Lebenslauf Lucien Gerkau

Education & Professional Career:

1998 – Today  Paragliding Teacher & Safety Trainer
1999 – 2009   University: Sport and Computer Science (Teacher)
1999 – Today   Cable Wakeboard Park Manager
1999 – Today   Wakeboard Coach and Trainer
2001 – Today  Alpine Skiing Teacher
2015 – 2018   Paralympian Visiual Impaired Alpine Ski Guide

Alpine Skiing Sport Career: FIS/IPC
1995 – 2004   International FIS Alpine Ski Racer
1999 – 2003   University National Alpine Skiing Team
136 International FIS Races/ More Information here: FIS Biography

2015 – 2018   National Paralympic Ski Team (Guide for Noemi Ristau)
Season 2017:
Para Alpine World Championships Travisio/ ITA
3. Place: Slalom
5. Place: Giant Slalom

Season 2018:
Paralympic Games Pyeongchang
2*4. Place: Downhill + Giant Slalom
2*5. Place: Super-Combined + Slalom
1*7. Place: Super-Giantslalom

Seasons 2017- 2018:
9 Para World Cups: 1*Gold, 2*Silver, 2*Bronze, 3*4th, 1*5th
8 Para Europa Cups: 4*Gold, 3*Silver, 1*Bronze

Cable Wakeboard Sport Career: EMAE/ E&A/ Europe/ IWWF

1999-2020     Trainer from Cable Wakeboard World Champions:
Pauline Dyrschka 2001, 2003, 2005
Anna Laura Brabänder 2008
Moritz Petri 2008
Vanessa Weinhauer  2016
2001-2011     Competing on national and international Level
2001 Coach on World Championships Duisburg/ GER
2003 German Team Captain Worlds Brisbane/ AUS (Gold)
2003 German Team Captain Europeans Piestany/ SVK (Gold)
2005 German Team Captain World Budapest/ HUN (Gold)
2005 World Games Duisburg Coach Pauline Dyrschka
2006 German Team Captain Europeans Almere/ NED (Gold)
2018 Private Coach on World Championships Pampa/ ARG

Administrative Cable Wakeboard Career

National Club ADW:
2000 – 2020   Coach and Trainer in local Wakeboard Club (ADW)

German National Federation DWWV:
2003 – 2006   Team Captain Germany
2002 – 2020   Member (Cable Park)

EAME/ E&A/ European Council
2006 Co-opted Member European Cable Wakeboard Council
2007 – Today   Elected Member European Cable Wakeboard Council
2007 – 2012   Secretary European Cable Wakeboard Council

IWWF/ World Council
2008 – 2014   Secretary World Council
2014 – 2016   President Cable Wakeboard Council

ICA/ International Cable Association/ German Cableowner
1999 – Today   Member

Cable Wakeboard Competition and Event Organizer (extract of voluntary engagement)
2001 Organizer German Wakeboard Tour Stop
2002 Organizer German Nationals
2003 – Today Organizer National and International Competitions
2006 Organizer European Cable Wakeboard Finals Marburg
2006-2019 Official (Scorer, Judge, TD) in several Comps
2007 Competition Manager Europeans Almere/ NED
2008 Side Inspection Anapa Worlds 2008
2008 Live Stream Production Worlds Anapa/ RUS
2008 Competition Manager + TV Production Europeans Bursa/ TUR
2009 Side Inspection Ukkuhalla Europeans 2009
2009 Competition Manager + TV Prod. Europeans Ukkuhalla/ FIN
2009 IWWF Cable Wakepark Promotion Tour USA
2010  Offical at the Worlds Neubrandenburg/ GER
2010  Organizer Official Seminar Marburg/ GER
2010  Competition Manager + TV Production Europeans Izmit/ TUR
2011  JDC Judge Clinic Antalya/ TUR
2012  TD/ Competition Manager + TV Production Worlds Clark/ PHI
2014  Side Inspection Norway Worlds 2014
2014  Competition Manager + TV Production Worlds Telemark/ NOR
2016  TD Europeans Tel Aviv/ ISR
2016  Side Inspection Mexico Worlds 2016
2016  TD/ Competition Manager + TV Production Worlds Morelos/ MEX
2022  Side Inspection European Championships Denmark
2023  Side Inspection European Championships France
TBC… active until today.