Hamburg Blue Angels
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Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
squad for the Hamburg Blue Devils
Hamburg Blue Devils
The Hamburg Blue Devils are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany. The Blue Devils are one of the most successful American football clubs in Germany, having won four German Bowls as well as three Eurobowls...
American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. They were founded along with the team in 1992.
General
The team is a coed squad of both men and women. They cheer for the Devils in the eVendi ArenaEVendi Arena
The eVendi is an American Football stadium for the Hamburg Blue Devils American football team in Hamburg, Germany. It was built in 2005.- External links :*...
and also at many other events. They also avidly participate in national and international cheerleading sport competitions during winter.
Successes
The squad is one of the most successful in Germany, having won the German Championship in 1996, 1999, and 2001, German runner-up prize in 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002 and 2006, the European Championship in 1995, 1996, and 1997, the NCA-Championship in 1998 and 1999, as well as fourth place at the 2001 world championships in Japan.Other information
Jasmin Wagner (the singer Blümchen), as well as Bianca Hanif (Super MooniesSuper Moonies
Super Moonies was a German pop group created in 1998 to provide the soundtrack for the successful Sailor Moon anime series, particularly the German-dubbed version. Their songs included "Kämpfe Sailor Moon" and "Macht des Mondes" , and sold on compilation CDs with unrelated songs by artists such...
) and Gabriela Gottschalk (first with the Super Moonies and now Hot Banditoz) began their careers as cheerleaders for the Blue and Grey Angels.
Additional squads
- Hamburg Grey Angels (Senior All-Girl)
- Hamburg Junior Angels (Junior All-Girl)
- Peewee Angels (Peewee All-Girl)
- Hamburg Blue Devils Dance Team (Senior Dance)