List of Adidas sponsorships

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This is a list of Adidas sponsorships. One of the first athletes to use Adidas shoes was Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.[1]

Contents

[edit] American football

[edit] Players

[edit] Artistic Gymnastics

[edit] Australian Football

[edit] Club teams

[edit] Players

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Club teams

[edit] Basketball Teams

[edit] National teams

[edit] Club teams

[edit] NBA Players

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Associations

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Canoe Racing

[edit] Colleges and Universities

[edit] Cricket

[edit] National teams

[edit] Club Teams

[edit] Players

[edit] Fencing

[edit] Players

[edit] Associations

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] National teams

[edit] Club teams

[edit] Players

[edit] Association Football

Adidas produces the kits of many Association football teams around the world, as well as produces the balls used in the UEFA Champions League matches and FIFA World Cup tournaments since 1970.[6]

The Adidas factory outlet in Herzogenaurach, Germany
World Cup Host Name of the match ball design
1970 Details  Mexico Telstar
1974 Details  West Germany Telstar Durlast
1978 Details  Argentina Tango
1982 Details  Spain Tango España
1986 Details  Mexico Azteca México
1990 Details  Italy Etrusco Unico
1994 Details  United States Questra
1998 Details  France Tricolore
2002 Details  Japan
 South Korea		 Fevernova
2006 Details  Germany Teamgeist
2010 Details  South Africa Jabulani
UEFA Euro Host Name of the match ball design
1992 Details  Sweden Etrusco Unico
1996 Details  England Questra Europa
2000 Details  Belgium
 Netherlands		 Terrestra Silverstream
2004 Details  Portugal Roteiro
2008 Details  Austria
 Switzerland		 Europass
2012 Details  Poland
 Ukraine		 Tango 12
ACON Host Name of the match ball design
2008 Details  Ghana Wawa Aba
2010 Details  Angola Jabulani-Angola
2012 Details  Equatorial Guinea
 Gabon		 Comoequa

[edit] Associations

Adidas supplies official balls for the following leagues and associations:

(+) from group stage to final match.

The company has supplied the ball for the UEFA European Championship ever since 1984, starting with the Tango Italia, and also produces the Finale ball for use in the UEFA Champions League.

[edit] International And Continental Confederations

[edit] National teams

[edit] Africa

[edit] America

[edit] Asia

[edit] Europe

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Club teams

[edit] Africa

[edit] Americas

[edit] Asia

[edit] Europe

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Players

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Managers

[edit] Golf

[edit] Players

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Handball

[edit] National teams

[edit] Lacrosse

  • United States National Lacrosse Classic[10]

[edit] Martial Arts

[edit] Judo

[edit] Taekwondo

[edit] Rugby League

[edit] Clubs teams

[edit] Players

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] National teams

[edit] Clubs Teams

[edit] Players

[edit] Skateboarding

  • Germany Dennis Busenitz
  • United States Silas Baxter-Neal
  • United States Klaus Bohms
  • United States Pete Eldridge
  • England Chewy Cannon
  • United States Vince De Valle
  • United States Jake Donnelly
  • United Kingdom Benny Fairfax
  • Czech Republic Petr Horvat
  • United States Mark Gonzales
  • Spain Raul Navarro

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Players

[edit] Former notable players

[edit] Events

[edit] Track and field

[edit] National Team

[edit] Athletes

[edit] Other Notable Sports Leagues and Associations

[edit] Artists

[edit] Other Adidas sponsorships

Various teams and athletes globally are also sponsored by Adidas.

Adidas was the title sponsor for the Vancouver Marathon during 2001-2005, which has since been taken over by the Bank of Montreal, though the marathon is still presented by Adidas. In the United States, Adidas is an official sponsor for the Boston Marathon since 1988. Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies also endorses Adidas.

Adidas is also a secondary sponsor of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

In September 2010, Adidas announced it would be sponsoring the Western Carolina University "Pride of the Mountains" Marching Band. The band received 410 Adidas track suits, personalized with the "Pride of the Mountains" Logo.

Adidas has also taken sponsorship with Wojbethelnation2nd (group of comedians/sports-lovers involving Jordan Wojciechowski,David Bethel,and Avery Warner).

[edit] Other Adidas collaborations

Burton Snowboards

Disney

Star Wars

Stella McCartney

Vespa

Yohji Yamamoto

[edit] References

  1. ^ adidas Olympic History
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ http://www.cricket.or.kr. Retrieved on 4 September 2011
  4. ^ Indiatimes - The Economic Times
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ History of adidas balls used in World Cup
  7. ^ Al-Ahli signs three-year sponsorship contract with adidas
  8. ^ http://v2.aabsport.dk/B02F4995-D1D5-46F6-A65B-4C8D024B2652.W5Doc?id=11E5EC17-10FC-4F54-AB31-1D1414261FFD
  9. ^ http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10327~2044766,00.html
  10. ^ adidas National Lacrosse Classic
  11. ^ http://titans.com.au/index.php?page_id=737
  12. ^ http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/09/01/61511_local-sport-news.html
  13. ^ http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24871063-23214,00.html
  14. ^ http://www.web-libre.org/breves/Manaudou,4649.html
  15. ^ http://www.press.adidas.com/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-11/16_read-10532/
  16. ^ http://www.press.adidas.com/en/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-11/16_read-10222/
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