World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm, NBA champion Dirk Nowitzki and Olympic alpine skiing champion Maria Riesch are among six athletes inducted into the Hall of Fame of German Sport on Thursday.

Rower Kathrin Boron, field hockey icon Greta Blunck and fencer Britta Heidemann are the other three, with the official ceremony planned for November 19 in Frankfurt.

“The six new members have won a total of 54 medals at major international events, including 12 at the Olympic Games, 35 at World Championships and seven at European Championships,” said Thomas Weikert, president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB).

The Hall of Fame, initiated by the Foundation German Sports Aid, now consists of 137 athletes.

Lahm captained Germany to the 2014 World Cup title and also won many trophies including the Champions League with Bayern Munich.

Nowitzki won the NBA in 2011 amid a career spanning more than two decades with the Dallas Mavericks and in 2006-07 became the first European to be named Most Valuable Player of the league.

Riesch won three Olympic golds and two world titles; Blunck shaped German hockey for many years as a player, coach and official; Heidemann garnered three Olympic medals and Boron is Germany’s most successful female rower with 18 medals from worlds and Olympics.

Sports Aid board spokesman Max Hartung said the six not only achieved outstanding sporting success but also stand for “the values that make sport so important to our society: fair play, cooperation, attitude and responsibility.

“They live up to their role as role models beyond competition – through inclusion projects, foundations and other social engagement,” Hartung said.

Separately, top coach Ottmar Hitzfeld, 1980 European Championship-winning captain Bernard Dietz and women’s World Cup winner Pia Wunderlich have been inducted into the Hall of Fame of German football.