SV Dynamo

52°31′1.17″N 13°24′54.37″E / 52.5169917°N 13.4151028°E / 52.5169917; 13.4151028

SV Dynamo
Founded27 March 1953; 71 years ago (1953-03-27); dissolved: 1990; 34 years ago (1990)
LeagueOlympics, World cup, European Championship Nat. League
Team history"I am willing to win!/ Ich bin gewillt zu siegen!" (motto)[1]
Based inEast Berlin,  East Germany
ArenaPalast der Republik, Dynamo-Sportforum, Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, Dynamo Sports Hotel
StadiumDynamo-Stadion (Dresden), Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Heinz-Steyer-Stadion and others
ColorsClaret and white/Claret and silver
OwnerMinistry of the Interior of the GDR: Volkspolizei, Zollverwaltung, Ministry for State Security, Feuerwehr
PresidentErich Mielke[2]
Championships2.187 nat.; approx. 182 European cup medals approx. 324 World cup medals; approx. 215 Olympic medals[3]

The Sportvereinigung Dynamo (German: Sportvereinigung Dynamoⓘ) (Dynamo Sports Association) was the sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Ministry for State Security, fire department and customs) of former East Germany.

The association was founded on 27 March 1953 and was headquartered in Hohenschönhausen in East Berlin. From the date of its inception, the President of SV Dynamo was the Minister of State Security Erich Mielke.[4] The Minister of State Security served as First chairman of the association, while the Ministry of the Interior provided the Second chairman of the association.[5] The Head of the Volkspolizei Karl Maron was elected as the first Second Chairman at the founding conference.[6] The financial and material resources of the SV Dynamo were almost exclusively provided by the Ministry of State Security.[5] Erich Mielke was dismissed as First chairman in December 1989.[7] His position was not replaced.[7] SV Dynamo was dissolved in 1990.[5]

Dynamo was set up following the multi-sports club model developed in the Soviet Union and adopted throughout Eastern Europe. From the beginning it had an overtly political as well as sporting agenda and its many successes were always portrayed as a triumph of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). SV Dynamo was dissolved during the Peaceful Revolution. The association had a membership of over 280,000 members at its height.[8] Athletes of the association enjoyed considerable success both in national and international competitions, winning for example more than 200 Olympic medals. After German reunification in 1990 the systematic doping of Dynamo athletes from 1971 until 1989 was revealed by the German media. Doping was done under the supervision of the Stasi and with full backing of the government.[9]

  1. ^ Sportschau der SV Dynamo auf dem VIII. Turn- und Sportfest in Leipzig 1987 at 5min and 47sec
  2. ^ "Archived copy". bilder4.n-tv.de. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Data bank for the Magazine Dynamo sport/ Please insert Dynamosport for searching (attention:German language) It is for proving the medals; extra beside the linked athletes here. Archived 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Kurzbiographie von Erich Mielke". stasi-unterlagen-archiv.de (in German). Berlin: Stasi Records Agency. n.d. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "'Botschafter im Trainingsanzug': Die Sportvereinigung "Dynamo" in der DDR". stasi-unterlagen-archiv.de (in German). Berlin: Stasi Records Agency. n.d. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  6. ^ Fechner, Carmen (25 August 2011). Die Frühgeschichte der Sportvereinigung Dynamo. Hegemoniebestrebungen, Dominanzverhalten nd das Rivalitätsverhältnis zur Armeesportvereinigung "Vorwärts" (PDF) (doctoralThesis) (in German). Berlin: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. p. 86. doi:10.18452/16499.
  7. ^ a b Fechner, Carmen (25 August 2011). Die Frühgeschichte der Sportvereinigung Dynamo. Hegemoniebestrebungen, Dominanzverhalten nd das Rivalitätsverhältnis zur Armeesportvereinigung "Vorwärts" (PDF) (doctoralThesis) (in German). Berlin: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. pp. 226–228. doi:10.18452/16499.
  8. ^ Michael, Barsuhn; Jutta Braun; Hans Joachim Teichler. Chronik der Sporteinheit vom Mauerfall bis zur Aufnahme der fünf neuen Landessportbünde am 15. Dezember 1990 in den Deutschen Sportbund (PDF). Deutscher Sportbund. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  9. ^ "Sports Doping Statistics Reach Plateau in Germany". Deutsche Welle. 26 February 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2007.