Bjorn Bach

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Bjorn Bach

Björn Bach (born June 21, 1976 in Magdeburg ) is a German canoeist with SC Magdeburg .

The trained sports scientist won almost 20 medals at European, World Championships and Olympic Games with the kayak quad (K4) in canoe racing , including six gold medals and two silver medals at the Olympics (2000 and 2004).

As a 21-year-old Bach won a complete set of medals at his first world championship in 1997. In the following years he was permanently internationally successful with the German K4. In 2005, as an “old hand”, he led the four-man, newly formed with young up-and-coming athletes, to World Cup gold again. In 2008 he ended his successful competitive sports career and has since worked as a trainer at SC Magdeburg .

Medals

  • World Championship 1997
    • Quad kayak 200 meters: bronze
    • Quad kayak 500 meters: silver
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: gold
  • World Championship 1998
    • Quad kayak 500 meters: gold
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: gold
  • World Championship 1999
    • Quad kayak 500 meters: gold
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: silver
  • 2000 Summer Olympics
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: silver
  • European Championship 2000
    • Quad kayak 500 meters: gold
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: gold
  • World Championship 2001
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: gold
  • European Championship 2001
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: silver
  • World Championship 2002
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: silver
  • World Championship 2003
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: bronze
  • 2004 Summer Olympics
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: silver
  • World Championship 2005
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: gold
    • Quad kayak 200 meters: silver
  • European Championship 2005
    • Quad kayak 200 meters: bronze
  • European Championship 2006
    • Quad kayak 1000 meters: bronze

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Athens 2004. The German Olympic team. Frankfurt am Main 2004

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