TV Wattenscheid

TV Wattenscheid 01 Leichtathletik is a German sports club focused on athletics.

The athletics section of the club grew in the mid-1960s and received sponsorship from Klaus Steilmann, a local businessman who was involved with textile manufacturing.

[1] Among the club's first internationally successful athletes was Sabine Braun, who was twice heptathlon world champion.

[2] The current chairman of the club is former sprint athlete Jörg Klocke.

[3] The club is among the most successful in Germany and has had many international athletes as members.