Torsten Gutsche

Torsten Gutsche
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Plovdiv K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1989 Plovdiv K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1990 Poznań K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1991 Paris K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1993 Copenhagen K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1993 Copenhagen K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1994 Mexico City K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1997 Dartmouth K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1998 Szeged K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1998 Szeged K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1999 Milan K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1991 Paris K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1991 Paris K-2 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1995 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1997 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1999 Milan K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Poznań K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Poznań K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Mexico City K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Dartmouth K-4 200 m

Torsten René Gutsche (born 8 June 1968, in Eisenhüttenstadt) is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three golds (K-2 500 m: 1992, 1996; K-2 1000 m: 1992) and one silver (K-2 1000 m: 1996).

Gutsche also won twenty medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eleven golds (K-2 500 m: 1989, 1993, 1994; K-2 1000 m: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993; K-4 500 m: 1998, 1999; K-4 1000 m: 1997, 1998), five silvers (K-2 500 m: 1991, K-2 1000 m: 1995, K-2 10000 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1999), and four bronzes (K-2 200 m: 1994, K-2 500 m: 1990, K-4 200 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1990).