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A photograph holds a moment. Film brings back the sound, the movement and the people around the water. Explore original clips, event films, portraits and television reports from the Splashdiving archive.
68 films
Würzburg, 2010. More than the jump.
On 17 and 18 July 2010, the AREA 47 SPLASHDIVING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP came to Dallenbergbad in Würzburg. The web edition of the original highlight film brings together the jumps, the spectators and the medal ceremony. Watch the movement between take-off and landing, and the people who made the event their own.
Peckla. Every eye on the water.
The tower fills the frame, with spectators gathered below. This short original clip follows take-off through to the splash. It comes from the Cup collection filed under 2003; an exact recording date has not been established.
Katz. A name from the early archive.
First the wait beside the railing, then movement above the water. The original file is named Katz.mpg. The scene stands on its own, without an invented competition score or instructions for attempting the dive.
One dive. Everyone watching.
The camera follows the diver from the tower into the water, with spectators close to the pool behind him. The file Reiser5.mpg also survives under another name in a later collection. The footage appears here only once.
A few seconds. A moment of its own.
A short sequence from the early diving collection. Its surviving filename is Doppel Auerbach Peckla.mpg. We preserve that historical label without presenting it as a verified classification under today's terminology.
Oliver Hillebrecht. Training in Berlin.
Oliver Hillebrecht training in Berlin. The clip is filed under 2003 in the archive; born in 1969, he was around 34 at that time.
Pecklamann. The original filename.
A dive in front of a crowded poolside. The 2004 collection calls this file PECKLAMANN.MPG, but its surviving file timestamp dates back to August 2003. The year filter identifies the collection, not an asserted recording year.
Tsuki Peckla. An early filename.
The camera pans from the tower to the water and stays with the splash. TSUKI_PECKLA.MPG is the historical file label. This file in the 2004 collection also carries an August 2003 timestamp; that does not establish an exact event date.
Brisant. A summer splash.
A quiet golf course gives way to water crashing over the edge of a pool. This web edition retains the pool segment of the archived Brisant recording: shared dives, the view from the tower and a camera close to the water. A brief television memory of the early Arschbombe years.
A is for Arschbombe.
Arschbombe gets its own letter in a summer alphabet. This report from the Volle Kanne collection moves between dives, the poolside and illustrated landing positions. The combination captures something of the early years: a familiar word becoming a sport with a language of its own.
Heilbronn. The championship makes the news.
A news programme visits the competition: busy stands, dives and conversations beside the water. The report identifies Simon Gfeller on screen as the Arschbombe world champion. Preserved in the 2005 collection, the recording captures both the sporting scenes and television's view of a still-young community.
Punkt 6. The reporter joins in.
First comes a conversation beside the pool; then the reporter is up on the tower herself. This archived Punkt 6 report follows her meeting with the team, the preparation and her dive. Its quieter moments matter too: talking together, looking up and taking one more breath.
17:30 live. Faces beside the pool.
The camera does more than follow the dives. It listens: Omme speaks into the microphone, while Florian Spiske is introduced on screen as national coach. Between the interviews are the stairs, the tower and the water. This short report preserves the people training together behind the sporting images.
Five minutes beside the competition pool.
The stands are busy, the tower rises above the water and each dive draws a reaction from the poolside. This n-tv recording gives time to the competition, conversations and spectators. For someone who was there, it may bring back not just a dive but a whole summer day.
KiKA LIVE. Questions from the poolside.
Here, a conversation has room to breathe. KiKA LIVE moves between the outdoor pool, team interviews and the studio; the Jump Chart and its landing positions also appear. The programme explores the dives, sharing a pool and the questions young viewers ask. An extended themed segment from the early television archive.
World Championship 2006.
A camera above the pool, athletes on the tower and smiling faces at the poolside. This short original film brings the jumps and the atmosphere around the competition together. The small moments between the landings belong here too.
Elvis. Beyond the pool.
