Nicole Reinhardt (born January 2, 1986 in Lampertheim

Lampertheim

Lampertheim is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Lampertheim lies in the southwest corner of Hesse in the Rhine rift at the Biedensand Conservation Area and borders on Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate...

, Hesse

Hesse

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) is a German

Germany

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 sprint canoer

Canoe racing

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 who competed since 1993. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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 in Beijing

Beijing

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Reinhardt also won thirteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eight golds (K-1 500 m: 2005, 2011

2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

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, K-2 200 m: 2007, K-1 4 x 200 m: 2009

2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2009 International Canoe Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 12–16 August 2009 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Lake Banook. The Canadian city was selected to host the championships in October 2003 after having done so previously in 1997...

, 2010

2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 19–22 August 2010 in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta. This is the third time that the Polish city will host the championships, having done so previously in 1990 and 2001...

, 2011, K-2 500 m: 2007, K-4 200 m: 2005) and five silvers (K-2 200 m: 2009, K-2 500 m: 2009, K-4 200 m: 2006, K-4 500 m: 2009, 2010).

She later posed with her gold medal in the German edition of Playboy

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in late 2008. Reinhardt's boyfriend is fellow sprint canoer Tim Wieskötter

Tim Wieskötter

Tim Wieskötter is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s...

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