Torsten Gutsche

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Torsten Gutsche canoe
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday June 8, 1968
place of birth Eisenhüttenstadt ,  German Democratic RepublicGermany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
Career
discipline Canoe racing
Boat class Kayak (K2, K4)
society KC Potsdam
status resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 3 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 11 × gold 5 × silver 4 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold 1992 Barcelona Two kayaks 500 m
gold 1992 Barcelona Kayak double 1000 m
gold 1996 Atlanta Two kayaks 500 m
silver 1996 Atlanta Kayak double 1000 m
 

Torsten René Gutsche (born June 8, 1968 in Eisenhüttenstadt ) is a German canoeist , multiple world champion and three-time Olympic champion .

Career

The canoe racers of KC Potsdam won with his partner Kay Bluhm at the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 a gold medal in the double kayak over 500 m and 1000 m.

For this he received the silver bay leaf on June 23, 1993.

At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 , he repeated his success with a gold medal over 500 m. He also won a silver medal over 1000 m in a two-person kayak.

Then he switched to the four-person kayak in order to win four more in addition to his seven world championships in two-person kayak.

His last major competition was the 1999 Canoe World Championships in Milan, where he won a gold medal (500 m) and a silver medal (1000 m) in a four-person kayak. In 2000 he was injured and could not qualify for the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000.

Then he ended his career.

International success

With his successes, Gutsche is one of the most successful male canoeists of all time.

  • Olympic games
    • 1992 Barcelona: Gold (two-person kayak 500 m), Gold (two-person kayak 1000 m)
    • 1996 Atlanta: Gold (two-person kayak 500 m), silver (two-person kayak 1000 m)
  • World championships
    • 1989 Plovdiv: Gold (two-person kayak 500 m), Gold (two-person kayak 1000 m)
    • 1990 Poznan: Gold (two-person kayak 1000 m), bronze (two-person kayak 500 m), bronze (four-person kayak 1000 m)
    • 1991 Paris: Gold (two-person kayak 1000 m), silver (two-person kayak 500 m)
    • 1993 Copenhagen: Gold (two-person kayak 500 m), Gold (two-person kayak 1000 m)
    • 1994 Mexico City: Gold (two-person kayak 1000 m), bronze (two-person kayak 500 m)
    • 1995 Duisburg: Silver (two-person kayak 1000 m)
    • 1997 Dartmouth: Gold (four-person kayak 1000 m), silver (four-person kayak 500 m), bronze (four-person kayak 200 m)
    • 1998 Szeged: Gold (four-person kayak 500 m), Gold (four-person kayak 1000 m)
    • 1999 Milan: Gold (four-person kayak 500 m), silver (four-person kayak 1000 m)

Award

  • 1992 Bambi Prize Winner

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his tasks in the field of sport: ... On June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker ... awarded disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1992, with the Silver bay leaf made of ...
  2. ↑ http://www.kcpotsdam.de/index.php?kat=59&skat=61 2003
  3. ↑ http://www.kanucentrum-ehs.de/kanucentrum.html
personal data
SURNAME Gutsche, Torsten
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gutsche, Torsten René (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canoeist, multiple world champion and 3-time Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenhüttenstadt , German Democratic Republic