Ottobock's engagement to sports

Moving with and for each other.

Sports as part of our DNA.

Ottobock has been promoting sports for people with disabilities for more than three decades. We are proud to be able to support so many athletes with disabilities. In keeping with our motto “Passion for Paralympics”, we do everything we can to promote their mobility as a partner of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

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With our technical expertise, we help athletes with disabilities reach their personal goals every day.

Sports are even more important for people with amputations. You have to be in good shape to get the most out of your prosthesis. Studies show that a person with a transfemoral amputation has to exert up to seven times more energy than a non-amputee to make the same movements.

Heinrich Popow, Ottobock ambassador and multiple Paralympic Games winner
Paralympics Champion and Director Performance Solutions
Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games.

Our partnership with the Paralympic Games began in Seoul in 1988. Ottobock has been at every Summer and Winter Paralympic Games ever since, paving the way for good sportsmanship and fair competition between the athletes.

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The Paralympic Games show society how powerful sports can be. They prove just how much people can achieve if they believe in themselves and focus their training on a goal.
Ottobock ambassadors

Ottobock ambassadors.

Ottobock supports athletes from all over the world who compete in a wide variety of sports at many different levels. These athletes share our passion for Paralympics and are dedicated to working with us as ambassadors to promote sports and an active lifestyle for people with disabilities.

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Our Ottobock ambassadors share the same goal: To inspire people with disabilities for sports.
Running Clinics

Running Clinics.

We also want to give people who aren’t professional athletes the opportunity to experience our passion for sports. That is why we created the Running Clinics. At the clinics, amputees ranging from beginners to experienced runners work as a team to achieve their personal goals. They train, practise and test their sports prostheses under expert supervision.

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We want to give people with limited mobility the opportunity to experience our passion for sports.
Sports products

The right choice for every sport.

Whether you are a sports beginner, amateur athlete or Paralympic gold medallist: with our Sportsline products, we want to make you faster, happier and more agile.
Together with Paralympic athletes, we have developed sports products that are optimised down to the last detail for your sport in terms of form and function. Why? So that you can feel the endorphins even more strongly after training.

Ottobock Athletes: Sports products
Photo Credits: Johannes Floors | Rio 2016 | (c) DBS/ Ralf Kuckuck

Additional topics.

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    Values and culture

    People first

    Freedom of movement, quality of life and independence: this is what we strive for every day at Ottobock – human, reliable and inventive!

    Freedom of movement, quality of life and independence: this is what we strive for every day at Ottobock – human, reliable and inventive!

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    Our engagement

    Helping and supporting people around the world

    We see Ottobock not just as a company, but also as an active member of society. That is why doing our part to ensure sustainable development is a matter of course for us, both inside and outside the company.

    We see Ottobock not just as a company, but also as an active member of society. That is why doing our part to ensure sustainable development is a matter of course for us, both inside and outside the company.

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