Bibiana Steinhaus (39) is a German commissioner and fotballdommer. Steinhaus is the first female professional fotballdommeren in the world, and made history when she became the first woman sentenced German toppserie.

It came to pass the 10. september 2017. Steinhaus got the responsibility to judge bundesligakampen between Hertha Berlin and Werder Bremen, including Rune A. jarstein soccer and Per Ciljan Skjelbred played.

Hertha Berlin showed their support by posting a part tickets for half-price, just for women, in addition to the fact that they wrote this on Twitter:

Female judge roughly hetset

In Berlin, women have always been helping to shape the future. This was high time, wrote the club at the time.

Swear

despite the fact that Steinhaus has received much support as the first professional kvinnedommeren, and today is seen as one of the best referees in the world, she has also met on a part of the obstacles on the road.

Among other things, was an episode last season a lot of attention.

Steinhaus ruled namely the match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hertha Berlin. When Mönchengladbach were deprived of the first goal, went fans the complete of shaft:

– Your whore! cried they, according to Die Welt, and all German newspapers.

In retrospect beklagde Mönchengladbach event.

German football club apologize for dommerhets

– We must only lament the opposite Steinhaus. She is an excellent judge. Such silly outbursts have nothing on a football field to do, ” said Eberl, Mönchengladbachs sporting director.

Stopped the tv broadcast

Now Bibiana Steinhaus again made headlines.

Friday evening sentenced Steinhaus bundesligakampen between Augsburg and Bayern Munich, which, incidentally, the latter won 2-3. The iranian tv channel Irib had the battle on the sendeplanen, but suddenly got tv viewers to an abrupt stop on the fight.

Tv channel realized the fact that the fight was judged by a woman, and therefore chose to terminate the transmission.

– The iranian state tv channel Irib cancelled the broadcast at short notice, wrote the German Bild.

Iranian press reports that several thousand tv viewers lost the ability to see the fight. The reason that the Irib stopped the transmission was because it is not allowed to show women in clothing that reveals too much skin, which fotballshortsen to Steinhaus did.

the Tv channel, however, has not commented on the incident.

Here Skjelbred yellow card. It makes both him and the judge historically Germany’s best

Steinhaus got his debut in the Bundesliga in september 2017. Last season, she was named one of Germany’s best referees.

– the Bundesliga is one of the world’s most respected leagues, so it is a big step in general for female fotballdommere, said Steinhaus after his debut.

I don’t like kjønnstemaet when it comes to judgment, but I understand that it is a hot theme for the people around me. Ultimately, I believe that it is the performance that applies. The person who is performing the best, is the one that should be on the path, no matter what gender, hair color or religion, she continued at the time.

She has also judged in several world CHAMPIONSHIPS and OLYMPIC games, most recently in the OLYMPIC final between the united STATES and Japan in 2017.

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