This original portrait of Christian “Elvis” Guth moves between the diving tower, the city and acrobatics. Here is an athlete whose movement is not confined to the pool. A glimpse of the early scene, with room for more than a single competition jump.
Munich. From the entrance to the water.
The entrance banner reads “swim and splash ’06”. BR reporter Markus Langer begins outside the Olympic swimming hall in his jacket; later he takes part himself. The tower, the hall and the conversation afterwards offer a view of Splashdiving built around trying it rather than watching a final.
Welt der Wunder. Watching the landing.
A tower against the sky; a camera waiting beside the water. This archived Welt der Wunder report alternates diving sequences with poolside conversations. Its repeated view of the landing invites a closer look at body position, the shape of the splash and the moment they meet.
Galileo. More than the moment above the water.
The scorecards carry numbers. Behind them are people watching closely. This longer Galileo report introduced by Daniel Aminati gives them room alongside the dives and the conversations afterwards. It watches people waiting by the pool, gathering together and filling the spaces between the landings. Filed under 2006; the exact broadcast date is unconfirmed. This web edition ends before the following studio topic.
Karen in Action. Understanding diving.
Karen stands on the platform, looks down at the pool and talks with the people who train here. Underwater footage and a shared look at recorded images add another view of the tower. This archive discovery shows classical diving, not a Splashdiving competition: a look at a neighbouring sport, not an explanation of Splashdiving technique. Filed under 2006 as “Karen in Action”. This is the supplied archive excerpt, not a verified complete television episode.
A conversation first. Then into the water.
Between the dives, there is time for questions. A young reporter talks with divers beside the indoor pool before the camera turns to the board and tower. That closeness makes this short film worth keeping: the conversation before a dive, a landing and a glance back towards the camera. The ZDF/Tabaluga TV attribution comes from the original filename in the 2006 folder; an exact broadcast date is unconfirmed. Colour bars and empty recording lead-ins have been removed.
Elvis outside the Kreuzsteinbad.
There is still snow outside the Kreuzsteinbad. Wearing a red tracksuit top, Elvis stands beside the reporter and recalls how jumping with friends became something more. Summer footage cuts into the conversation: a crowded poolside and the landing in the water. This short breakfast-television excerpt brings an early home of the sport together with one of its familiar faces. Filed under 2006; the city tour and subsequent phone-in quiz are omitted.
Dillingen. The people behind the scores.
Three nations by the pool, focused faces before a dive and conversations after the final. This SR report on the 2006 World Championship in Dillingen does not only look down from the tower: it stays with the athletes when the competition is over. The original identifies Christian Guth as the winner. It also makes room for someone pleased not to have finished last in the final. Those voices belong in the history, too.
World Championship 2007. The long cut.
Jumps, voices at the poolside and the view from the platform: the long cut gives the event more room. The original carries its period title, MENTOS SPLASHDIVING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2007. For those who were there, it brings back more than the landings.
TVenty. In the middle of it.
A reporter overlooking the pool, conversations between dives, medals later in the day. TVenty makes room for the people taking part; an interview identifies Lisa Lehnhof on screen. Alongside the tower, the film preserves the close-up bustle of a competition day.
hallo deutschland. Waiting above, watching below.
From the studio, the report moves to the place where waiting becomes a dive. Alongside the action are scorecards, spectators following every attempt and the medal ceremony. This television memory from 2007 makes room for what surrounds those few seconds in the air.
RTL Nord. Between training and competition.
Yellow team jackets outdoors, training beneath a hall roof, then the high tower over an outdoor pool. This RTL Nord recording connects different parts of the sport rather than chasing only the biggest splash. Conversations and walks through the baths reveal some of the everyday life behind the competition.
Training together. Germany meets Australia.
Before the World Championship, German and Australian divers meet for training. Ron Knaub of the German national team and Robin Perry of the Australian team speak to the camera. People talk, wait and dive, with the camera close to those beside the pool. This SAT.1 Bayern excerpt adds a look at the preparations to the wider event archive. Filed under 2007. The rest of the newscast is omitted from this web edition.
