
 Bronze Caio Lauxtermann
Fabian Vogel
Trampoline gymnastics Men's synchronized 8 August
 Bronze
  • Lucas Broghammer
  • Tim Fuss
  • Philip Klingele
  • Tobias Ortlieb
  • Florian Resch
  • Markus Resch
  • Johny Schuermans
  • Jakob Schlegel
  • Martin Wehrle
Tug of war Men's outdoor 640 kg 9 August
 Bronze Sebastien Pierre
Jan Malkowski
Danny Wieck
David Laufkotter
Lifesaving Men's 4x50-metres medley relay 9 August
 Bronze Florian Weiherer Wakeboarding Men's Cable Wakeboard 10 August
 Bronze
  • Fabien Elias
  • Julia Friess
  • Sabrina Jund
  • Ramona Mühl
  • Valentin Fehrenbach
  • Raphael Kunz
  • Lorenz Mühl
  • Rainer Vogel
  • Thomas Wegmann
Tug of war Mixed outdoor 580 kg 11 August
 Bronze Franziska Freudenberger Ju-jitsu Women's 63 kg fighting 11 August
 Bronze Anna-Laethisia Schimek Road speed skating Women's 1 lap 12 August
 Bronze Ron Pucklitzsch Road speed skating Men's 100 metre sprint 13 August
 Bronze
  • Maya Mehle
  • Henriette Schell
  • Denise Zeiher
  • Ida Hollmann
  • Pia Neuefeind
  • Jordan Nadermann
  • Helle Grossmann
  • Svenja Schroeder
  • Michaela Grzywatz
  • Ann-Kathrin Motteler
Fistball Women's tournament 13 August
 Bronze Martin Horn Carom Men's carom three cushion 13 August
 Bronze Joshua Filler Pool Men's pool 13 August
 Bronze Alexander Widau Snooker Men's 15-reds snooker 13 August
 Bronze Larissa Gaiser Track speed skating Women's 5000 metres point race 14 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Air sports 2 0 2
Archery 2 2 4
Beach handball 10 10 20
Billards 3 2 5
Canoe marathon 2 2 4
Canoe polo 8 8 16
Dancesport 4 4 8
Fistball 10 10 20
Flying disc 14 14 28
Gymnastics - Acrobatic 4 3 7
Gymnastics - Trampoline 2 1 3
Ju-jitsu 4 4 8
Karate 0 3 3
Kickboxing 1 1 2
Korfball 7 7 14
Lifesaving 4 4 8
Orienteering 4 4 8
Powerboating 1 1 2
Powerlifting 0 2 2
Racquetball 1 1 2
Roller sports 2 2 4
Sport climbing 2 2 4
Squash 2 2 4
Triathlon 1 3 4
Tug of war 11 11 22
Underwater sports 4 4 8
Wakeboarding 4 3 7
Total 109 111 220

Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Elimination round Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Michael Meyer Men's individual barebow
Florian Unruh Men's individual recurve 380 2  Huston (GBR)
L 61–64
 Bakker (NED)
L 59–60
4
Christine Schäfer Women's individual barebow
Elisa Tartler Women's individual recurve 370 1  Rebagliati (ITA)
L 53–53
 di Francesco (ITA)
L 56–61
4

Beach handball

Germany qualified at the 2024 Men's Beach Handball World Championships and 2024 Women's Beach Handball World Championships from China.

Team Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM / PM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Germany men's Men's tournament  Croatia
W 2–1
 Portugal
L 1–2
 Brazil
L 1–2
3  Denmark
W 2–1
 Brazil
W 2–1
 Portugal
W 2–1
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Germany women's Women's tournament  Spain
W 2–0
 Vietnam
W 2–0
 Denmark
W 2–0
1  China
W 2–0
 Denmark
W 2–0
 Argentina
L 1–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Billiards

Athlete Event Group stage Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Martin Horn Men's carom 3-cushion  Tellez (CRC)
W 40–19
 Cho (KOR)
W 40–38
1 Q  Piedrabuena (USA)
W 40–31
 Sidhom (EGY)
L 32–40
 Tran (VIE)
Joshua Filler Men's pool 10-ball  Szewczyk (POL)
W 9–5
 Hsieh (TPE)
W 9–5
1 Q  Maciol (POL)
W 9–8
 Martinez (PER)
L 7–9
 Szewczyk (POL)
Pia Filler Women's 10-ball  Amit (PHI)
W 7–4
 Liu (CHN)
L 5–7
2 Q  Han (CHN)
L 5–7
Did not advance
Ina Kaplan  Tkach (AIN)
W 7–5
 Ropero (ESP)
L 4–7
2 Q  Hung (AUS)
W 7–3
 Han (CHN)
L 3–7
 Liu (CHN)
Alexander Widau Men's snooker 15-reds  Liang (CHN)
W 2–0
 Asif (PAK)
L 1–2
2 Q  Al-Obaidli (QAT)
W 2–0
 Georgiou (CYP)
L 1–2
 Asif (PAK)

Canoe marathon

Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Nico Paufler Men's K-1 short distance 14:47.94 2 F 14:16.26 5
Men's K-1 long distance 1:38:38.79 7
Caroline Heuser Women's K-1 short distance 16:28.49 3 F 16:24.34 11
Women's K-1 long distance 1:57:02.34 12

Canoe polo

Team Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM / PM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Germany men's Men's tournament  Italy (ITA)
W 7–5
 Great Britain (GBR)
 China (CHN)
Germany women's Woen's tournament  New Zealand (NZL)
W 4–1
 China (CHN)
 Iran (IRI)

Fistball

Germany qualified in the men's fistball tournament by finishing at 2023 World Championships and women's fistball tournament by finishing at 2023 European Championship.

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Germany men's Men's tournament  Brazil
L 1–3
 Switzerland
W 3–0
 Austria
W 3–1
2  Austria
W 3–1
 Brazil
L 3–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Germany women's Women's tournament  Austria
W 3–0
 Switzerland
L 2–3
 Brazil
L 3–1
3  New Zealand
W 3–0
 Switzerland
L 3–2
 Austria
W 0–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Gymnastics

Acrobatic
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Balance Exercise Dynamic Exercise Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Andreas Benke
Aaron Borck
Pascale Dressler
Carl Frankenstein
Men's group 28.050 5 26.490 5 54.540 6 Did not advance
Tara Engler
Tia Gazsi
Anna Jesse
Women's group 27.910 4 27.520 5 55.430 4 Q 28.030 4
Trampoline

Germany qualified two athletes at the 2023 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Men's synchronized trampoline
Women's double mini-trampoline

Korfball

Germany qualified in korfball at the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship.

Indoor
Athlete Event Group stage Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Team Germany Korfball

Powerlifting

Equipped
Athlete Event Exercises Total weight Total points Rank
Squat Bench
press
Deadlift
Cathrin Silberzahn Women's Heavyweight DSQ
Valerie Von Gleichen Women's Super Heavyweight 270.0 75.0 125.0 470.0 73.13 8

Racquetball

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marcel Lunsmann Men's singles
Angela Grisar Women's singles
Marcel Lunsmann
Angela Grisar
Double

Squash

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Men's singles
Men's singles
Women's singles
Women's singles

Tug of war

Athlete Event Group stage Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Team Germany Women's outdoor 500 kg
Team Germany Men's outdoor 640 kg
Team Germany Mixed outdoor 580 kg


References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  2. ^ "TWG Sports". theworldgames. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-28.