Andrea Martin (born 23 April 1967 in Erbach im Odenwald, Germany) is a West Germany canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she finished fifth in the K-4 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event.
Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoeist. The dominant sprint canoeist of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.
The 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia, in August 2005.
Ronald Rauhe is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 1997. Competing in six Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m event. Rauhe has won 16 world championship gold medals, the most by a male kayaker; now with 26 World medals, in 2011 he exceeded the 20 of his compatriot, Torsten Gutsche.
Norman Bröckl is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2003. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event on his 22nd birthday at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
The 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary, from August 17 to 20 2006. This was the second time the Hungarian city had hosted the championships, doing so previously in 1998.
Andrea Facchin is an Italian flatwater canoer who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008.
Andrea Ehrig is a retired East German speed skater. She was one of the world's best long-distance skaters in the 1980s. A four-time Olympian, she won seven Olympic medals, including gold in the 3000 metres at the 1984 Sarajevo Games.
Andreas Stähle is an East German sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a silver in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events.
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Katrin Borchert is an East German-born Australian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to 2001. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won three medals with one silver and two bronzes. During her career, she has represented four countries: East Germany, then West Germany, then Germany followed by Australia.
The 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany on 9–12 August 2007 for the record-tying fourth time. The German city had hosted the championships previously in 1979, 1987, and 1995. It tied Duisburg with Belgrade, Serbia who hosted in 1971, 1975, 1978, and 1982.
The 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 19–22 August 2010 in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta. This was the third time that the Polish city hosted the championships, having done so previously in 1990 and 2001. Paracanoe and the women's C-1 200 m events that were exhibition events at the previous world championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, became official events at these championships.
Martin Hollstein is a German sprint canoer and Olympic champion. He has been competing since the late 2000s, mostly in kayak single, double or four.
Nicole Reinhardt is a German canoe sprinter who competed since 2003. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Mihály Hesz is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-1 1000 m event with a gold in 1968 and a silver in 1964.
Martina Bischof is an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to August 17, 2003.
Franziska John is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.
Andrea Elizabeth Dallaway is a British canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1980s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years later in Barcelona, Dallaway was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event. At her third and final Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event.
German submarine U-676 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 13 June 1942 at the Howaldtswerke yard at Hamburg, launched on 6 July 1943, and commissioned on 4 August 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Werner Sass.