Andreas Dittmer

Andreas Dittmer ( born April 16, 1972 in Neustrelitz ) is a German canoeist, a multiple world champion and three -time Olympic champion.

Career

Dittmer started in canoe racing and had since 1991 a world leader. He was 1994-2008 in single and double - Canadians a total of eight times world champion. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, he won in a two - Canadians over 1,000 m with Gunar Kirchbach his first Olympic gold medal. Then Dittmer focused exclusively on one contests and won over 1,000 m at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney in one of the gold medal. On the sprint distance over 500 m he won the bronze medal in Sydney additionally.

In 2003 he became double world champion in the one - Canadians about 500 and 1,000 m in the U.S. Gainesville. This of course made ​​him the top favorites for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. In his best discipline over 1,000 m, however, he was initially able to win the silver medal. He was defeated in the final round of the Spaniard David Cal at a distance of four tenths. But a day later Dittmer was the third time Olympic champion when he won the 500 m sprint and David Cal was as Second behind.

The successes in figures:

• Four-time participation in the Olympic Summer Games
• Three -time Olympic champion in 1996, 2000, 2004, 1 silver, 1 bronze
• Eight -time world champion: 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2 x 2003 and 2 x 2005
• With 30 World Championship medals and 46 German championship titles, he is the most successful Canadian driver of all time

Private

Andreas Dittmer is a banker and Savings Bank Administration and competed for the SC Neubrandenburg. Since 2004 he is honorary citizen of the city of Neubrandenburg. However, he lived since 2007 in the nearby Waren (Müritz). In 2012 he moved to Falkirk. In addition, for many years, he is committed to the promotion of young talent. So he organized a youth camp in the Federal Kienbaum (near Berlin) and 2007 in the Italian Sabaudia eg in 2006 and carried out.

Andreas Dittmer ended his active career in 2008 and has been working since 2009 for the German Savings Banks and Giro Association. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was an ambassador of the campaign "MV is good. " his home state of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern on site and held his impressions in an online diary.

Anja Dittmer's sister was a triathlete.

Awards