Kim Raisner (born 30 December 1972) is a retired modern pentathlete from Germany[2] and current German modern pentathlon coach.[3] She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished fifth in the women's event with a score of 5,312 points. She won the bronze medal in the 1999 world modern pentathlon world championships.
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| Nationality |  Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1972 West Berlin, West Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 (GER) | ||||||||||||||
| Now coaching | Lena Schöneborn[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Coaching
editSince retirement in 2005, Raisner has coached her national women's modern pentathlon team and worked as a physiotherapist. She was head coach to 2008 Summer Olympics champion Lena Schöneborn.[1]
Raisner was disqualified from the 2020 Summer Olympics after punching a horse which refused to jump for German rider Annika Schleu.[4] She also instructed Schleu herself to hit the horse, allegedly using the words "really hit it".[5] The sport's governing body stated that it 'had reviewed video footage that showed Ms Raisner appearing to strike the horse Saint Boy.[6] Raisner was later required to attend a coach education seminar that included a module on animal welfare and humane treatment.[7]
After the incident, Raisner indicated that her response was proportional and that the outrage was overblown[8] as whips and spurs were allowed saying, "Gerte und Sporen sind Hilfsmittel, die in der Reiterei erlaubt sind" ("Whip and spurs are aids that are permitted in horse riding").[9] The reaction to Schleu and Raisner's conduct at the Tokyo Olympics later figured in the UIPM's decision to remove horse riding from the discipline of modern pentathlon.[10][11]
Despite her disqualification at the 2020 Olympics, Raisner returned to coach the German team in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Coach class: Kim Raisner (GER) on the endless quest for improvement". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Raisner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Nach Tokio-Eklat im modernen Fünfkampf: Zillekens zurück bei Olympia". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Moderner Fünfkampf bei Olympia: Alle Augen richten sich auf eine Deutsche". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Olympic modern pentathlon coach kicked out of Games for punching a horse". CBS News. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Media, P. A. (7 August 2021). "German modern pentathlon coach thrown out of Olympics for punching horse". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "UIPM Disciplinary Panel: Kim Raisner and Annika Schleu (GER) | Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)". www.uipmworld.org. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ ""Wurden zu Pferdeschlächtern gemacht": Bundestrainerin spricht exklusiv über den "Hau drauf"-Eklat". www.tz.de (in German). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Olympia: "Wir wurden zu Pferdeschlächtern gemacht"". SPORT1 (in German). 24 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Greife, Leonie (3 May 2022). "Statt Reiten: Moderner Fünfkampf künftig mit Hürdenlauf". Pferde.de Magazin (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ ""Wurden zu Pferdeschlächtern gemacht": Bundestrainerin spricht exklusiv über den "Hau drauf"-Eklat". www.tz.de (in German). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Nominierung der deutschen Teilnehmer und Teilnehmerinnen im Modernen Fünfkampf". Deutscher Verband für Modernen Fünfkampf (in German). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
External links
edit- Kim Raisner at UIPM
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