René Hannemann

René Hannemann (born October 9, 1968 in Belzig , Potsdam district ) is a former German bobsleigh driver . He won two Olympic medals and was world champion twice.

René Hannemann began in the four-man of Volker Dietrich , with that in it at the European Championships in 1988 Sarajevo took second place, the other two in Bob were Axel Kühn and Torsten grains . At the 1991 World Bobsleigh Championship in Altenberg, Hannemann was in the two-man bobsleigh run by Wolfgang Hoppe , the two of whom won the bronze medal behind Rudi Lochner's and Gustav Weders' bobsleigh. For the 1992 Olympic Games , Hoppe could only qualify in the four-man bobsleigh. In Albertville, Wolfgang Hoppe drove the bobsleigh with Bogdan Musiol , Axel Kühn and René Hannemann to second place behind the Austrian Ingo Appelt . In 1993 Hoppe, Musiol, Kühn and Hannemann won the title at the German championship for WSV Oberhof 05 . At the 1993 World Bobsleigh Championship in Igls, Christoph Langen won the two-man bobsleigh ahead of Gustav Weder, while Hoppe and Hannemann received the bronze medal again. At the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Hoppe only competed in the four-man bobsleigh. With the cast of Ulf Hielscher , René Hannemann and Carsten Embach , he received the bronze medal behind Harald Czudaj and Gustav Weder. 1995 was a very successful year for Hoppe, Hielscher, Hannemann and Embach; the four-man bobsleigh became European champions in Altenberg and world champions in Winterberg . In the following year, the bobsleigh finished second behind Christoph Langen at the European championship, while Hielscher and Hannemann were absent from the 1996 world championships . For the 1997 World Bobsleigh Championship in St. Moritz, Hannemann returned to Hoppe's bobsleigh. In the line-up of Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr , René Hannemann and Carsten Embach, they won the world title again.

Hannemann received the Silver Laurel Leaf in 1993 .

literature

• Volker Kluge : Olympic Winter Games, the chronicle . Berlin 1994 ISBN 3-328-00631-1

Web links

• René Hannemann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• German Bobsleigh Championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neues Deutschland from May 28, 1993: ... on Thursday in Oberhof, Wolfgang Hoppe's four-man bobsleigh team and his fellow riders Bogdan Musiol, Rene Hannemann and Axel Kühn ...