René Spies

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René Spies (2014)

René Spies (2014)

nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 5th July 1973
place of birth Winterberg ,  Germany
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
job National coach of the national bobsleigh team / sports soldier
Career
society BSC Winterberg
National squad since 1991
status resigned
End of career 2007
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
JWM medals 3 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IBSF Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships
bronze 2003 Lake Placid Two-man bobsleigh
Placements in the Bobsleigh World Cup
 Overall World Cup two 2. ( 2001/02 , 2002/03 )
 Overall World Cup combination 2. ( 2002/03 )
 

René Spies (born July 5, 1973 in Winterberg ) is a former German bobsleigh pilot and today's trainer.

Career

Spies graduated from the Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium (Winterberg) . The greatest successes of Spies, which has been active since 1991, were the Junior World Championships in 1994, 1995 and 1999 (both in the two-man bobsleigh ), the victory in the overall World Cup for two-man bobsleigh in 2001 and the European championship in the two-man bobsleigh in 2003 together with Marco Jakobs . In 2001 and 2005 he was German two-man bobsleigh champion and sixth in two-man bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . In 2006 he won the four-man bobsleigh championship, before taking fifth place in the same discipline at the Olympic Games in Turin six weeks later . René Spies started for the BSC Winterberg . Shortly before the start of the 2007/08 season, he ended his active career after another thigh injury that had hampered him for some time.

Then Spies was assistant to national coach Christoph Langen . In April 2016 he succeeded Langen. He received a two-year contract from the association, which is valid until after the 2018 Winter Olympics .

Web links

Commons : René Spies  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.gymnasium-winterberg-medebach.de/geschwister-scholl-gymnasium/profil/eliteschule-des-sports/2-allgemeine-seiten/eliteschule-des-sports-winterberg-willingen/187.html
  2. ↑ a b Winter sports: René Spies will be the new national bobsleigh coach on Friday. In: zeit.de . April 7, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017 .
  3. ^ Bobsleigh pilot René Spiess ends his career. In: live-wintersport.com. July 5, 1973. Retrieved May 18, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Sport1.de: Rene Spies is the new national bobsleigh coach. In: sport1.de. April 7, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Spies, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bobsleigh pilot and trainer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterberg , Germany