Berlin

==Sports==
{{Main|Sport in Berlin}}

[[File:Berliner Olympiastadion night 2.jpg|thumb|The [[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]] hosted the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] and the [[2006 FIFA World Cup Final]].]]
[[File:Berlin marathon.jpg|thumb|The [[Berlin Marathon]] is the world record course.]]
[[File:Berlin Mercedes-Benz-Arena.jpg|thumb|[[Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin)|Mercedes-Benz Arena]].]]

Berlin has established a high-profile as a host city of major international sporting events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/01/2204562.htm?section=sport|title=Melbourne retains ultimate sports city title|website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=1 April 2008|access-date=1 July 2008|archive-date=13 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113164852/https://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/01/2204562.htm?section=sport|url-status=live}}</ref> The city hosted the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] and was the host city for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/overview.html |title=Italy conquer the world as Germany wins friends |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821050509/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/overview.html |archive-date=21 August 2008}}</ref> The [[World Athletics Championships]] was held in the [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]] in [[2009 World Athletics Championships|2009]] and [[2025 World Athletics Championships|2025]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlin2009.org/ |title=12. IAAF Leichtathletik WM berlin 2009 |publisher=Berlin2009.org |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720233014/https://www.berlin2009.org/ |archive-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city hosted the Basketball [[Euroleague Final Four]] in [[2009 Euroleague Final Four|2009]] and [[2016 Euroleague Final Four|2016]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5y55csanso845gfb|title=Euroleague Final Four returns to Berlin in 2016|publisher=Euroleague|date=11 May 2015|access-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019170810/https://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5y55csanso845gfb|archive-date=19 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was one of the hosts of the FIBA [[EuroBasket 2015]]. In 2015 Berlin became the venue for the [[2015 UEFA Champions League Final|UEFA Champions League Final]].

Berlin will host the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games. This will be the first time Germany has ever hosted the Special Olympics World Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.specialolympics.org/about/press-releases/berlin-germany-selected-to-host-the-2023-special-olympics-world-games|title=Berlin, Germany selected to host the 2023 Special Olympics World Games|publisher=Special Olympics|access-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041349/https://www.specialolympics.org/about/press-releases/berlin-germany-selected-to-host-the-2023-special-olympics-world-games|archive-date=21 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The annual [[Berlin Marathon]]{{snd}}a course that holds the most top-10 world record runs{{snd}}and the [[Internationales Stadionfest|ISTAF]] are well-established athletic events in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scc-events.com/en/events/halbmarathon/ |title=Berlin Marathon |publisher=Scc-events.com |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402162248/https://www.scc-events.com/en/events/halbmarathon/ |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Mellowpark]] in Köpenick is one of the biggest skate and BMX parks in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urbancatalyst-studio.de/en/projects/project-site/mellowpark-berlin.html |title=Mellowpark Campus |publisher=urbancatalyst-studio.de |access-date=29 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904031925/https://www.urbancatalyst-studio.de/en/projects/project-site/mellowpark-berlin.html |archive-date=4 September 2014}}</ref> A Fan Fest at Brandenburg Gate, which attracts several hundred-thousand spectators, has become popular during international football competitions, like the [[UEFA European Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.bettor.com/The-best-sports-stadiums-in-the-world-a21645 |title=500,000 spectators to watch the game together |publisher=Blogs.bettor.com |access-date=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322085540/https://blogs.bettor.com/The-best-sports-stadiums-in-the-world-a21645 |archive-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>

