Career
Born in Magdeburg he took up the sport at the age of thirteen. At club level he competes for his home-town club, South Carolina Magdeburg and is trained by Guido Behling. Height: 1.95 m (6" 5") Weight: 92 kg (14 st 7) (203 lb).
Born in Magdeburg he took up the sport at the age of thirteen. At club level he competes for his home-town club, South Carolina Magdeburg and is trained by Guido Behling. Height: 1.95 m (6" 5") Weight: 92 kg (14 st 7) (203 lb).
Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals in the K-4 1000 m (2000, 2004). Bach won a dozen medals at the International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (K-4 500 m: 1998, 1999. K-4 1000 m: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005), four silvers (K-4 200 m: 2005, K-4 500 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1999, 2002), and two bronzes (K-4 200 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 2003). His most recent success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czechoslovakian Republic, where he won a K-4 1000 m bronze medal. At the 2006 International Coach Federation Flatwater Racing World Championships however, he finished outside the medals with a fourth in the K-4 1000 m, sixth in the K-4 500 m, and fifth in the K-4 200 m, thus putting to an end Bach"s record of having won medals at seven consecutive world championships.
