Kim Raisner
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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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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.
Coaching
Since 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".[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
- ^ 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. 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
- Kim Raisner at UIPM
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