German sports minister Ronald Rauhe prioritizes nationwide Olympic bid movement
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 9, 2026, 11:18 AM
Last updated Sep 9, 2026
Newly appointed German Sports Minister Ronald Rauhe has identified securing a national Olympic bid as a primary objective. During his debut parliamentary speech, Rauhe emphasized that a successful bid requires support from sports organizations, government, business sectors, and the public. He stated that the project must represent a collective national effort rather than the interests of a single city or region. The German Olympic Sports Confederation is scheduled to announce its choice between Berlin, Munich, or Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr as the official bidder on September 26. This potential candidacy would target the 2036, 2040, or 2044 Games. Rauhe also signaled his intent to continue elite sport reforms to improve international competitiveness, aiming to restore Germany’s status as a leading global sporting nation.
- •Ronald Rauhe serves as the new Minister of State for Sports and Volunteer Work.
- •The German Olympic Sports Confederation selects a candidate city on September 26.
- •Berlin, Munich, and Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr are the cities under consideration for the bid.
- •The 2027 federal budget allocates approximately 362 million euros for sports development.
- •Rauhe aims to maintain existing elite sport reforms to increase international medal success.
- 11:18 AMYahoo Sports — New German sports minister: Olympic bid must be nationwide movement
"New German Sports Minister Ronald Rauhe has vowed to make a strong Olympic bid one of his core projects, saying it must become a nationwide movement backed by "sport, politics, business and above all the people. " "For that to happen, a German bid must become more than the bid of a city and a region.
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