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Place of Birth: Dobbertin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
About Rainer Podlesch
- 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.
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