Editing List of Germans (section)

===S–Z===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09348, Max Schmeling.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Max Schmeling]]]]
[[File:Schumi di GP Kanada 2011 cropped.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Michael Schumacher]]]]
[[File:Jan Ullrich.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Jan Ullrich]]]] 
[[File:Sebastian Vettel 2017 Malaysia 2.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Sebastian Vettel]]]]
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* [[Arian Sadiković]] (born 1994), professional Kickboxer former title challenger at One Championship (2022)
* [[Matthias Sammer]] (born 1967), football player and manager who won the [[1996 Ballon d'Or]]
* [[Thomas Schaaf]] (born 1961), football player and manager
* [[Max Schmeling]] (1905–2005), World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
* [[Paul Felix Schmidt]] (1916–1984), Estonian–German chess master
* [[Martin Schmitt]] (born 1978), ski jumper
* [[Bernd Schneider (footballer)|Bernd Schneider]], football player
* [[Bernd Schneider (racing driver)|Bernd Schneider]], racing driver
* [[Mehmet Scholl]] (born 1970), football player
* [[Anja Schreiner]], IFBB professional bodybuilder
* [[Detlef Schrempf]] (born 1963), German-American former NBA player<ref name=":0"/>
* [[Carl Schuhmann]] (1869–1946), won four Olympic titles in gymnastics and wrestling at the [[1896 Summer Olympics]]; becoming the most successful athlete at the inaugural Olympics of the modern era
* [[Harald Schumacher]] (born 1954), football player
* [[Michael Schumacher]] (born 1969), racing driver (seven-time Formula One World Champion)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/hall-of-fame/Michael_Schumacher.html|title=Michael Schumacher|work=formula1.com|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>
* [[Ralf Schumacher]] (born 1975), racing driver; brother of [[Michael Schumacher]] 
* [[Dennis Schröder]], NBA player<ref name=":0"/>
* [[Ralf Schumann]] (born 1962), pistol shooter
* [[Bernd Schuster]] (born 1959), football player and manager
* [[Rainer Schüttler]], tennis player
* [[Armin Schwarz]] (born 1963), racing driver
* Wolfgang Schmidt (athlete) (born 1954), olympian track and field
* [[Bastian Schweinsteiger]] (born 1984), football player
* [[Werner Seelenbinder]] (1904–1944), wrestler
* [[Uwe Seeler]] (1936–2022), football player
* [[Dennis Seidenberg]] (born 1981), ice hockey player
* [[Katja Seizinger]], alpine ski champion
* [[Wolfgang Stark]] (born 1969), football referee
* [[Renate Stecher]] (born 1950), athlete
* [[Britta Steffen]] (born 1983), swimmer; three-time [[Olympic medal]]ist<ref>[https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/hall-of-fame/bio/swimmer/britta-steffen "Britta Steffen – Hall of Fame Swimmer"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 23 July 2021.</ref>
* [[Michael Stich]] (born 1968), tennis player
* [[Rolf Stommelen]] (1943–1983), racing driver
* [[Hans Stuck]] (1900–1978), racing driver
* [[Hans-Joachim Stuck]], racing driver and son of Hans
* [[Marco Sturm]] (born 1978), ice hockey player and coach; one-time [[NHL All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]] ([[1999 NHL All-Star Game|1999]])
* [[Siegbert Tarrasch]] (1862–1934), chess grandmaster
* [[Joseph Taussig]] (1877–1947), German-born American football quarterback<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=55|access-date=2020-09-13|title=x|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030520230414/http://jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=55|archive-date=20 May 2003}}</ref>
* [[Axel Teichmann]] (born 1979), cross-country skier
* [[Richard Teichmann]] (1868–1925), leading German chess player, easily of grandmaster strength
* [[Alexander Wolfe (wrestler)|Axel Tischer]] (born 1986), professional wrestler
* [[Toni Turek]] (1919–1984), football player
* [[Jan Ullrich]] (born 1973), cyclist
* [[Wolfgang Unzicker]] (1925–2006), chess grandmaster
* [[Nicole Uphoff]] (born 1967), equestrian
* [[Sebastian Vettel]], Formula One driver (four-time World Champion)
* [[Berti Vogts]], football player and manager
* [[Johannes Voigtmann]] (born 1992), basketball player
* [[Rudi Völler]] (born 1960), football player
* [[Sebastian Vollmer]] (born 1984), American football player, first German NFL draft pick; plays for the [[New England Patriots]]
* [[Katrin Wagner-Augustin]] (born 1977), [[Canoe sprint|sprint canoer]]
* [[Ralf Waldmann]], motorcycle racer
* [[Fritz Walter (footballer, 1920)|Fritz Walter]] (1920–2002), football player
* [[Fritz Walter (footballer, 1960)|Fritz Walter]] (born 1960), football player
* [[Ulrich Wehling]] (born 1952), won the [[nordic combined]] event in the [[Winter Olympics]] three consecutive times, in [[1972 Winter Olympics|1972]], [[1976 Winter Olympics|1976]], and [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980]]
* [[Jens Weißflog]] (born 1964), ski jumper
* [[Tobias Wendl]] (born 1987), luger 
*[[Moritz Wagner (basketball)|Moritz Wagner]], NBA player for the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.german-times.com/like-many-german-athletes-moritz-wagner-had-a-rough-go-of-it-when-he-arrived-in-the-us-now-hes-a-los-angeles-laker/|title=Like many German athletes, Moritz Wagner had a rough go of it when he arrived in the U.S., now he's a Los Angeles Laker|work=german-times.com|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0"/>
* [[Isabell Werth]] (born 1969), equestrian and world champion in [[dressage]]; holds the record for the most Olympic medals won by any equestrian athlete
* [[Kati Wilhelm]] (born 1976), biathlete
* [[Joachim Winkelhock]], racing driver
* [[Manfred Winkelhock]] (1951–1985), racing driver; brother of [[Joachim Winkelhock]]
* [[Hans Günter Winkler]] (1926–2018), [[show jumping]] rider
* [[Katarina Witt]] (born 1965), figure skater
* [[Bärbel Wöckel]] (born 1955), [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]]
* [[Sigrun Wodars]] (born 1965), athlete
* [[Jenny Wolf]] (born 1979), speed skater
* [[Erik Zabel]] (born 1970), cyclist
* [[Christian Ziege]] (born 1972), football player and manager
* [[Johannes Zukertort]] (1842–1888), German Polish-Jewish chessmaster
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