Para shot putter Niko Kappel has been awarded the DJK Sports Ethics Prize for 2021. At the gala in Stuttgart, which was postponed due to the pandemic, the gold medalist from Rio received the award, which is worth 2,500 euros, and Friedhelm Julius Beucher, President of the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS), gave the laudatory speech.
“From an early age I was taught values such as tolerance, appreciation, respect and reliability,” said Kappel. to inspire other people through my appearance for their actions.”
The prize, which is awarded every two years by the Catholic Sports Association, is intended for personalities “who distinguish themselves through outstanding personal role models, through special promotion of fair sporting behavior or through outstanding statements or work in Christian-oriented sports ethics”. Dirk Nowitzki, Verena Bentele and Thomas Hitzlsperger, for example, received the award before Kappel.