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Germany is a leading sporting nation which has had success in a wide range of sports. OLYMPICS In the all time Summer Olympics Medal Count through 2004 Germany ranks seventh, East Germany eighth and West Germany sixteenth. If all the medals are combined Germany ranks third. Germany has hosted the Summer Olympics twice, in Berlin in 1936 and in Munich in 1972. In the all time Winter Olympics Medal Count through 2002 Germany ranks fourth, East Germany seventh and West Germany fifteenth. Totalling the three sets of medals could theoretically move Germany into first, but again this is not a reliable measure (on the other hand rank four for Germany and only rank 7 for East Germany also does not show the real strenght over the years). Germany hosted the Winter Olympics for the only time to date in 1936, when they were staged in the Bavaria n twin towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen . FOOTBALL Germany's main football league the is the most successful German football club, with 19 national championships and 4 European champions titles (3 European Cup and one Champions League) to its name. Like many other German sports clubs Bayern Munich is a multi-sport club. The German National Football Team is one of the traditional powers in international football. It won the Football World Cup (as West Germany) in 1954, 1974 and 1990 and the European Football Championship in 1972 and 1980 as West Germany and in 1996 as Germany. Gerd Müller is the leading goalscorer for the national team with 68 goals, but his fame is perhaps eclipsed by that of Franz Beckenbauer . OTHER TEAM SPORTS Other popular team sports in Germany include Ice Hockey , Basketball and Handball . Germany is the main base for NFL Europe , hosting five teams out of six as of 2006. INDIVIDUAL SPORTS The two most successful German tennis players of all time are Steffi Graf and Boris Becker . Michael Schumacher is the first and only German to have won the Formula One world championship and has won more Formula One races than any other driver. As of 2006 Germany hosts two events on Golf 's European Tour , the Deutsche Bank Players Championship Of Europe and the BMW International Open . Bernhard Langer is the only German who has won a Major Championship and is a former World No. 1 . |
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