René Wolff (born 4 April 1978) is an Olympic and world champion

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

from

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. Wolff specializes in the sprint, team sprint and keirin events and teamed up with multiple Olympic champion Jens Fiedler and

Stefan Nimke Stefan Nimke (born 1 March 1978 in Hagenow, Bezirk Schwerin) is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's 1 km time trial, and was part of the German men's tea ...

to win the gold medal in the

team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a ...

event at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. Since 2010 René Wolff is the national coach of the Dutch track cycling team.

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Olympic achievements
1978 births Living people German male cyclists Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Cyclists from Erfurt Olympic gold medalists in cycling German racing drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) German track cyclists Sportspeople from Bezirk Erfurt {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers 21st-century German sportsmen Racing drivers from Thuringia Olympic bronze medalists in cycling