René Sommerfeldt (born 2 October 1974 in
Zittau
Zittau ( hsb, Žitawa, dsb, Žytawa, pl, Żytawa, cs, Žitava, Upper Lusatian Dialect: ''Sitte''; from Slavic "''rye''" (Upper Sorbian and Czech: ''žito'', Lower Sorbian: ''žyto'', Polish: ''żyto'')) is the southeasternmost city in the Ger ...
) is a German
cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2010. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relays at the
Winter Olympics
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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
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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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
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History
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in 2004, becoming the second German to win this prestigious honor (the first was
Gerhard Grimmer 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 )
References
External links
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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