Stefan Nimke
Stefan Nimke (born 1 March 1978 in Hagenow ) is a German racing cyclist, specializing in short-term disciplines.
Sports career
Nimke began in 1987 in Schwerin with cycling. In 1994 he took his first national junior title. 1996, followed by the first German Championship titles in the professional sector. From 2000 to 2008 he drove for the "XXL gas team," since the "Track Cycling Team Mecklenburg -Vorpommern".
At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney he won the silver medal in the 1000 -meter time trial on the track. About the same distance Nimke in 2003 for the first time world champion. 2004, at the Olympic Games in Athens, he went with Jens Fiedler and René Wolff gold in a Olympic sprint and bronze in the 1000 meters time trial. In 2006 he took his first World Cup in Bordeaux medal in the sprint in bronze.
March 27, 2009 Nimke won with 1:00,666 min the gold medal in the 1000 -meter time trial at the Road Cycling World Championships in track - Polish Pruszków. The time was the fastest ever at the World Championships over 1000 meters driven and also meant an improvement in his own German record that he set in 2004. It was only his second in 1000 - meter race in competitive conditions, after he had focused on the sprint.
In spring 2011 Nimke won together with Maximilian Levy and René Enders at the UCI Track World Championships 2011 in Apeldoorn, the silver medal in the team sprint. After the French team the gold medal was revoked for violation of the reporting requirements of the WADA by Grégory Baugé in January 2012 because it was officially classified as a doping offense, the gold medal went to the German trio. In the UCI Track World Championships 2012 Melbourne Nimke won his sixth world championship gold and his fourth in the time trial; yet he presented with a time of 1.00,082 minutes on an unofficial lowland record, as the Frenchman Arnaud Tournant had the existing world record in 2001 situated in the high altitude of La Paz at 3,600 meters.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London Nimke was nominated for the team sprint. However, shortly before the start of the competition he had to cancel his start because of injury, his place was taken by Robert Förstemann. It would have been his fourth Olympics and should be climax and the end of his career.
After Stefan Nimke had announced his retirement from competitive sports after the Games, he declared in November 2012 his international retirement. He plans to remain active until at least until the German railway Championships 2013.
Pilot on the tandem
Since 2013, Nimke prepares together with the visually-impaired driver Kai Kruse, acting as pilot on the tandem for the 1000 -meter time trial at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro before.
Honors
Stefan Nimke was honored with induction into the Hall of Fame of the European Cycling Union Union Européenne de Cyclisme.
Professional and family
Stefan Nimke is the most successful German racing cyclist since the late 1990s; he goes for the "Track Cycling Team Mecklenburg -Vorpommern". He is married and has two children. He was a sports soldier in the German army in the sports promotion group in Frankfurt ( Oder). Since September 2008, he trained as a mean police officers at the Fachhochschule for public administration, police and judiciary in Güstrow.
Achievements
Olympic games
- 2004 Gold: Team Sprint
- 2000 Silver: 1000m
- 2004 Bronze: 1000m
- 2008 Bronze: Team Sprint
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2003 Gold: 1000m
- 2009 Gold: 1000m
- 2010 Gold: Team Sprint
- 2011 Gold: 1000m
- 2011 Gold: Team Sprint
- 2012 Gold: 1000m
- 1997 Bronze: 1000m
- 1998 Bronze: Olympic Sprint
- 1999 Bronze: Olympic Sprint
- 1999 Bronze: 1000m
- 2005 Bronze: Team Sprint ( formerly Olympic Sprint)
- 2006 Bronze: Sprint
- 2007 Bronze: Team Sprint
- 2009 Bronze: Team Sprint
Train European Championships
- 2010 Gold: Team Sprint
- 2011 Gold: Team Sprint