Kai Kruse

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Full name Kai-Kristian Kruse
Date of birth August 19, 1991
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Paracycling (TB) - rail / road
Societies)
SSC Schwerin
Most important successes
Paralympic Games
2016 Bronze medal Paralympics.svg - 1000 m time trial (with Stefan Nimke )
Last updated: February 2, 2020

Kai-Kristian Kruse (born August 19, 1991 in Hamburg ) is a German paracyclist and former rower . He starts in class TB.

At the age of three, Kai Kruse collided with another child while running in the hall and suffered a severe concussion . The optic nerve was so badly damaged that Kruse lost part of his eyesight.

Kruse started rowing in 2001 and started for the rowing club Favorite Hammonia from Hamburg. With the club eight he took part in the rowing Bundesliga . From 2010 he concentrated on para rowing , the following year he was nominated for the first time as a substitute for the world championships. In the 2012 Paralympic season he moved up to the German LTA mixed foursome for the Paralympics in London because of an injury to another athlete , where he won the silver medal with Katrin Splitt , Astrid Hengsbach , Tino Kolitscher and Anke Molkenthin . For this success he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf , the highest sporting award in Germany, on November 7, 2012 by Federal President Joachim Gauck .

At the initiative of the German Disabled Sports Association , Kai Kruse and the multiple cycling world and Olympic champion Stefan Nimke prepared as a pilot on the tandem for the 1000 meter time trial at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro . At the UCI Paracycling World Track Championships in 2014 , both finished fifth in this discipline, and in 2015 the duo won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Apeldoorn . The following year, at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships 2016 in Italy Montichiari , reached Kruse and Nimke a new best time of 1: 02.449 minutes and occupied fourth place.

In 2016, Kruse started with Nimke as a pilot at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro . In the pursuit they finished 13th, in the time trial over 1000 meters they won the bronze medal. This makes Nimke the first German athlete to win medals in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In 2019 Kruse started with his new pilot Robert Förstemann at the Paracycling World Championships in Apeldoorn .

successes

Cycling (track)

2015
2016
2020

rowing

2012

Web links

Commons : Kai Kruse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ Kai Kristian Kruse - the “switch” wants precious metal again with tandem partner Nimke. (No longer available online.) In: Deutsche Sporthilfe. Archived from the original on May 25, 2016 ; Retrieved May 25, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sporthilfe.de
  2. ↑ a b Hamburger Kai-Kristian Kruse is hoping for his World Cup start. In: www.abendblatt.de. Hamburger Abendblatt, August 27, 2011, accessed on May 25, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Gottfried Schalow: Paralympics German rowing quadruple threatens legal trouble. In: www.mz-web.de. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, September 6, 2012, accessed on May 24, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Oliver Palme: Silver for Paralympic mixed foursome with helmswoman. In: rudern.de. German Rowing Association V., September 2, 2012, accessed September 4, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. (No longer available online.) In: rudern.de. German Rowing Association V., November 7, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 23, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rudern.de  
  6. ↑ DBS wins cycling professionals for tandems. German Disabled Sports Association, September 16, 2013, accessed on February 12, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Stefan Nimke as "pacemaker" fifth at Paracycling World Championships. (No longer available online.) Handelsblatt, April 12, 2014, archived from the original on April 26, 2014 ; Retrieved April 25, 2014 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.handelsblatt.com
  8. ↑ Track World Championships for Para-Cycler: Kruse / Nimke narrowly miss the medal. In: rad-net.de. March 25, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2016 .
  9. ^ Cyclist Nimke: First Olympic gold, then Paralympic bronze. In: Spiegel Online . September 11, 2016, accessed September 11, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Change to disabled sports: Förstemann hopes for World Cup success - cycling with. In: rad-net.de. December 31, 2018, accessed March 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kruse, Kai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kruse, Kai-Kristian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paracyclist and rower
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg