Tim Wieskötter
Tim Wieskötter 
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 Germany
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| birthday | March 12, 1979 | ||||||||||||
| place of birth |
Emsdetten , Germany
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| size | 191 cm | ||||||||||||
| job | Sports soldier industrial engineer |
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| discipline | Canoe racing | ||||||||||||
| Boat class | Kayak (K2) | ||||||||||||
| society | KC Potsdam | ||||||||||||
| Trainer | Rolf-Dieter Amend, Eckehardt Sahr | ||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
| End of career | 2014 | ||||||||||||
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Tim Wieskötter (born March 12, 1979 in Emsdetten , Steinfurt district ) is a German canoeist . He is multiple world champion in two-man kayak and was Olympic champion in Athens in 2004 .
Career
Wieskötter began canoeing at CC Emsdetten in 1990 and started his international career for KG Essen . After he came to Potsdam in 1998, he has been a member of the KC Potsdam since 2004 . Since 1999 he has successfully participated in various major international competitions in a two-person kayak with Ronald Rauhe . They participated in four Summer Olympics from 2000 to 2012 . In addition to their 2004 Olympic victory over 500 m, they won the silver medal in 2008 and the bronze medal in 2000; In 2012 they took 4th place in the K4 over 1000 m. After they were unbeaten at all international championships between 2001 and 2008, they were defeated by the Spaniards Saúl Craviotto and Carlos Pérez by nine hundredths of a second at the 2008 Olympic Games and won the silver medal. Since 2001 they have been world champions seven times, European champions eleven times, and four other medals.
In addition to sports, Wieskötter studied industrial engineering with a focus on logistics at the Technical University of Wildau . After completing his bachelor's degree in 2013 (2014) he is studying for a master's degree.
On January 30, 2014, he announced his retirement from competitive sports. On the same day he was elected to the board of the Friends of the KC Potsdam.
Sporting successes
- Olympic games
- 2000 - Bronze K2 500 m
- 2004 - Gold K2 500 m
- 2008 - silver K2 500 m
- 2012 - 4th place K4 1000 m
- Canoe World Championships
- 2001 - Gold K2 500 m, Silver K2 200 m
- 2002 - Gold K2 500 m, Bronze K2 200 m
- 2003 - Gold K2 500 m, Bronze K2 200 m
- 2005 - Gold K2 500 m, 5th place K2 200 m
- 2006 - Gold K2 500 m, Gold K2 200 m
- 2007 - Gold K2 500 m, Silver K2 200 m
- European Canoe Championships
- 2000 - gold K2 500 m, silver K2 200 m
- 2001 - Gold K2 500 m, Gold K2 200 m
- 2002 - Gold K2 500 m, Silver K2 200 m
- 2004 - Gold K2 500 m, 4th place K2 200 m
- 2005 - Gold K2 500 m, Silver K2 200 m
- 2006 - Gold K2 500 m, Gold K2 200 m
- 2007 - Gold K2 500 m, Silver K2 200 m
- 2008 - Gold K2 500 m
- 2010 - Gold K4 1000 m
Honor
- 2007: along with Ronald Rough Team of the Year of Brandenburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Märkische Allgemeine , December 16, 2013, p. 18
Web links
- Tim Wieskötter in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official website
- Tim Wieskötter's profile at the German Canoe Association
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| SURNAME | Wieskötter, Tim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German canoeists |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Emsdetten , Steinfurt district |