Steffi Kriegerstein

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Steffi Kriegerstein canoe
Canoe Moscow 2016 - VC - K4 Women 500m.jpg

K4 bronze in Moscow 2016

nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 3rd November 1992
place of birth Dresden
size 178 cm
Weight 70 kg
Career
discipline Canoe racing
Boat class kayak
society Canoe Club Dresden eV
Trainer Jens Kühn
status active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
EM medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Rio de Janeiro 2016 Kayak foursome 500 m
European Championship
bronze
last change: January 20, 2017

Steffi Kriegerstein (born November 3, 1992 in Dresden ) is a German canoeist .

Career

In 1999, Steffi Kriegerstein began her sporting career at WSV Am Blauen Wunder Dresden eV , for which she is still starting today. In the spring of 2000 she was in a boat for the first time. A year later she played her first competitions. One of their first competitions was the Saxony Championship on Knappensee in Hoyerswerda. She won her first medals in the K2 class.

In 2003 she was accepted into the 5th grade of the sports middle school in Dresden, which further advanced her sporting career. In the 7th grade, she switched to the sports high school in Dresden . In 2005 she took part in the German championships for the first time. She fought for a first place in the K4 over 500 meters and a second place over 2000 meters.

Steffi Kriegerstein had her first international assignment in 2008 at the "Olympic Hopegames" in Szeged / Hungary. She reached third place in both K1 and K4.

In 2009 Steffi Kriegerstein took part in her first national qualifying competitions. She made the jump into the junior national team and paddled her way up to 4th place in the K1 1000 m and first place with Sabrina Hering (Hanover) in the K2 500 m at the Junior World Championships in Moscow / Russia. For this she received the 2010 state capital Dresden sponsorship award for young athletes. Furthermore, she was named Elite Student of the Year 2009.

In 2012 she graduated from high school. In the winter semester of 2012, Steffi Kriegerstein took the "Regenerative Energy Systems" course at the TU Dresden . In 2013 she joined the Bundeswehr sports promotion group . In spring 2014 she started her new studies at Ansbach University in the field of "International Management".

Steffi Kriegerstein celebrated the most successful season in 2014 with her K2 partner Sabrina Hering. In that year she made the leap into the German national canoe racing team .

In 2016 she qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio , where she started in a four-person kayak over 500 meters and successfully finished 2nd. For this she received the silver bay leaf on November 1, 2016 .

successes

  • Junior World Championship 2009: 1 × gold, 1 × 4th place
  • Junior European Championship 2010: 1 × gold, 1 × bronze, 1 × 5th place
  • U23 European Championships 2011–1014: 3 × gold, 1 × silver
  • U23 World Cup 2014–2015: 2 × gold
  • World Cups 2012–2014 (performance class): 1 × silver, 2 × bronze
  • European Championship (performance class): 1 × bronze
  • World Championship (performance class): 1 × 6th place
  • Olympia 2016: 1 × silver

music

Simon Goodlife feat. Olympic Canoe Team - RIOlympia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release from the Office of the Federal President of November 1, 2016: Awarding of the Silver Laurel Leaf. Retrieved March 30, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Canoeists present Olympia Song in Kienbaum. Märkische Allgemeine, July 14, 2016, accessed on August 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Together for the Olympic dream. Kanu.de, August 3, 2016, accessed on August 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Kriegerstein, Steffi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canoeist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd November 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden