Oliver Kegel

Oliver Kegel (born June 14, 1961 in Berlin ) is a former German canoeist . In 1992 he became Olympic champion in a four-man kayak .

career

Oliver Kegel competed for RG Berlin and KC Charlottenburg . In 1981 he won his first world championship medal with the four-person kayak of the Federal Republic of Germany. After Kegel in a two-man kayak and Christoph Wolf were eliminated from the 1983 World Cup, he competed for the Olympic qualification with Detlef Schmidt in 1984 and was unable to qualify. Instead, the two started at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in a four-man kayak and finished eighth.

Over the next few years, Oliver Kegel won German championship titles year after year, but was unable to qualify for the 1988 Olympic Games. In 1988 he won the German championship in single kayaks over 10,000 meters. From 1990 to 1992 he won three times in a row in a single kayak over 1000 meters. Together with Frank Guse he won several championship titles in two-man kayaks ; Together with Thomas Reineck and Dirk Joestel or Joachim Eberhardt, the two also won several times in a four-person kayak. From 1991 to 1993, Oliver Kegel was part of the regular crew of the German four-person kayak at World Championships and at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . During these three years, Kegel won four gold and two silver medals in addition to the Olympic gold medal at world championships.

For his sporting successes he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993.

International medals

Olympic games

• 1992: Gold four-person kayak 1000 meters: Mario von Appen , Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck , André Wohllebe

World championships

• 1981: Bronze four- person kayak 1000 meters: Andreas Flunker , Oliver Kegel, Frank Renner , Oliver Seack
• 1987: Bronze four- person kayak 10,000 meters: Gilbert Schneider , Oliver Kegel, Carsten Lömker , Thomas Reineck
• 1991: Gold four-person kayak 500 meters: Detlef Hofmann , Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, Andre Wohllebe
• 1991: Silver four-person kayak 1000 meters: Detlef Hofmann, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, Andre Wohllebe
• 1991: Gold four-person kayak 10,000 meters: Detlef Hofmann, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, Andre Wohllebe
• 1993: Silver four-person kayak 500 meters: Thomas Reineck, Oliver Kegel, Mario von Appen, Andre Wohllebe
• 1993: Gold four-person kayak 1000 meters: Thomas Reineck, Oliver Kegel, Andre Wohllebe, Mario von Appen
• 1993: Gold four-person kayak 10,000 meters: Thomas Reineck, Oliver Kegel, Andre Wohllebe, Mario von Appen

literature

• National Olympic Committee for Germany: Barcelona 92. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1992

Web links

• Oliver Kegel in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Championships 10,000 meters
2. ↑ German Championships 1000 meters
3. ↑ German championships 500 meters
4. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his tasks in the field of sport: ... On June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 1992, with silver Bay leaf from ...
5. ↑ Four-person kayak 1000 meters at canoe.org ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2004 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.