Arnd Goldschmidt, is a German flatwater canoer and former world champion.
Marco Herszel is a German sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships a gold, a silver and two bronzes.
The 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on Lake Banook.
Per-Inge Bengtsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals at Los Angeles in 1984, earning them in the K-2 500 m and K-4 1000 m events.
István Timár-Geng was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won two medals with a silver in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events.
Zoltán Bakó is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed during the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympic Games, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976.
Jürgen Lehnert is an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Thomas Ohlsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. Ohlsson's wife, Eva Karlsson, won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at those same games.
Pascal Boucherit is a French canoe sprinter who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984.
Olaf Søyland is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He was born in Flekkefjord. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds and a silver . Søyland also finished sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Vasile Nicoară was a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in 1960s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds, a silver, and a bronze.
Herbert Laabs is an East German sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold, two silvers, and two bronzes.
Cyrille Carré is a French sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg.
Peter Ribe is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1990s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen.
Zoltán Szigeti was a Hungarian canoe sprinter who competed in the mid to late 1950s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon. Szigeti competed in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but was eliminated in the heats and did not advance to the final.
Ragnar Heurlin was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1950s. He won two medals at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon with a gold in the K-4 10000 m and a silver in the K-4 1000 m events.
Lajos Gyökös is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged.
Tibor Helyi is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the 1980s. He won four medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (1985), a silver (1987) and two bronzes.
Anton Vasilev is a Russian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg and two bronze medals in the K-4 200 m event at the 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg and in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged.
Friedericke Leue is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won two medals at the 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg with a silver in the K-1 1000 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events.
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