Martin Hollstein
Martin Hollstein (born April 2, 1987 in Neubrandenburg ) is a German canoeist . He drives in On the one and double kayak in canoe racing .
The trained production mechanic starts for SC Neubrandenburg , where he is trained by Jürgen Lickfett. His national two-man partner is Martin Niemann. At the German Championships in 2007 he won the bronze medal in one. In the national Olympic qualification in 2008 he paddled his way to fifth place and was called up to the national team. When decisive World Cup in Szeged , he finished in a two over 500 meters with Rupert Wagner finished fourth, but missed thus the norm, as the Olympic champion Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter won the race. Shortly before the 2008 Olympic Games, he surprisingly moved to the side of Andreas Ihle in a two-person kayak over 1000 meters for the sick Rupert Wagner . In a jump-off they were able to prevail against Norman Zahm and Marcus Groß and thus secure participation in the Olympics. On the Olympic canoe route, the duo won the final and with it the gold medal. In 2010 Hollstein competed again with his two-man partner Andreas Ihle and won the gold medal at the Canoe Racing European Championships 2010 in Trasona and at the Canoe Racing World Championships 2010 in Poznan . At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 , he and Andreas Ihle won the bronze medal in a two-man kayak over 1000 m.
Since September 2009 he has been training to become a law enforcement officer with the Federal Police . The chief police officer is a member of the Kienbaum Federal Police Sports School , the federal police's top-level sports support facility for summer and year-round sports.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait on the Federal Police website ( memento of the original from November 18, 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 on January 13, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hollstein, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German canoeists |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2nd 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neubrandenburg , GDR |