Andreas Kuffner

Andreas Kuffner
Full name	Andreas Kuffner
nation	Germany
birthday	March 11, 1987
place of birth	Vilshofen on the Danube ,  Germany
size	196 cm
Weight	92 kg
job	Studied at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin
Career
discipline	Rowing / belt
society	Berlin rowing club
Trainer	Alexander Schmidt, Ralf Holtmeyer
National squad	since 2009
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 1 × 0 × EM medals 2 × 0 × 0 × U23 medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 6 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold 2012 in London Eighth silver 2016 in Rio de Janeiro Eighth  World championships gold 2011 in Bled Eighth silver 2014 in Amsterdam Eighth  European championships gold 2014 in Belgrade Eighth gold 2016 in Brandenburg Eighth Rowing World Cup gold 2011 in Munich Eighth gold 2011 in Hamburg Foursome without gold 2011 in Lucerne Eighth gold 2012 in Belgrade Eighth gold 2012 in Lucerne Eighth gold 2014 in Lucerne Eighth gold 2016 in Poznan Eighth  U23 world championships bronze 2009 in Račice u Štětí Foursome without
Last change: May 8, 2016

Andreas Kuffner (born March 11, 1987 in Vilshofen an der Donau ) is a former German rower . In 2011 he was world champion and 2012 Olympic champion in eighth place .

Life

Kuffner was born in 1987 in Vilshofen an der Donau . He attended the Vilshofen grammar school . After finishing his career, he initially worked as a keynote speaker.

Sports career

Kuffner began rowing in 2002 at the Vilshofen rowing club in 1913 . Since studying at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin , he has been rowing for the Berlin Rowing Club , with whose club he won his first German championship title in 2009. In the same year he won the German championship in the U23 foursome, as well as the bronze medal in the foursome without a helmsman at the U23 World Championships . In 2010 the Berlin rowing club was able to defend its championship title in eighth. In 2010 Kuffner competed for the first time in the Rowing World Cup in Munich in a four-man without a helmsman, and in the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne in a two-man without a helmsman . At the 2010 World Championships in New Zealand, he started with Eric Johannesen in two without a helmsman and took fifth place. In 2011, Kuffner and Johannesen moved up in the Germany eighth , with which they won the German championship title and the World Cup regattas in Munich and Lucerne; in between, the two competed with Richard Schmidt and Kristof Wilke at the World Cup in Hamburg in a four-man without a helmsman and also won in this boat class. At the World Championships in Bled , the Germany eight won with the line-up Gregor Hauffe , Andreas Kuffner, Eric Johannesen, Maximilian Reinelt , Richard Schmidt, Lukas Müller , Florian Mennigen , Kristof Wilke and helmsman Martin Sauer .

In 2012, Kuffner won the German ranking list with Eric Johannesen in a double without a helmsman . Together with the Germany eighth he was able to win both World Cups. At the 2012 Olympic Games he crowned the winning streak and won the gold medal in London with the Germany eighth.

After a break from competition in 2013, during which he completed his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, Kuffner returned at the end of 2013. He fought his way back into the Germany eighth, with which he then became European champion in Belgrade in 2014 , won the World Cup in Lucerne and finally became vice world champion in Amsterdam. In 2015, Kuffner did not start internationally again. In 2016 he won the European title with the German eighth and three months later the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

For his sporting successes, Kuffner was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf by Federal President Gauck on November 1, 2016 .

He ended his career in December 2016.

successes

• 2009: 3rd place at the U-23 World Championship in a four-man team without a helmsman
• 2010: 5th place at the world championship in two-man without a helmsman
• 2011: Overall winner of the Rowing World Cup in eight
• 2011: World champion in eighth
• 2012: Gold medal at the Olympic Games in eighth place
• 2014: European champion in eighth place
• 2014: Vice world champion in eighth place
• 2016: European champion in eighth place
• 2016: Silver medal in eighth place at the Olympic Games

Web links

• Official website of Andreas Kuffner
• Andreas Kuffner at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Andreas Kuffner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rower Kuffner ends his career . In: Sport1.de . December 29, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Germany eight wins gold. In: Spiegel Online. August 1, 2012, accessed August 3, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. In: www.bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President , November 1, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Rower Kuffner ends his career . In: Sport1.de . December 29, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016.