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VBKI Team Milano Cortina 2026
Promoting top-class sport: VBKI supports 11 top Berlin athletes on their way to the Winter Olympics
Performance should be rewarded - as a forum of committed entrepreneurs, this principle is firmly anchored in our thoughts and actions. Against this backdrop, promoting sport in Berlin is part of the VBKI's DNA. With the "Milano Cortina 2026" program, the VBKI is supporting Berlin's top athletes on their way to the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Together with partners from Berlin's competitive sports scene, we have nominated 11 top Berlin athletes from the disciplines of figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey, whom we are supporting with financial aid and benefits in kind worth a total of 15,000 euros.
The prerequisite for appointment to the VBKI selection is, in addition to basic need, the justified prospect of participating in the 2026 Winter Olympics. All team members must have their center of life and training in the capital region. In putting together the team, the VBKI sports committee in charge is supported by partners such as the Berlin Olympic Training Center and the Berlin State Sports Association. The team members are supported with a financial contribution of 750 euros per person as well as benefits in kind.
Figure Skating - Pair Skating
Photo source: Olympic Training Center Berlin
Minerva Hase & Nikita Volodin
Greatest sporting successes:
Bronze medal in pairs skating
Winter Olympics in Milan (2026)
16th place Olympia (2022, Minerva with Nolan Seegert)
2nd place + 3rd place World Championship (2025, 2024)
1st place European Championship (2025)
Professional career:
Minerva: Psychology student (HU)
Nikita: Competitive athlete
Figure Skating - Pair Skating
Photo: Nikolaj Majorov
Annika Hocke & Robert Kunkel
Greatest sporting successes:
10th place Winter Olympics in Milan (pair skating, 2026)
16th place Olympia (2018, Annika with Ruben Blommaert)
5th place World Championship (2024)
3rd place European Championship (2023)
Professional career:
Annika: Student, Social Media (iu)
Robert: Student of industrial engineering (TU)
Speed skating
Michelle Uhrig
Greatest sporting successes:
2 Olympic participations (2018 + 2022)
6th place World Championship (Team Sprint, 2024)
Professional career:
Psychology student (HU)
Speed skating
Lea Scholz
Greatest sporting successes:
5th place at the Winter Olympics in Milan (team pursuit, 2026)
18th place at the Winter Olympics in Milan (1500m, 2026)
4th place World Championship (Team Pursuit 2025)
2nd place European Championship (Team Pursuit, 2024)
2x 1st place/ 1x 2nd place/ 1x 3rd place Student World Championship (2022)
Professional career:
Psychology student (HU)
Speed skating
Josephine Schlörb
Greatest sporting successes:
5th place at the Winter Olympics in Milan (team pursuit, 2026)
4th place World Championship (Team Pursuit 2025)
2nd place European Championship (Team Pursuit, 2024)
3rd place Junior World Championship (Team Pursuit, 2023)
Professional career:
Student of nutritional science (iu)
Speed skating
Josie Hofmann
Greatest sporting successes:
5th place at the Winter Olympics in Milan (team pursuit, 2026)
14th place at the Winter Olympics in Milan (3000m, 2026)
23rd place Winter Olympics in Milan (mass start, 2026)
4th place World Championship (Team Pursuit 2025)
2nd place European Championship (Team Pursuit, 2024)
Professional career:
Prevention & Health Management student (Apollon)
Ice hockey
Photo: Citypress
Laura Kluge
Greatest sporting successes:
6th place Winter Olympics in Milan (2026)
6th place World Championship (2024)
2x German champion (2023, 2024)
Professional career:
Bachelor's degree in Marketing
Ice hockey
Photo: Citypress
Franziska Feldmeier
Greatest sporting successes:
6th place Winter Olympics in Milan (2026)
6th place World Championship (2024)
5x German champion (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2024)
Professional career:
Student 'New Work' (iu)
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