Ronny Rauhe
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Ronald "Ronny"•Rauhe |
| Used name | Ronny•Rauhe |
| Born | 3 October 1981 in West-Berlin, Berlin (GER) |
| Measurements | 179 cm / 82 kg |
| Affiliations | RKV Berlin, Berlin (GER) / KC Potsdam, Potsdam (GER) |
| NOC |  Germany |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 2 |
| Silver | 1 |
| Bronze | 2 |
| Total | 5 |
Biography
Ronny Rauhe was one of the most successful German sprint canoeists ever. He participated in six Olympic Games from 2000 at Sydney until 2020 at Tokyo. He won two Olympic gold medals (kayak doubles over 500 meters in 2004 with Tim Wieskötter and kayak fours over 500 metres in 2020), one silver medal (with Wieskötter in 2008 in the K2-500 metres) and two bronze medals (with Wieskötter in 2000 in the K2-500 metres and the kayak singles over 200 metres in 2016). He only failed to win a medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
Rauhe also won 28 medals at European Championships (17/9/2) and another 26 medals at the Worlds (16/5/5). He was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. In 2021, Rauhe was presented the “Sparkassenpreis for Role Models in Sport” of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association (DSGV) as part of the ZDF Gala Sportsman of the Year. At Tokyo 2020, Rauhe was the German flagbearer at the closing ceremony.
In 2014 Rauhe married his teammate Fanny Fischer (daughter of Sarina Hülsenbeck). The couple raised two children. Rauhe studied sport marketing at the University of Potsdam.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Summer Olympics | Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | GER |
Ronny Rauhe | |||
| Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men (Olympic) | Tim Wieskötter | 3 | Bronze | |||
| 2004 Summer Olympics | Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | GER |
Ronny Rauhe | |||
| Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men (Olympic) | Tim Wieskötter | 1 | Gold | |||
| 2008 Summer Olympics | Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | GER |
Ronny Rauhe | |||
| Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men (Olympic) | Tim Wieskötter | 2 | Silver | |||
| 2012 Summer Olympics | Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | GER |
Ronny Rauhe | |||
| Kayak Singles, 200 metres, Men (Olympic) | 8 | |||||
| Kayak Doubles, 200 metres, Men (Olympic) | Jonas Ems | 8 | ||||
| 2016 Summer Olympics | Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | GER |
Ronny Rauhe | |||
| Kayak Singles, 200 metres, Men (Olympic) | =3 | Bronze | ||||
| Kayak Doubles, 200 metres, Men (Olympic) | Tom Liebscher | 5 | ||||
| 2020 Summer Olympics | Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | GER |
Ronny Rauhe | |||
| Kayak Fours, 500 metres, Men (Olympic) | Germany | 1 | Gold |
Olympic family relations
- Husband of Fanny Fischer
- Son-in-law of Sarina Hülsenbeck
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Sprint European Championships (16–10–2 2000 Poznań gold: K2 500 m, silver: K2 200 m; 2001 Milano gold: K1 200 m, K2 200 m, and K2 500 m; 2002 Szeged gold: K1 200 m and K2 500 m, silver: K2 200 m; 2004 Poznań gold: K1 200 m, K2 500 m; 2005 Poznań gold: K2 500 m, silver: K2 200 m; 2006 Račice gold: K1 200 m, K2 200 m, and K2 500 m; 2007 Pontevedra gold: K2 500 m, silver: K2 200 m; 2008 Milano gold: K2 500 m; 2009 Brandenburg an der Havel silver: K1 500 m and K1 4×200 m; 2010 Trasona silver: K1 200 m; 2012 Zagreb silver: K2 200 m; 2013 Montemor-o-Velho silver: K2 200 m; 2014 Brandenburg an der Havel gold: K2 200 m; 2015 Račice gold: K2 200 m; 2016 Moskva bronze: K2 200 m; 2017 Plovdiv bronze: K2 200 m; 2018 Beograd silver: K4 500 m)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Sprint World Championships (16–5–5 1999 Milano bronze: K1 200 m; 2001 Poznań gold: K1 200 m and K2 500 m, silver: K2 200 m; 2002 Sevilla gold: K1 200 m and K2 500 m, bronze: K2 200 m; 2003 Gainesville gold: K1 200 m and K2 500 m, bronze: K2 200 m; 2005 Zagreb gold: K2 500 m: 2006 Szeged gold: K1 200 m, K1 500 m, and K2 500 m; 2007 Duisburg gold: K2 500 m, silver: K2 200 m; 2009 Dartmouth gold: K1 200 m and K1 500 m, silver: K1 4×200 m; 2010 Poznań silver: K1 200 m; 2011 Szeged bronze: K1 200 m; 2013 Duisburg bronze: K2 200 m; 2014 Moskva silver: K2 200 m; 2017 Račice gold: K4 500 m; 2018 Montemor-o-Velho gold: K4 500 m; 2019 Szeged gold: K4 500 m)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Games (0–2–0 2015 Bakı CAN silver: K2 200 m; 2019 Minsk CAN silver: K4 1000 m)