Torsten Gutsche

Torsten René Gutsche (born 8 June 1968, in Eisenhüttenstadt) is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three golds (K-2 500 m: 1992, 1996; K-2 1000 m: 1992) and one silver (K-2 1000 m: 1996).

Torsten Gutsche

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	K-2 500 m
	1992 Barcelona	K-2 1000 m
	1996 Atlanta	K-2 500 m
	1996 Atlanta	K-2 1000 m
World Championships
	1989 Plovdiv	K-2 500 m
	1989 Plovdiv	K-2 1000 m
	1990 Poznań	K-2 1000 m
	1991 Paris	K-2 1000 m
	1993 Copenhagen	K-2 500 m
	1993 Copenhagen	K-2 1000 m
	1994 Mexico City	K-2 500 m
	1997 Dartmouth	K-4 1000 m
	1998 Szeged	K-4 500 m
	1998 Szeged	K-4 1000 m
	1999 Milan	K-4 500 m
	1991 Paris	K-2 500 m
	1991 Paris	K-2 10000 m
	1995 Duisburg	K-2 1000 m
	1997 Dartmouth	K-4 500 m
	1999 Milan	K-4 1000 m
	1990 Poznań	K-2 500 m
	1990 Poznań	K-4 1000 m
	1994 Mexico City	K-2 200 m
	1997 Dartmouth	K-4 200 m

Gutsche also won twenty medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eleven golds (K-2 500 m: 1989, 1993, 1994; K-2 1000 m: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993; K-4 500 m: 1998, 1999; K-4 1000 m: 1997, 1998), five silvers (K-2 500 m: 1991, K-2 1000 m: 1995, K-2 10000 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1999), and four bronzes (K-2 200 m: 1994, K-2 500 m: 1990, K-4 200 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1990).

References

• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Torsten Gutsche". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

External links

• Torsten Gutsche at Olympedia
• Torsten Gutsche at Olympics.com