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News from the association and reviews of competitions – latest posts first.
From association life
September 2026
Rhein-Main-Cup 2026
51 athletes competed in Ober-Olm on 12 September. A close relay final with a home win for TV Ober-Olm rounded off the day of competition.
German team forms for the 2026 IUKL World Championship
Around 15 athletes want to represent Germany at the IUKL World Championship. The competition takes place in Riga from 14 to 18 November.
July 2026
Open NRW Kettlebell Sport Championship 2026
Athletes competed for the podium in Stolberg on 27 June. At the same time, Stolberger Turngemeinde celebrated ten years of kettlebell sport.
May 2026
German Kettlebell Sport Championship 2026
On 7 March, athletes from beginner to professional level met in Berlin. The Berlin Kettle Bears hosted the championship together with the BVDKS.
September 2025
Rhein-Main-Cup 2025
Review of 13 September 2025 in Ober-Olm. Turnverein Ober-Olm e.V. organised the Rhein-Main-Cup together with the BVDKS.
July 2025
Berlin Open 2025
25 July 2025On 5 July 2025, the Berlin Kettle Bears hosted the third Berlin Open with the support of the BVDKS. Around 50 athletes and [...]
June 2025
Offene NRW-Meisterschaft 2025
5 June 202535 athletes took part in the open NRW Championship in Stolberg on 17 May 2025. The BVDKS and Stolberger Turngemeinde [...]
May 2024
IUKL European Championships 2024 in Paris
21 May 2024From 17 to 21 April 2024, around 227 athletes from 17 nations came together for the IUKL European Championships in Paris. The German [...]
April 2024
Kettlebell DM 2024
12 April 2024On 9 March 2024, the German Championships took place in Hoppstädten-Weiersbach. Martin Müller organised the competition together with the BVDKS board and with [...]
February 2024
Update: A remarkable milestone: support for Luis
3 February 2024Sport and solidarity came together for the ninth anniversary of the BVDKS: on 18 January 2024, a joint kettlebell half marathon took place in aid of Luis.22 [...]
November 2023
Berlin Open 2023 – 1st Open Championship
19 November 2023The first Berlin Open brought the kettlebell community to the capital. The Berlin Kettlebears around Karsten Bollert and André Chahor organised a [...]
October 2023
2nd Open South-West German Championship
30 October 2023Around 45 athletes competed in the second Open South-West German Championship in Hoppstädten-Weiersbach on 30 September 2023.A varied [...]
August 2023
WKSF World Championship 2023 in Hungary
7 August 2023At the end of June, the time had come for nine athletes from Germany: they set off on an adventurous journey to Hungary to [...]
June 2023
Open NRW 2023 Championship in Stolberg
21 June 2023A weekend of training and competition: on 3 June 2023, nine BVDKS members completed the fast-track coach education course. On the following Sunday, more than 40 athletes [...]
March 2023
German Championships 2023 in Ober-Olm
19 March 2023Around 65 athletes came to Ober-Olm on 25 February 2023 for the twelfth German Kettlebell Championships. TV 1848 Ober-Olm, led by [...]
December 2022
WKSF European Championship 2022: gold for Germany in Poland
Competition report · 19 December 2022From 8 to 11 December 2022, the European Championship of the World Kettlebell Sport Federation (WKSF) took place in Rzeszów, Poland. Germany [...]
September 2022
Kettlebell sport coaches successfully trained
24 September 2022In September 2022, the first participants in the BVDKS coach education course took their exams alongside the German Championships in Stolberg.First year of trainingThe two course weekends had [...]
