Nicole Reinhardt (born 2 January 1986 in

Lampertheim Lampertheim is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany. In 1984, the town hosted the 24th ''Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Location Lampertheim lies in the southwest corner of Hesse in the Rhine rift at the Biedensand Cons ...

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) is a German sprint canoer who competed since 2003. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. Reinhardt also won thirteen medals at the

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with eight golds (K-1 500 m: 2005, 2011, K-2 200 m: 2007, K-1 4 × 200 m: 2009, 2010, 2011, K-2 500 m: 2007, K-4 200 m: 2005) and five silvers (K-2 200 m: 2009, K-2 500 m: 2009, K-4 200 m: 2006, K-4 500 m: 2009, 2010). Reinhardt posed nude in the German edition of ''

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'' in August 2008, alongside compatriots Katharina Scholz,

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and Romy Tarangul.

References

Canoe09.ca profile

''Chicago Tribune'' August 20, 2008 article on Reinhardt's desire to pose for ''Playboy''
accessed 16 December 2008. * *
kanu.de profile

Official website
* 1986 births Living people People from Lampertheim Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region) Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics German female canoeists Olympic canoeists of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub