Erika Mészáros is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-4 500 m event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1988.
Éva Dónusz is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two medals at Barcelona in 1992 with a gold in the K-4 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events.
Attila Ábrahám is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. Completing in two Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals.
Anatoly Tishchenko is a Russian sprint canoer who competed from 1989 to 2004. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
Kay Bluhm is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three golds, one silver, and one bronze.
Viktor Denisov, is a Russian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. He won two silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, earning them in the K-2 500 m and K-4 1000 m events.
Ramona Portwich is an East German-German sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won five medals with three golds and two silvers.
Maciej Freimut is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver in the K-2 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.
Wojciech Sławomir Kurpiewski was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Kurpiewski was born in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki.
André Gerhard Wohllebe was an East German-German sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three medals with a gold and two bronzes. He was born in Berlin.
Karl-Axel "Kalle" Sundqvist is a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.
Sergey Kirsanov is a Soviet and Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Seoul in 1988.
Mario Von Appen is a German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event.
Attila Adrovicz is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.
Heike Singer is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid late 1980s. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Anke von Seck is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won four medals with three golds and one silver.
Yuriy Gurin is a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds, one silver, and two bronzes.
Sergey Superata is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds, three silver (K-2 500 m: 1983, and two bronzes.
Viktor Pusev is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds, a silver, and two bronzes.
Sergey Kalesnik is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds and three silvers.
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