Ivans Klementjevs is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga when Latvia was part of the Soviet Union.
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.
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.
László Fidel is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoeist. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events.
Torsten René Gutsche is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three golds and one silver.
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.
Oleg Gorobiy, born 7 February 1971 in Voronezh) is a Russian sprint canoer who competed from 1990 to 2003. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
Csaba Hüttner is a Hungarian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds, one silver and one bronze.
Olaf Heukrodt is an East German-German canoer who from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
Marek Łbik is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals with Marek Dopierała at Seoul in 1988 with a silver in the C-2 500 m event and a bronze in the C-2 1000 m event.
Gheorghe Andriev is a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
Ingo Spelly is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three medals with one gold and two silvers.
Thomas Reineck is a West German-German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two gold medals in the K-4 1000 m event, earning them in 1992 and 1996.
Ulrich Eicke is a West German sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the gold in the C-1 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984.
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.
Oliver Kegel is a West German-German sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.
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.
Valeriy Veshko is a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds, one silver, and one bronze.
Attila Szabó is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1987 to 1995. He won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds, five silvers, and one bronze.
