Your career at the Center for Sports Management
The Center for Sports and Management offers internal and external doctorate student programs within the context of the “future of sports” and thus excellent opportunities to enter the sports business. Former employees and alumni of Professor Schmidt now work at some of the finest addresses in the sports business, including the German Football League (DFL), the German Football Association (DFB) or German record football champion FC Bayern Munich. Have we gaged your interest? Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions.
Find out more about our Doctoral Programs and send your application including motivational letter, CV and transcripts to Kerstin Forword (Kerstin.forword(at)whu.edu).
Should you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Making an impact on the sports business world –
![Dr. Mark Kassis Dr. Mark Kassis](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_mark_kassis_2d3284e92c.jpg)
![Dr. Marc Lenz Dr. Marc Lenz](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/6/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Marc_Lenz_15c1f57ec6.jpg)
![Dr. Steffen Merkel Dr. Steffen Merkel](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/5/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Merkel_Steffen_c9c40b6f0a.jpg)
![Dr. Caroline Päffgen Dr. Caroline Päffgen](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/2/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_caroline_paffgen_whu_d56881293f.jpg)
![Dr. Fabian Ulrich Dr. Fabian Ulrich](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/2/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_fabian_ulrich_fea41ca1a8.jpg)
Top athletes at WHU –
![Christian Friedrich Christian Friedrich](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/b/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Christian_Friedrich_c04b605b81.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- Vice World Champion
- 3rd Place at German Championships
![Daniel Hermann Daniel Hermann](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/b/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Daniel_Hermann_68addcb9c8.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion
- German Junior Champion
![Nicolas Limbach Nicolas Limbach](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/6/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Nicolas_Limbach_c8698c3c46.jpg)
Greates Successes:
- 2x World Champion
- Vice European Champion
- 7x German Champion
![Birte Steven-Vitense Birte Steven-Vitense](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/b/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Birthe-Steven-Vitense_cc417b4eef.jpg)
Greates Successes:
- German Champion
- Olympian
- World Cup Participant
![Norman Ackermann Norman Ackermann](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/7/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Norman_Ackermann_eed3da6fa8.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- Olympic Bronze Medal (Team)
- Vice World Champion (Team)
- World Cup Champion (Juniors)
- World Champion (Juniors)
- 3x German Champion (Team)
![Ibrahim Ahmadsei Ibrahim Ahmadsei](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/3/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Ibrahim-Ahmadsei_bb25109d3e.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- Olympic Silver Medal (Juniors)
- European Champion (Students)
- 4x German Champion
![Eileen Hoffmann Eileen Hoffmann](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/3/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Eileen_Hoffmann_6290dfe25a.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- Vice World Champion
- 2x European Champion
- 6x German Champion
- 233 Internationals
![Hagen Rothe Hagen Rothe](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/b/csm_csm_Hagen_Rothe_262942312d_7008bf508c.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- World Champion (Juniors)
- Vice World Champion (U23)
- Vice World Champion (Juniors)
- German Champion
![Christian Hochbruck Christian Hochbruck](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/5/csm_csm_christian-hochbruck_fbf495e0c8_3201294135.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- World Champion
- Multiple U23 World Champion
![Ilja Immermann Ilja Immermann](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/e/csm_csm_csm_Ilja_Immermann_8d73d378e0_729bef162a_3aac85bdd1.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion
- German Cup Champion
- German Youth Champion
- International since 2010
![Daniela Schreiber Daniela Schreiber](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/0/csm_csm_Daniela_Schreiber_d30a1e95b5_e7b3626b1f.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- European Champion (Relay)
- Vice World Champion (Relay)
- Olympian
![Andreas Späck Andreas Späck](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/a/csm_csm_Andreas_Spaeck_873f86c8f6_dcfce23c16.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion (Field & Indoor)
- Europa Cup Champion (Indoor)
- European Champion (Indoor)
![Max Keller Max Keller](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/3/csm_csm_max-keller_e904c9c030_ac291798c2.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion
- German Team Champion
![Vanessa Low Vanessa Low](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/2/csm_csm_Vanessa_Low_708ee3c8d7_60e541a30c.jpg)
Greates Successes:
- Paralympic Gold Medal
- Paralympic Silver Medal
- World Champion
- European Champion
![Richard Becker Richard Becker](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/8/csm_csm_Richard-Becker-2_336f721eda_581039ad12.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- Quarter-finalists Australian Open (Juniors)
- Quarter-finalists French Open (Juniors)
- World Ranking No. 336
![Felix Reuß Felix Reuß](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/0/csm_csm_Felix_Reuss_56203d834d_6977e146a1.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- European Champion (Field & Indoor)
- Winner Champions Trophy
- German Champion
![Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/1/csm_csm_Martin-Schmitt_9a4e531c0e_c4805a344a.jpg)
Greates Successes:
- 2x World Champion (Single)
- 2x World Champion (Team)
- 2x World Cup Winner
- Olympic Gold Medal
![Amelie Kober Amelie Kober](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/1/csm_csm_Amelie_Kober_f76e6665fb_3259925a8e.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- World Cup Winner
- Olympic Silver Medal
- Olympic Bronze Medal
- Vice World Champion
![Normann Stadler Normann Stadler](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/6/csm_csm_csm_Normann_Stadler_1_00303d7ec5_cd2837e4c9_69eb569eda.jpg)
Greatest Successes:
- 2x Ironman World Champion
![André Weßels André Weßels](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/3/csm_csm_Andre_Wessels_76f2e62898_4d63d3665f.jpg)
Class of 2017 (SPOAC)
Fencing
Greatest Successes:
- Vice World Champion
- World Champion (Team)
- Olympic Bronze Medal (Team)
Get in touch with us –
![Kerstin Forword Kerstin Forword](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/e/csm_Center_for_Sports_and_Management_Kerstin_Forword_a4ced18fc1.jpg)