Team Germany wins 22 medals at WorldSkills 2026 in Shanghai

Team Germany secured 22 awards at the WorldSkills 2026 competition held in Shanghai, ranking eleventh out of 70 participating countries and regions. The achievements included two gold medals, one silver, three bronze, and 15 excellence medals, along with a silver medal in the Speed Programming special competition.

Tobias Kelz won the gold medal in furniture making after completing a task involving a small cabinet with doors and two side panels within 22 hours. In the reinforced concrete construction category, Tim Arnold and Jakob Distler also earned gold medals. Other notable achievements included a silver medal for Florian Dorer in carpentry, bronze medals for Lennard Weitzmann and Marc-Aurel Spalek in landscape gardening, and bronze for Lucas Rother and Luke Finn Zamponi in cyber security.