Pssst … Who is sitting opposite?
The questions circle a secret that would hardly be one at the pool. In the television studio, the panel keeps guessing until Christian Guth is introduced as a cannonball world champion. Competition footage follows, along with a conversation about his sport. A different appearance by Elvis: not on the tower, but in a television guessing game. Filed under 2007; this web edition ends before the next guest.
Looking back on a year. Talking beside the indoor pool.
The sports review starts outdoors, then stays inside the pool hall. Christian Guth talks with the reporter beside the water before the film returns to diving. TV Oberfranken introduces him as a three-time world champion, with his third title won in 2007. That is the report’s contemporary account, not a current results table. This web edition focuses on the extended Splashdiving segment.
Abenteuer Leben. Five different perspectives.
A reporter, an athlete and coach Peter Glatschke meet beside the pool. The programme tells its own countdown story, cutting to competition footage from the tower. Faces, reactions and the water afterwards share the screen with the flight itself. The recording slate dates the report to 30 August 2007 and names Abenteuer Leben. A historical television feature, not current diving instruction.
Hamburg 1. Back beside the pool.
For its year-end review, Hamburg 1 returns to the water. In conversation with Anne Schmidt-Gahlen, the reporter asks what defines Splashdiving and how competition differs from a show. The tower stands behind them. A brief look at the work that holds an event together beyond the dives themselves. The review’s other topics are not included here.
FOCUS Online. From the tower to the awards.
The camera moves from the tower to poolside conversations and finally to the awards. In this FOCUS report, the dives do not stand alone: there are encounters after the competition, too. People wait on the stage, congratulate one another and embrace. A distinct editorial version from the 2007 World Championship archive, not another copy of the Reuters film.
Reuters. The sounds of a competition.
A dive, the impact on the water and voices beside the pool. In several passages, the Reuters film lets the natural sound carry the scene; English subtitles accompany an interview. Scorecards, umbrellas and the awards complete the picture. This international archive perspective preserves the small transitions of a competition day as well. Filed in the 2007 World Championship collection.
A convertible in the pool.
A convertible image lies in the water. A dive is broken into slow motion and sequences of frames, turning one movement into many small moments. The archive film opens with “Splashdiving Worldchampion meets MINI Cabrio”. Sporting imagery meets an advertising idea, outside a competition. A staged historical production, not diving instruction or evidence of a current partnership.
Regensburg. Right in the movement.
At the Splashdiving tour stop in Regensburg, the camera comes along: down the slide, through the jump and under water. This ATC3K promo from the 2008 archive gets close to the sport. Raw footage, a grin into the lens and a view you cannot get from the poolside.
World Championship 2008. A pool full of stories.
Metal steps, a glance at the water, then the dive. This event film also watches the people below: spectators rising to their feet, faces beside the pool and a shared moment on the podium. The 2008 championship becomes more than a sequence of landings.
Abendschau. Paint on the back, water on the face.
Before the dive, someone is painting a competitor's back. Abendschau follows the preparations, the faces close to the pool and the delight of holding a medal. These small details make a competition day recognisable long after its last splash.
Sport in Bayern. When the water settles.
The camera follows the action down and shows the water from below its surface. Then someone is back at the microphone, still close to the tower. This short Sport in Bayern report holds both moments together: movement and water, then a face and a conversation.
Nuremberg. No comment.
The caption gives the place and date: Nuremberg, 17 August 2008. No comment lets the pictures speak: dives, attentive spectators and two people high-fiving in the water. Shared delight matters as much here as the height of the tower.
Christian Guth, Uwe Schlicker and the wider picture.
Christian Guth speaks in front of the tower; Uwe Schlicker is introduced as head judge. Alongside the dives, this nordbayern.de report makes room for people explaining and supporting the competition. Names and contemporary roles become part of the record too.
Reuters 2008. From the tower to the team photograph.
The opening belongs to the dives; later, a microphone comes to the poolside. Towards the end, people gather in front of the championship backdrop. Filed as the German Reuters edition, this recording connects competition images with the community behind them.
