Rainer Podlesch

Rainer Podlesch

File:2017 UEC Track Elite European Championships 007.jpg Podlesch in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1944-11-04) 4 November 1944 Dobbertin, Nazi Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Cycling, motor-paced racing
Medal record Representing West Germany Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team pursuit Motor-paced World Championships Silver medal – second place 1971 Varese Amateur Silver medal – second place 1973 San Sebastian Amateur Bronze medal – third place 1976 Monteroni di Lecce Amateur Bronze medal – third place 1977 San Cristòbal Amateur Gold medal – first place 1978 Munich Amateur Silver medal – second place 1981 Brno Amateur Bronze medal – third place 1982 Leicester Amateur Gold medal – first place 1983 Zurich Amateur

Rainer Podlesch (born 4 November 1944) is a retired German cyclist who was active between 1966 and 1983. He won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this event he competed for the West Germany team in the preliminaries, but was replaced in the final due to injury. At the next Olympics he took part in the 100 km team time trial and finished in 20th place.

He also won eight medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1971–1983, including two gold medals in 1978 and 1983.

His son Carsten Podlesch was also a prominent rider in motor-paced racing and won two world titles and his brother Karsten Podlesch competed in motor-paced racing as a pacer.

External links

• Rainer Podlesch at Olympics.com
• Rainer Podlesch at Cycling Archives (archive)