Editing Mainz (section)

===USC Mainz===
'''Universitäts-Sportclub Mainz''' (University Sports Club Mainz) is a German sports club based in Mainz (Germany). It was founded on 9 September 1959<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usc-mainz.de/ |title=Universitäts Sportclub Mainz: USC Mainz |website=www.usc-mainz.de |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131161535/https://www.usc-mainz.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref> by Berno Wischmann primarily for students of the University of Mainz. It is considered one of the most powerful Athletics Sports clubs in Germany. 50 athletes of USC have distinguished themselves in a half-century in club history at Olympic Games, World and European Championships. In particular in the decathlon dominated USC athletes for decades: Already at the European Championships in Budapest in 1966, Mainz won three (Werner von Moltke, Jörg Mattheis and Horst Beyer) all decathlon medals. In the all-time list of the USC, there are nine athletes who have achieved more than 8,000 points – at the head of Siegfried Wentz (8762 points in 1983) and Guido Kratschmer (1980 world record with 8667 points). The most successful athlete of the association is more fighter, sprinter and long jumper Ingrid Becker (Olympic champion in 1968 in the pentathlon and Olympic champion in 1972 in the 4 × 100 Metres Relay and European champion in 1971 in the long jump). The most famous athletes of the present are the sprinter Marion Wagner (world champion in 2001 in the 4 × 100 Metres Relay) and the pole vaulters Carolin Hingst (Eighth of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing) and Anna Battke.<ref name="Universitäts Sportclub Mainz">{{cite web |title=Universitäts Sportclub Mainz: Olympiateilnehmer |website=Universitäts Sportclub Mainz |url=https://www.usc-mainz.de/der-club/historie/olympiateilnehmer.html |language=de |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131135622/https://www.usc-mainz.de/der-club/historie/olympiateilnehmer.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Three world titles adorn the balance of USC Mainz. For the discus thrower, Lars Riedel attended (1991 and 1993) and the already mentioned sprinter Marion Wagner (2001). Added to 5 titles at the European Championships, a total of 65 international medals and 260 victories at the German Athletics Championships.<ref>Peter H. Eisenhuth in der Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung 9 September 2009.</ref>

The players of USC's basketball section played from the season 1968/69 to the season 1974/75 in the National Basketball League (BBL) of the German Basketball Federation (DBB). As a finalist to winning the DBB Cup in 1971 USC Mainz played in the [[1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup]] against the Italian Cup winners of [[Fides Napoli]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 |url=http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_72.htm |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=Linguasport |archive-date=28 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228154153/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_72.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref>