Oliver Kegel
Oliver cone ( born June 14, 1961 in Berlin ) is a former German canoeist. In 1992 he became Olympic champion in the four-man kayak.
Career
Oliver cone went to Berlin for the RG and the KC Charlottenburg. In 1981, he won his first World Cup medal with the four - kayak the Federal Republic of Germany. After cone in the double kayak was excreted together with Christoph Wolf at the 1983 World Championship in the intermediate run, he joined in 1984 along with Detlef Schmidt for Olympic qualification and could not qualify. Instead, the two started at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in the four-man kayak and occupied the eighth place.
In the next few years Oliver Cone won year after year German league title, but could not qualify for the Olympic Games 1988. In 1988 he won the German championship in the one - kayaking in the 10,000 meters. From 1990 to 1992, he won three times in a row in one kayak over 1000 meters. Along with Frank Guse he won more championship titles in the double kayak; the two were victorious along with Thomas Reineck and Dirk Joestel or Joachim Eberhardt also several times in the four-man kayak. From 1991 to 1993 Oliver cone belonged to the crew of the German four-man kayaks at World Championships and at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. In these three years, won cone next to the Olympic gold medal at the World Championships four gold and two silver medals.