René Sommerfeldt
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
 Sommerfeldt in 2008. |
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| Men's cross country skiing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2006 Turin | 4 x 10 km |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4 x 10 km |
| World Championships | ||
| Silver | 2001 Lahti | 50 km |
| Silver | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 10 km |
| Bronze | 2001 Lahti | 4 x 10 km |
René Sommerfeldt (born October 2, 1974 in Zittau) is a German cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2010. He won 2 medals in the 4 x 10 km relays at the Winter Olympics 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, earning two silvers (50 km: 2001, 4 x 10 km: 2003) and one bronze (4 x 10 km: 2001).
He also won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival 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.
[edit] References
- Rene Sommerfeldt at the International Ski Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Official website (German)
Categories:
- 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 cross-country skiers
- Holmenkollen winners
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
