Rupert Wagner

Rupert Wagner ( born August 7, 1980 in Rosenheim ) is a German canoeist.

Wagner began initially in 1992 at Canoe Club Rosenheim with the wild water racing, but in 1998 moved to canoe racing and this year was already European Junior Champion in the four - kayak. In 2005, he was able to first qualify for the national team in the performance category. At the 2006 World Championships in Szeged, he finished with Andreas Ihle in the double kayak over 1000 m in second place. At the 2007 World Championships in Duisburg, the duo failed to place four short of a medal. With the same - not satisfactory to the Association -. Placement they finished the 2008 European Championships to for participation in the 2008 Olympics crucial in Beijing World Cup in Szeged Wagner was reshuffled in one of two with newcomer Martin Hollstein and missed over 500 meters with a the fourth the norm, because the Olympic champion Ronald Rough and Tim Wieskötter second of the race were. The second chance in the subsequent World Cup in Duisburg, where he was to start over 1000m against Norman Zahm and Marcus Great with Ihle, he could not use because of an illness. The Association then decided Ihle to let go with Hollstein, which then prevailed in a play-off against Zahm / Great and then were in Beijing Olympic champion.

The graduate engineer starts since 2005 for KG food. Previously, he was the MTV Munich 1879.