[[Friedrich Ludwig Jahn]], who is often hailed as the "father of modern gymnastics", invented the [[Horizontal bar]], [[parallel bars]], [[Rings (gymnastics)|rings]] and the [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]] around 1811 in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gymnastics|last=Mcintosh|first=J. S.|publisher=Mason Crest|year=2010|isbn=978-1422217344}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/history-gymnastics-ancient-greece-modern-times/|title=A History of Gymnastics: From Ancient Greece to Modern Times {{!}} Scholastic|last=Strauss|first=Michael|website=www.scholastic.com|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219051634/https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/history-gymnastics-ancient-greece-modern-times/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidesport.com.au/news/friedrich-jahn-invented-gymnastics-apparatus-422812|title=Friedrich Jahn invented gymnastics' apparatus|last=Drane|first=Robert|date=16 March 2016|website=Inside Sport|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204131519/https://www.insidesport.com.au/news/friedrich-jahn-invented-gymnastics-apparatus-422812|url-status=live}}</ref> Jahn´s [[Turners]] movement, first realized at [[Volkspark Hasenheide]], was the origin of the modern [[sports clubs]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/Aeltester-Sportverein-HT16-feiert-200-Jahre,jubilaeumht100.html | title=Ältester Sportverein der Welt wird 200 Jahre | access-date=20 January 2024 | archive-date=26 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126003431/https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/Aeltester-Sportverein-HT16-feiert-200-Jahre,jubilaeumht100.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
2013 around 600,000 Berliners were registered in one of the more than 2,300 sport and fitness clubs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lsb-berlin.net/wir-ueber-uns/der-lsb-berlin/ |title=Der Landessportbund Berlin – Mitglieder |publisher=LSB |access-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004065645/https://www.lsb-berlin.net/wir-ueber-uns/der-lsb-berlin/ |archive-date=4 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city of Berlin operates more than 60 public indoor and outdoor swimming pools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newinthecity.de/en/sports-leisure-berlin/2976-berlin-swimming-pools-and-bathing-spots.html |title=Berlin's swimming pools and bathing spots |publisher=New in the City |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216213503/https://www.newinthecity.de/en/sports-leisure-berlin/2976-berlin-swimming-pools-and-bathing-spots.html |archive-date=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Berlin is the largest Olympic training center in Germany. About 500 top athletes (15% of all German top athletes) are based there. Forty-seven elite athletes participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Berliners would achieve seven gold, twelve silver and three bronze medals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlin-sportmetropole.de/english/olympiastuetzpunkt/index.html |title=Sports Metropolis |publisher=Be Berlin |access-date=12 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216042009/https://www.berlin-sportmetropole.de/english/olympiastuetzpunkt/index.html |archive-date=16 February 2016}}</ref>

Several professional clubs representing the most important spectator team sports in Germany have their base in Berlin. The oldest and most popular first division team based in Berlin is the football club [[Hertha BSC]].<ref name="Hertha BSC">{{cite web |url=https://www.herthabsc.de/ |title=Hertha BSC |publisher=Herthabsc.de |date=27 December 2011 |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223123453/https://www.herthabsc.de/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The team represented Berlin as a founding member of the [[Bundesliga]] in 1963. Other professional team sport clubs include:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| Club
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| Sport
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| Founded
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| League
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| Venue
|-
|[[Hertha BSC]]<ref name="Hertha BSC"/>
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1892
|[[Bundesliga]]
|[[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]]
|-
|[[1. FC Union Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/ |title=Union Berlin |publisher=Fc-union-berlin.de |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=7 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207225546/https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1966
|[[Bundesliga]]
|[[Stadion An der Alten Försterei]]
|-
|[[ALBA Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.albaberlin.de/ |title=ALBA Berlin |publisher=Albaberlin.de |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=10 May 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510094130/https://www.albaberlin.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Basketball
|1991
|[[Basketball Bundesliga|BBL]]
|[[Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin)|Mercedes-Benz Arena]]
|-
|[[Berlin Thunder (ELF)|Berlin Thunder]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeanleague.football/members-of-efl/berlin-thunder |title=Berlin Thunder |publisher=europeanleague.football |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-date=21 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521130817/https://www.europeanleague.football/members-of-efl/berlin-thunder |url-status=live }}</ref>
|[[American football]]
|2021
|[[European League of Football|ELF]]
|[[Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark]]
|-
|[[Eisbären Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eisbaeren.de |title=Eisbären Berlin |publisher=Eisbaeren.de |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=4 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404224600/https://www.eisbaeren.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|[[Ice hockey]]
|1954
|[[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
|[[Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin)|Mercedes-Benz Arena]]
|-
|[[Füchse Berlin (handball)|Füchse Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fuechse-berlin.de/ |title=Füchse Berlin |publisher=Fuechse-berlin.de |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419192051/https://www.fuechse-berlin.de/ |archive-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|[[Team handball|Handball]]
|1891
|[[Bundesliga (handball)|HBL]]
|[[Max-Schmeling-Halle]]
|-
|[[Berlin Recycling Volleys]]
|Volleyball
|1991
|[[Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|[[Max-Schmeling-Halle]]
|-
|[[Berliner Hockey Club]]
|[[Lacrosse]]
|2005
|Bundesliga
|Ernst-Reuter-Feld
|}