diff --git a/includes/admin-teilnehmer.php b/includes/admin-teilnehmer.php
index 4d3307d..ab3d04b 100644
--- a/includes/admin-teilnehmer.php
+++ b/includes/admin-teilnehmer.php
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ function kc_teilnehmer_page() {
         $delimiter = ';';
         fputcsv($output, ['Vorname','Nachname','Wahl','Phase','Wunsch 1','Wunsch 2','Wunsch 3'], $delimiter);
 
+        $csv_clean = function($value) {
+            $text = html_entity_decode((string)$value, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8');
+            $text = wp_strip_all_tags($text, true);
+            $text = preg_replace('/\s+/u', ' ', $text);
+            return trim($text);
+        };
+
         foreach ($export_rows as $tn) {
             $w1_id = intval($tn->wunsch1);
             $w2_id = intval($tn->wunsch2);
@@ -72,12 +79,12 @@ function kc_teilnehmer_page() {
 
             $wahl_name = isset($wahl_name_map[intval($tn->wahl_id)]) ? $wahl_name_map[intval($tn->wahl_id)] : '';
 
-            $vorname = preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', $tn->vorname);
-            $nachname = preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', $tn->nachname);
-            $wahl_name_clean = preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', $wahl_name);
-            $w1_clean = preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', $w1_disp);
-            $w2_clean = preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', $w2_disp);
-            $w3_clean = preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', $w3_disp);
+            $vorname = $csv_clean($tn->vorname);
+            $nachname = $csv_clean($tn->nachname);
+            $wahl_name_clean = $csv_clean($wahl_name);
+            $w1_clean = $csv_clean($w1_disp);
+            $w2_clean = $csv_clean($w2_disp);
+            $w3_clean = $csv_clean($w3_disp);
 
             fputcsv($output, [
                 $vorname,