René Wolff (born 4 April 1978 in
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
) is an Olympic and world champion
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
from
Germany
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.
Wolff specializes in the sprint, team sprint and keirin events and teamed up with multiple Olympic champion
Jens Fiedler and
Stefan Nimke to win the gold medal in the
team sprint
The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome.
The current men's ...
event at the
2004 Summer Olympics.
Since 2010 René Wolff is the national coach of the Dutch track cycling team.
External links
Olympic achievements
1978 births
Living people
German male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Sportspeople from Erfurt
Olympic medalists in cycling
German racing drivers
ADAC GT Masters drivers
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
German track cyclists
People from Bezirk Erfurt
Cyclists from Thuringia
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Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
21st-century German people