Rainer Podlesch
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| Born | 4 November 1944 Dobbertin, Nazi Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Cycling, motor-paced racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rainer Podlesch (born 4 November 1944) is a retired German cyclist who was active between 1966 and 1983. He won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this event he competed for the West Germany team in the preliminaries, but was replaced in the final due to injury. At the next Olympics he took part in the 100 km team time trial and finished in 20th place.[1]
He also won eight medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1971–1983, including two gold medals in 1978 and 1983.[2]
His son Carsten Podlesch was also a prominent rider in motor-paced racing and won two world titles and his brother Karsten Podlesch competed in motor-paced racing as a pacer.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rainer Podlesch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Horst Gnas. radsportseiten.net
External links
[edit]- Rainer Podlesch at Olympics.com
- Rainer Podlesch at Cycling Archives (archived)
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- People from Ludwigslust-Parchim
- People from Mecklenburg
- German male cyclists
- Cyclists from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Olympic cyclists for West Germany
- West German male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- German cycling Olympic medalist stubs