Yesterday, Werner M. Dornscheidt, CEO & President of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, was delighted to congratulate Martin Braxentaler on his Gold Medal at the “Deutsches Haus” in Vancouver. This is the eighth Paralympic Gold Medal Braxenthaler has won for Germany and the second Gold Medal for the German team at the 10th Winter Paralympics in Vancouver.

“I am proud that together we can demonstrate the increased social standing of disability sports and its athletes at this institution – making the German House a meeting point for sportspeople, business partners and media repre-sentatives,” said Dornscheidt adding that this path towards strengthening disabled sports must be continued. “The athletes’ performance was fantastic,” rejoiced Messe Düsseldorf boss because strengthening disabled sports has a very positive influence on Düsseldorf’s position as a city of sports.                            

The Düsseldorf trade fair company is organising and operating the “Deutsches Haus” during the Winter Paralympics from 12 to 21 March 2010 in Vancouver. Here the DBS, the German Association of Disabled Sports, has for the first time received guests and business partners who are increas-ingly committed to disabled sports. Over the ten days of the Paralympics approx. 1,700 participating athletes and official representatives from over forty countries are expected.

from left to right:

Werner M. Dornscheidt, Martin Braxenthaler (Gold medal winner on Alpine Skiing - Slalom - Category: Sitting), Friedhelm Julius Beucher (President of the German Association of Disabled Sports / DBS Deutscher Behindertensportverband), Rainer Schmidt (anchorman at the German House, disabled former athlete + multiple participant of the Paralympics)

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With sales of € 496 million in 2008 the Messe Düsseldorf Group is the most successful German trade fair company and the most successful trade fair company with its own site worldwide. In Düsseldorf alone, in this challenging year, 32,488 exhibitors showcased their products to almost two million visitors. With more than 50 trade fairs, including 23 of the world’s leading fairs in five areas of expertise, i.e. machinery, plant and equipment, retail and trade, skilled trades and services, medicine and health, fashion and lifestyle and leisure at the Düsseldorf venue, and around 120 of its own events and participations overseas, the Messe Düsseldorf Group is one of the leading export platforms in the world, with Messe Düsseldorf GmbH topping the rankings for its international focus in capital goods trade fairs: close to 60% of exhibitors and more than 50% of visitors in Düsseldorf come from abroad, with customers from a total of 151 countries visiting our trade fair events in Düsseldorf. The Group’s global corporate network includes sales support centres in 117 countries (66 foreign representative offices) and competence centres in nine countries. The Group’s workforce averaged 1,503 employees in the year.

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