Tim Wieskötter

Tim Wieskötter (born March 12, 1979, in Emsdetten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m event (gold: 2004, silver: 2008, bronze: 2000) with Ronald Rauhe.

Tim Wieskötter

Tim Wieskötter (2004)
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	K-2 500 m
	2008 Beijing	K-2 500 m
	2000 Sydney	K-2 500 m
World Championships
	2001 Poznań	K-2 500 m
	2002 Seville	K-2 500 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-2 500 m
	2005 Zagreb	K-2 500 m
	2006 Szeged	K-2 200 m
	2006 Szeged	K-2 500 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-2 500 m
	2001 Poznań	K-2 200 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-2 200 m
	2002 Seville	K-2 200 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-2 200 m

Since their initial pairing in 2000, they have completely dominated the event, winning the major race of the season every year which also includes six world championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007). They have also won seven consecutive European gold medals. In addition, Rauhe and Wieskötter hold the K-2 500 m world record of 1:26.971 (Szeged, 2002).

In 2006 Rauhe and Wieskötter doubled up for the first time, defending their K-2 500 m titles and also adding the K-2 200 m gold medals at both the European and World Championships.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Tim Wieskötter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)