Rainer Podlesch (born 4 November 1944) is a retired German cyclist who was active between 1966 and 1983. He won a silver medal at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this event he competed for the West Germany team in the preliminaries, but was replaced in the final due to injury. At the next Olympics he took part in the 100 km

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

and finished in 20th place. He also won eight medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1971–1983, including two gold medals in 1978 and 1983. His son

Carsten Podlesch Carsten Podlesch (born 6 September 1969 in Berlin) is a German Motor-paced racing, stayer and the World Champion in motor-paced racing. Career Podlesch comes from a family that has been very involved in motor-paced racing. His father Rainer Podles ...

was also a prominent rider in motor-paced racing and won two world titles and his brother Karsten Podlesch competed in motor-paced racing as a pacer.

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* * 1944 births Living people People from Ludwigslust-Parchim People from Mecklenburg German male cyclists Cyclists from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Olympic cyclists of West Germany Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub