Tim Wieskötter

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Olympic medal record
Bronze	2000 Sydney	K-2 500 m
Gold	2004 Athens	K-2 500 m

Tim Wieskötter, born 12 March 1979 in Emsdetten) is a German flatwater canoer, and current (2006) world champion in both the K-2 Kayak 200m and 500m events.

Wieskötter won a bronze medal in the K-2 500m at the Sydney Olympics with team-mate Ronald Rauhe.

Since then they have completely dominated the event, winning the major race of the season every year - four world championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) and the Olympic gold medal at Athens in 2004. They have also won six consecutive European gold medals. In addition, Rauhe and Wieskötter hold the K-2 500m world record of 1:26.971 (Szeged, 2002).

In 2006 Rauhe and Wieskötter doubled up for the first time, defending their 500m titles and also adding the K2 200m gold medals at both the European and World Championships.