René Enders (born 13 February 1987) is a German

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. He won two bronze Olympic medals with the German team in the

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: in

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and in

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. He competed for Germany at the

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as a member of the men's sprint team. They finished in 5th place.

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* * 1987 births Living people People from Zeulenroda-Triebes People from Bezirk Gera German track cyclists German male cyclists Cyclists from Thuringia Olympic cyclists of Germany Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in cycling UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 21st-century German people {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub