Gerhard Delling (born 21 April 1959) is a German television presenter and sports journalist.
Life
Delling was born in
Rendsburg
Rendsburg (, also ''Rensborg'', , also ''Rensborg'') is a town on the Eider (river), River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the central part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) of Rendsburg-Eckernfoerde, Rends ...
. From 1980 to 1985 he studied at
University of Kiel
Kiel University, officially the Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, (, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the ''Academia Holsator ...
. He worked since 1987 as a journalist for German broadcaster
ARD. As a sport reporter he worked for ARD at football sport events. He wrote several books on German football. From 2011 to 2014 he was main presenter of the German television programme ''Wochenspiegel''.
Private life
Delling has three daughters, two of whom are from his first marriage. He was married to his second wife, television journalist Isabelle Delling (née Dreiss), who also worked for
NDR, from June 2003 to the end of 2014.
Gerhard Delling has been in a relation to Hamburg-based entrepreneur Christina Block since 2021. She is the heiress of the "
Block House
A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions. It is usually an isolated fort in the form of a single building, serving as a defensive stro ...
" chain of fast-food restaurants.
Charge of aiding and abetting kidnapping
Block has been involved in a custody dispute over the father of two of her four children, her ex-husband Stephan Hensel, since the mid-2010s. She and Hensel were involved in a bitter custody battle over the two children, who live with their father in Denmark.
In 2021, according to NDR, Delling and Block discussed the return against the father's will with a security company for the first time.
The two children were brought from Denmark to Germany on New Year's Eve 2023/24. According to the public prosecutor's office, at least five men ambushed the father and children in
Gråsten
Gråsten (; ) is a town with a population of 4,298 (1 January 2025) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark by the Nybøl Nor at an inlet of the Flensburg Fjord. It belongs to the Sønderborg municipality in Region of Souther ...
, southern Denmark, near the German border, before beating Hensel and dragging the children into a car. Two days later, the children showed up at Delling and Block's home.
Delling and Block are also said to have planned a smear campaign against the father and his lawyer, portraying them as pedophiles.
In the summer, Block was charged with kidnapping.
On April 25, 2025, it was announced that Delling had been charged with aiding and abetting in the case.
Works
* Fußball-Deutsch, Deutsch-Fußball – Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2006
* Portugal 2004 – Munich: Südwest, 2004
* 50 Jahre Bundesliga – Göttingen: Verl. Die Werkstatt, 2012
Awards
* 2000:
Grimme-Preis
The Grimme-Preis (Grimme Award), formerly known as the Adolf-Grimme-Preis, is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme. The Grimme Institute ...
(together with
Günter Netzer
Günter Theodor Netzer (born 14 September 1944) is a German former professional association football, football player, executive and pundit. He achieved great success in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the early 1970s and, after moving ...
)
References
External links
*
NOZ.de: Ein TV-Dino stirbt, ARD stellt "Wochenspiegel" ein(in German)
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German sports journalists
German sports broadcasters
German television reporters and correspondents
20th-century German journalists
21st-century German journalists
University of Kiel alumni
People from Rendsburg
1959 births
Living people
ARD (broadcaster) people
Norddeutscher Rundfunk people