And Finally. Another view of the championship.
The opening identifies ITN's And Finally. This edition begins differently from the Reuters report: with people in the water, before moving to the championship sign and the dives. Two edits of the same event preserve different ways of telling its story.
Cord in the Act. The pink swimming trunks come too.
Pink swimming trunks are part of this story. The reporter does more than watch: he climbs the tower himself, meeting divers and judges along the way. The camera stays until he is back at the ladder. A television visit becomes a meeting in which the guest gets wet too.
münchen.tv. Two voices between the dives.
Two men share the camera, with the tower still visible behind them. Later the film moves close to the edge and down towards the water again. Filed under münchen.tv, the recording gives conversations room beside the competition action.
17:30. A diver, his people, his pool.
The focus is not a packed championship venue but a young diver at an outdoor pool. Others watch, hold a homemade sign and stay for the conversation beside the water. This portrait from the 2008 collection shows a personal side of the sport; a name will be added only when securely established.
virtualnights. One day, many viewpoints.
The camera looks up the tower, then stands beside the spectators. Flags, medals and a large group photograph belong to this magazine film as much as the dives. There are faces to rediscover beyond the landing itself.
German Championship 2009.
First the people at the poolside, then the movement on the tower: this compact original film shows the 2009 German Championship. Participants, platforms and water bring the different parts of a competition day together. Another glimpse into the history of the scene.
Essen 2009. Between microphone and scorecard.
The original transmission slate names Essen's Grugabad and 16 August 2009. Christian “Elvis” Guth speaks to the microphone while judges turn their scorecards nearby. This recording preserves the closeness of spectators, athletes and competition, without the technical countdown.
Reuters 2009. Passing the microphone.
First comes the view across the pool, then the camera moves among the people. A microphone passes between conversations, with dives and spectators in between. Filed under Reuters and Focus.de, this film preserves a short news-report view of the championship.
Brisant in Essen. Before the big weekend.
There is talking, practice and diving beside the pool. The report introduces Peter Glatschke as the national coach and also speaks with Christian “Elvis” Guth. This Essen recording preserves the days before the result, with room for the lower board as well as the championship tower.
Guten Abend. A brief greeting from the tower.
A few seconds in the studio, then the outdoor pool takes over. The recording is filed in the 2009 collection, which does not establish its exact filming date. This brief television memory complements the longer reports without claiming another distinct competition.
Bremen. The crowd is under a roof.
These dives take place indoors. Athletes wait on the platform, spectators sit along the stands and an interview identifies Christian Guth as a Splashdiver. Later, a young participant takes her place on the board. A brief record of the sport in an indoor pool and the people joining in.
Lokalzeit Ruhr. A visit beside the competition pool.
The reporter stands where athletes leave the water and stop to talk. Lokalzeit follows conversations, high dives and the people staying beside the pool between attempts. Dated 14 August 2009 in the archive, the recording adds a view from just before the competition weekend.
Essen. The German Championship makes the news.
The German Championship appears on the studio screen. Moments later, the camera is beside the pool in Essen: with the female athletes, in conversation with the coach and watching the judges. This short RTL II report shows how much more belongs to a competition than the second in the air. The original title identifies the 2009 German Championship; it is not presented here as the World Championship.
Grugabad. Above and below the surface.
Above water, people gather along the pool; below it, a landing dissolves into bubbles. Between these views, Oliver Schill and Christian “Elvis” Guth explain their perspectives on the sport. The film identifies the Grugabad in Essen and the World Championship on 14–16 August 2009. Its reference to a 35-metre record dive is a historical claim in the original report, not a current records list. The original GELSEN-NET credit is preserved.
Bremen. Not every competition day ends with a title.
Mario Kraul arrives at the Stadionbad with a title from the previous year and hopes for the day ahead. The camera follows the waiting, the dives and the conversation afterwards. Elvis appears, as do the people watching closely from the poolside. This SAT.1 feature from the 2009 archive is not only about winning. It also leaves room for disappointment when a competition ends differently from what someone hoped.
