Reiner Scholl

Flatwater canoeist Reiner Scholl represented West Germany at the 1984 Los Angeles and the 1988 Seoul Olympics. In 1984 he placed eighth in both the K-1 500 and the K-4 1,000. In 1988, he finished sixth in the K-4 1,000 and an unfortunate fourth while partnering Thomas Pfrang in the K-2 500. With Pfrang he won a gold medal at the 1986 Flatwater Worlds in the K-2 500, and in 1987 and 1989 he added a bronze and silver medal, respectively, with the K-4 500.

In 1982 and 1988, Scholl was national champion in the K-1 500, in 1981 and 1982 in the K-2 500, from 1981-83, and in 1985 in the K-4 500. From 1982-83 and in 1985 he was also national champion in the K-2 1,000. In 1982 he earned that title in the K-2 10,000 and in 1981 and 1986 with the K-4 10,000. Scholl later studied sports at the Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln.