German University Championships in Athletics

Erfurt's Lord Mayor Andreas Horn is the patron of the event. The competitions will take place from 12.30 to 18.30 in the Hartwig-Gauder athletics hall at the Steigerwaldstadion.

The DHM is the flagship event for university sport at national level. Every year, the German University Sports Association (adh) organises around 40 German University Championships in over 30 sports. The speciality: Hobby and amateur athletes compete together with cadre athletes. But of course it is not just about the pure comparison of performance at a high level, but also about combining aspects of competitive sport with student interests in meeting, communicating and exchanging ideas.

The championships are usually organised by adh member universities throughout Germany and allow students and employees of the universities to participate as individual starters or in teams. As the university sports for the University of Erfurt and the University of Applied Sciences in Erfurt are organised by the USV, the club will be hosting the DHM next year. "The USV athletics department has been organising the Thuringian University Championships in road running for nine years now. With the German University Championships, we have taken on responsibility for a national sporting event for the first time," says USV President Jens Panse, who is looking forward to exciting competitions in Erfurt.