Würzburg 2010. The Best Of edit.
The same championship, a different edit. Labelled Best Of in the original, this film concentrates the images from the Dallenbergbad: raised hands, air moving beneath the water and the view across a busy pool. It complements the longer 2010 film as a distinct archive edit, not another event.
Felix Hirt. World Champion 2010.
The original title names Felix Hirt and World Champion 2010. The film then follows one person: on the tower, in the water and speaking beside the pool. Others gather to welcome him back at the edge. This short portrait puts a face to a name in the championship's history.
Elvis. The dive and the welcome afterwards.
The crane rises above Dallenbergbad. People stand close to the water; after the dive, the camera belongs to them. This film follows Christian “Elvis” Guth at the World Championship in Würzburg on 17 and 18 July 2010 and the welcome by the pool. Its original caption describes a world record from 40 metres, not a record verified as current today. This is a historical extreme-sport performance with a substantial event setup, not an invitation or instruction to attempt it.
Francois Waschke. A film of his own.
A look across the pool, small movements on the platform, then views above and below the surface. This compact film follows Francois Waschke at the 2010 World Championship in Würzburg. The original caption introduces him as a member of the German national team since 2008, a statement from that time rather than a current squad listing.
Ali Faris. Between the platform and the poolside.
Ali Faris is still on the platform, with spectators seated on the slope behind him. Soon the camera moves close to the water. This sequence of his competition footage opens with the caption “Men’s preliminary round, first dive” and keeps the moments of surfacing and swimming back. The original title dates it to the World Championship in Würzburg on 17 and 18 July 2010.
Christian von Cranach. Switzerland by the pool.
The red-and-white hat catches the eye first. Then the cape, the camera beside the platform and the people with Swiss scarves by the pool. Christian von Cranach’s longer competition film from Würzburg leaves room for these moments. Its first caption names him and his opening dive in the men’s preliminary round; later footage includes dives, judges and spectators. More than one landing survives from the 2010 championship: part of a shared day at the outdoor pool.
Christoph Weibel. Following the moment.
Sometimes the camera is close to the platform; sometimes it looks across the whole pool. Christoph Weibel’s film changes perspective while staying with one athlete. His name and “Men’s preliminary round, first dive” appear in the original captions. Preparation, flight, water and the return to the edge unfold at the 2010 World Championship at Dallenbergbad. Those transitions turn individual dives into a small competition story.
Janosch Mühlematter. Back to the ladder.
Water fills the frame and bubbles rise towards the surface. Janosch Mühlematter’s film does not stay on the tower: it follows the surfacing, the swim and the hand reaching for the ladder. The original captions begin with his first dive in the men’s preliminary round. The event title places the footage at the 2010 World Championship in Würzburg. A few minutes for one athlete and the small journeys between his dives.
Roberto Fisch. A view of the junior final.
From above, the platform edge meets pale blue water; from below, the tower stands against the sky. Roberto Fisch’s archive film moves between these viewpoints. Its opening caption is clear: “Junior final, first dive”. Judges and spectators on the grass also belong to these images from Würzburg in 2010. A close look at a final, with room for what happens around it.
Timo Imbach. Waiting, diving, surfacing again.
Hands on hips, looking down. Spectators stand behind Timo Imbach by the pool, and the film takes its time before the movement begins. The opening caption identifies the junior final and his first dive. Platform views then alternate with images of the water and the people around it. This part of the 2010 championship does not end with one spectacular second.
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The archive is growing as original footage is reviewed and prepared for the web. A video file loads only when you press play; until then, only its preview image is loaded. The web editions preserve the period look; the original files remain unchanged in the archive.
For the early clips from the 2003 and 2004 collections, the year identifies the archive folder. Recording dates and the names of everyone shown have not been established throughout. Identical footage preserved under different filenames appears only once.
These archive scenes are not instructions for jumping or attempting acrobatics. Train responsibly ↗
