Jens Riechers

Jens Riechers

Player information
Full name	Jens Riechers
birthday	1964
place of birth	, GDR
Nickname	The teacher
society
society	SG Stahl Brandenburg
position	Number 8 , flanker
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
-1998 1998-2009	UPS Potsdam SG Stahl Brandenburg
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1990	GDR	1 or 2 (*)

Jens Riechers (* 1964 ) is a former German rugby player , local politician and sports teacher. He lives in Radewege in the Beetzsee community and is a member of the local council.

Life

Jens Riechers was born in 1964. He attended the polytechnic high school in his home town of Radewege and the extended high school in Ziesar , where he lived in the boarding school there for four years and graduated from high school in 1982. After his military service, he began to study education at the "Karl Liebknecht" college of education in Potsdam. Since completing his teaching degree in 1990, he has been working as a sports teacher. He teaches at the Theodor Fontane School , a primary school in Brandenburg an der Havel . For several years, Jens Riechers has also been the coordinator for school sports in the Havelland district .

In 2008 Jens Riechers was elected to the Beetzsee citizens' list in the local council in the local elections. In the local elections on May 25, 2014, he was re-elected for another five years.

Sports

Jens Riechers ran twice in 1990 for the GDR's national rugby union team (an A international match). He played in the 9-17 defeat against the Luxembourg team. This was also the last official international match of the GDR selection. In addition, he took part in a selection game against the U-23 national team of the FRG . Jens Riechers came to rugby and RG 88 Potsdam through university sports, for which he played in the Oberliga, the first division of the GDR. Before that he had already been successful as a judoka for the SG Dynamo Brandenburg-West and in 1989 he became the GDR university champion in his weight class. With the successor clubs of RG 88, the Police Sports Club Potsdam and USV Potsdam , Jens Riechers played in the Regionalliga and two seasons (1993/94 and 1997/98) in the 2nd Bundesliga. At the end of the 1990s he finally moved to SG Stahl Brandenburg , where he was active until 2009. With Stahl Brandenburg he was promoted twice to the 2. Bundesliga North / East, in which he played another four seasons (2000 to 2002 and 2005 to 2007). This was the club's most successful period after the end of the GDR. He ended his career in the second half of 2009 due to an eye injury.

He then devoted himself mainly to triathlon and canoeing at SV Wasserfreunde Brandenburg. He also started as a cross-country skier in 2008 at the Wasalauf and from 2010 to 2012 at the König-Ludwig-Lauf .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Märkische Allgemeine Bürgelschule was a good host ( memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Accessed June 9, 2014. 
2. ^ Amt Beetzsee Announcement of the final election results as well as the names of the elected candidates . Accessed June 9, 2014.
3. ↑ Amt Beetzsee Members of the Beetzsee Community Council, viewed on June 9, 2014.
4. ↑ 2014 local elections Beetzsee municipal council . Accessed June 9, 2014.
5. ↑ Märkische Allgemeine : Daily by bike to work ; Jens Riechers ended his career on August 19, 2009. Online
6. ↑ Märkische Allgemeine At the start with Achim Achilles . Accessed June 9, 2014.
7. ↑ Brandenburg Water Friends Jens Riechers and Mario Becher surprised everyone with their victory at the 20th Brandenburg Canoe Marathon! ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Accessed June 9, 2014. 
8. ↑ Jens Riechers at www.xcranking.no