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Kiel (dpa / lno) - The German handball master THW Kiel, the archer Florian Unruh and the rower Frieda Hämmerling are Schleswig-Holstein's athletes of the year.

The State Sports Association (LSV) Schleswig-Holstein announced on Sunday.

The 23-year-old from Kiel, Hämmerling, was runner-up in the four-year-olds in the four-year-olds, while the four-year-old balance wheel won the first ever Deutschland Cup with the recurve bow and set a new world record in the double 70-meter lap.

The THW handball players won their 21st German championship in the 2019/20 demolition season and will start at the Champions League final tournament on Monday.

LSV President Hans-Jakob Tiessen emphasized that it was important for the association to «carry out this award for special achievements, which traditionally takes place at the end of a sports year, in the Corona year 2020».

Unlike in previous years, there was no online voting.

Instead, a jury of experts decided.

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State Sports Association Schleswig-Holstein