Thomas Reineck (born 18 November 1967) is a West German- German

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in three

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, he won two gold medals in the K-4 1000 m event, earning them in

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and

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. Reineck also won thirteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-4 500 m:

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, K-4 1000 m:

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; K-4 10000 m: 1991, 1993), three silvers (K-4 500 m: 1993, 1995; K-4 1000 m: 1991), and five bronzes (K-4 200 m: 1995, K-4 500 m:

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; K-4 1000 m:

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, K-4 10000 m: 1987).

References

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* * 1967 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic canoeists for West Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub