https://www.wgi.de/de/
https://www.wgi.de/de/
https://www.wgi.de/de/

Willibald Gebhardt Institute

International Institute for Research
and Knowledge Transfer in Sport e.V.

The Willibald Gebhardt Institute (WGI) is an International Institute of Research and Knowledge Transfer in the fields of Sport and Sport Sciences. It was established as a non-governmental and non-profit institution at the city of Essen (Germany) on May 5th 1992. According to the constitution of the WGI its purpose is to support human tasks and social targets of physical activities including health-related fitness and ethical-morale principles in sport activities. This purpose is linked with a holistic approach of education for a well-rounded individual, particularly for children and adolescents in their main settings of living and development:  in families, at schools, within sport clubs in the context of recreational and elite sports.

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Who was Willibald Gebhardt?

Karl August Willibald Gebhardt was born on January 17th, 1861 in Berlin and also died there on April 30th, 1921. He was a supporter of modern international Olympic games and founder of the Olympic movement in Germany, even though the modern international Olympic movement is most often only associated with Pierre de Coubertin.

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International Conference “Sport Politics in Germany and Korea“

May 17, 2023

On June 6 and 7, 2023, the Department of Sport Pedagogic and Sport History of the Institute of Sports Science at WWU Münster will host the international conference "Sport Politics in Germany and Korea". During the event, renowned experts from Korea and Germany will discuss these topics from Tuesday morning to midday on Wednesday. For the guests from Korea - a country that is still divided into ...

Presentations of the “European Conference on Physical Education and School Sport” now available for download

May 15, 2023

Guests from seven nations attended the "European Conference on Physical Education and School Sport" in October 2022, which was organized by the Willibald Gebhardt Institute in Münster in the year of its ...

Reception celebrating 30 years of WGI: “Building strong sport/science networks”

May 11, 2023

Hosted by the Commerzbank Münster, the Willibald Gebhardt Institute had invited to a reception celebrating its 30th anniversary on May 10, 2023. About 30 invited guests attended, among them numerous WGI ...

Physical Activity Summit of the Federal Government: WGI Vice President Nils Neuber gives keynote speech

February 6, 2023

In mid-December, the German government held its first Physical Activity Summit in Berlin. The event, which involved no fewer than nine federal government departments, was intended to ignite sustainable ...

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