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Kim Raisner

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Kim Raisner
Personal information
Nationality Germany
Born (1972-12-30) 30 December 1972 (age 51)
West Berlin, West Germany
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportModern pentathlon
ClubWasserfreunde Spandau 04 (GER)
Now coachingLena Schöneborn[1]
Medal record
Women's modern pentathlon
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Warsaw Relay

Kim Raisner (born 30 December 1972) is a retired modern pentathlete from Germany[2] and current German modern pentathlon coach.[3] She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished fifth in the women's event with a score of 5,312 points. She won the bronze medal in the 1999 world modern pentathlon world championships.

Coaching

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Since retirement in 2005, Raisner has coached her national women's modern pentathlon team and worked as a physiotherapist. She was head coach to 2008 Summer Olympics champion Lena Schöneborn.[1]

Raisner was disqualified from the 2020 Summer Olympics after punching a horse which refused to jump for German rider Annika Schleu.[4] She also instructed Schleu herself to hit the horse, allegedly using the words "really hit it".[5] The sport's governing body stated that it 'had reviewed video footage that showed Ms Raisner appearing to strike the horse Saint Boy.[6] Raisner was later required to attend a coach education seminar that included a module on animal welfare and humane treatment.[7]

After the incident, Raisner indicated that her response was proportional and that the outrage was overblown[8] as whips and spurs were allowed saying, "Gerte und Sporen sind Hilfsmittel, die in der Reiterei erlaubt sind".[9] The reaction to Schleu and Raisner's conduct at the Tokyo Olympics later figured in the UIPM's decision to remove horse riding from the discipline of modern pentathlon.[10][11]

Despite her disqualification at the 2020 Olympics, Raisner returned to coach the German team in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Coach class: Kim Raisner (GER) on the endless quest for improvement". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Raisner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Nach Tokio-Eklat im modernen Fünfkampf: Zillekens zurück bei Olympia". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Moderner Fünfkampf bei Olympia: Alle Augen richten sich auf eine Deutsche". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Olympic modern pentathlon coach kicked out of Games for punching a horse". CBS News. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. ^ Media, P. A. (7 August 2021). "German modern pentathlon coach thrown out of Olympics for punching horse". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  7. ^ "UIPM Disciplinary Panel: Kim Raisner and Annika Schleu (GER) | Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)". www.uipmworld.org. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ "„Wurden zu Pferdeschlächtern gemacht": Bundestrainerin spricht exklusiv über den „Hau drauf"-Eklat". www.tz.de (in German). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Olympia: "Wir wurden zu Pferdeschlächtern gemacht"". SPORT1 (in German). 24 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  10. ^ Greife, Leonie (3 May 2022). "Statt Reiten: Moderner Fünfkampf künftig mit Hürdenlauf". Pferde.de Magazin (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  11. ^ "„Wurden zu Pferdeschlächtern gemacht": Bundestrainerin spricht exklusiv über den „Hau drauf"-Eklat". www.tz.de (in German). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Nominierung der deutschen Teilnehmer und Teilnehmerinnen im Modernen Fünfkampf". Deutscher Verband für Modernen Fünfkampf (in German). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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