René Sommerfeldt (born 2 October 1974 in

Zittau Zittau ( hsb, Žitawa, dsb, Žytawa, pl, Żytawa, cs, Žitava, :de:Oberlausitzer Mundart, Upper Lusatian Dialect: ''Sitte''; from Slavic languages, Slavic "''rye''" (Upper Sorbian and Czech: ''žito'', Lower Sorbian: ''žyto'', Polish: ''żyto' ...

) is a German cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2010. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relays at the

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with a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2002. Sommerfeldt's best individual Olympic finish was 12th in the 15 km event in 2006. Sommerfeldt also has three medals at the

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, earning two silvers (50 km: 2001, 4 × 10 km relay: 2003) and one bronze (4 × 10 km relay: 2001). He also won the 50 km event at the

Holmenkollen Ski Festival The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. History It takes place in March ...

in 2004, becoming the second German to win this prestigious honor (the first was

Gerhard Grimmer Gerhard Grimmer (born 6 April 1943 in Hora Svaté Kateřiny) is known as an East German cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970s. He won several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including golds in the 50 ...

in 1970/71). Sommerfeldt will become a coach in cross-country skiing for the German team.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Championships

* 3 medals – (2 silver, 1 bronze)

World Cup

Season titles

* 2 titles – (1 overall, 1 distance)

Season standings

Individual podiums

*4 victories – (3 , 1 ) *19 podiums – (17 , 2 )

Team podiums

* 2 victories – (2 ) * 15 podiums – (9 , 6 )

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sommerfeldt, Rene 1974 births Living people People from Zittau Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics German male cross-country skiers Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Olympic cross-country skiers of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions Tour de Ski skiers Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Saxony