Gunar Kirchbach

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Gunar Kirchbach
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta C-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Mexico City C-2 1000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Dartmouth C-2 1000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Copenhagen C-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Duisburg C-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Duisburg C-2 1000 m

Gunar Kirchbach (born 12 October 1971) is a German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-to-late 1990s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Andreas Dittmer.

Kirchbach also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-2 1000 m: 1994, 1997) and three bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1993, 1995; C-2 1000 m: 1995).

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