Simon Grotelüschen

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Simon Grotelüschen (born October 3, 1986 in Lübeck ) is a German laser sailor . He starts for the Lübeck Yacht Club and is a member of the national A-team of the German Sailing Association . In 2012 he was awarded the Schleswig-Holstein sports badge.

Life

The 1.94 meter tall Grotelüschen grew up in Lübeck and graduated from high school there in 2006. He then studied medicine at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel .

Sporty

Grotelüschen has several national and international successes in the Laser Standard boat class :

  • 6th place Olympic Summer Games 2012
  • 2nd place overall World Cup 2012
  • 4th place World Championship 2012
  • 1st place World Cup Kiel / Germany
  • 7th place European Championship 2010
  • German junior champion 2006
  • Junior European Champion 2005
  • Vice Junior World Champion 2004

He narrowly missed qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . At the World Championships in Perth in December 2011, Grotelüschen took 4th place and qualified for participation in the sailing competitions of the 2012 Olympic Games in England. The regattas took place in front of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy between Weymouth and the island of Portland , which is around 190 kilometers from central London on the south coast of England .

Web links

Single receipts

  1. ↑ schleswig-holstein.de: Sport badge for the sailor Simon Grotelüschen  ( 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. dated June 22, 2012, accessed May 18, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / 193.101.67.158  
  2. ↑ Grotelüschen with no chance of Olympic qualification  ( 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. . In: Südkurier , February 12, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.suedkurier.de  
  3. ↑ Grotelüschen is fourth In: IBN-online.de , December 19, 2011. Accessed on January 12, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Grotelüschen, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German laser sailor
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck