Thomas Reineck

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Thomas Reineck (born November 18, 1967 in Klausdorf ) is a former German canoeist . He became Olympic champion in four-man kayaks in 1992 and 1996 .

career

Thomas Reineck started canoeing in 1979. In 1985 he won his first world championship medal in the juniors, a year later he won his first medal in the performance class. After winning two world championship medals in 1987, he competed in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1988 and finished sixth with the German four-man kayak.

Reineck was among the West German canoeists, before and after the reunification of the German national team belonged, he was in 1990 when the last German championship without the GDR canoeists and 1991 with the first all-German championship with the former East German canoeists German champion On the one Kayak over 500 meters. After 1991, the trained machine fitter moved from Berlin to study mechanical engineering in the Ruhr area, where he started for the canoeing community in Essen .

In 1992 and 1996 , Reineck won the Olympic gold medal, and he also won thirteen world championship medals, five of which were gold. After 1996, the graduate engineer , who tinkered with old motorcycles in his spare time, ended his competitive sports career.

For his numerous sporting successes, he received the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993.

Others

Thomas Reineck is married to former national team colleague Monika Reineck . He lives in Velbert and works for Stadtwerke Essen . Reineck has been President of the North Rhine-Westphalia Canoeing Association since 2007 .

International medals

Olympic games

World championships

  • 1986: Bronze four-person kayak 500 meters: Gilbert Schneider , Detlef Schmidt , Volker Kreutzer , Thomas Reineck
  • 1987: Bronze four-person kayak 500 meters: Reiner Scholl , Thomas Pfrang , Volker Kreutzer, Thomas Reineck
  • 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
  • 1994: Bronze four-person kayak 1000 meters: Thomas Reineck, Detlef Hofmann, Andre Wohllebe, Mario von Appen
  • 1995: Bronze four-person kayak 200 meters: Thomas Reineck, Andre Wohllebe, Jan Günther , Mark Zabel
  • 1995: Silver four-person kayak 500 meters: Detlef Hofmann, Thomas Reineck, Mario von Appen, Mark Zabel
  • 1995: Gold four-person kayak 1000 meters: Detlef Hofmann, Rene Pflugmacher , Thomas Reineck, Mark Zabel

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Atlanta 96. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1996

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Canoe Championships
  2. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his tasks in the field of sport: .... On June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker signed .... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games the silver bay leaf from ...
personal data
SURNAME Reineck, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canoeist and sports official
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Klausdorf