Achievements
Representing  West Germany | ||||||
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Performance | |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | Munich | 16th | C1 slalom | 467.41 | |
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bernhard Heinemann | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1949 Schrobenhausen, Germany | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoeing | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Canoe slalom Wildwater canoeing | |||||||||||||||
| Club | TSV Schwaben Augsburg | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bernhard "Bernd" Heinemann (born 19 June 1949) is a former West German male canoeist who was world champion in Canadian C1 at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships. [1]
Heinemann participated at one edition of Olympic Games in canoe slalom in Munich 1972, where he was 16th it the C1 final.
| Representing West Germany | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Performance | |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | Munich | 16th | C1 slalom | 467.41 | |
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