Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung
The German Ultra Marathon Association (DUV) is an advocacy organization for organising and supporting ultramarathon runners and ultramarathons in Germany. It was formed on 29 December 1985 in Rodenbach and with approximately 1,500 members is the world's largest organization for ultra-marathon runners.
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Chairman and President of the DUV
- Prof. Karl Lennartz 1985 - 1987
- Bernd Evers 1987 - 1990
- Harry Arndt 1990 - 2001
- Volkmar Muehl 2001 - 2005
- Ulrich Welzel 2005 - 2006
- Dr. Stefan Hinze 2006 - 2012
- Wolfgang Olbrich since August 2012 (provisional)
The original aim in 1985
The aim of the DUV is to further the recognition of ultrarunning as an independent running discipline. The primary effort is to organize official 100-km Championships and corresponding leaderboards. In the course of further development in ultra-long-country championships will also consider other distances are involved. The prerequisite for such championships, the establishment and monitoring of certain rules.
Current Objectives
The DUV regards itself as the advocacy and professional organization of ultra-marathoners and ultra-marathoners and ultra-marathon running organization in Germany. Its statutory objective is to promote beyond the marathon distance running and maintain the German Championships of DUV.
The DUV directed German championships from the following disciplines:
- 100-Miles 1986 - since the DLV championships in the 100 Miles
- 24-hour race in 1989
- 100 km railway running from 1991 to 2001
- 50-kilometer run since 1995
- Cross-country running, and since 2001
Honorary Members
- DUV Honorary President Harry A. Arndt
- DUV honorary member Werner Sonntag
- DUV honorary member Franz Reist
- DUV honorary member Friedrich Marquardt
- DUV honorary member Horst Preisler
- DUV honorary member Helmut Urbach
- DUV honorary member Ingo Schulze
- First DUV honorary member Dr. Adolf Weidmann († 26 June 1997)
- DUV honorary member Christel Vollmer Hausen († February 1998)
- DUV honorary member Werner Lehmann († in December 1998)
- DUV honorary board member Konrad Völkening († in January 1999)
