Peter Kretschmer
German canoeist
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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32) Schwerin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC DHfK Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Kretschmer (born 15 February 1992) is a German sprint canoer. He won the Gold Medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in C-2 1000 metres category event for his country with Kurt Kuschela.[1] In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Germany in canoe sprint, more specifically, Men's C-2 1000m with Michael Mueller. He earned a bronze medal.
References
- ^ "Peter Kretschmer, Kurt Kuschela of Germany win Olympic gold in men's double canoe sprint 1,000". newsday.com. 8 August 2012.
External links
- Peter Kretschmer at Olympedia
- Peter Kretschmer at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
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Olympic Canoeing Champions in Men's C-2 1000 m
- 1936: Vladimír Syrovátka & Jan Brzák-Felix (TCH)
- 1948: Jan Brzák-Felix & Bohumil Kudrna (TCH)
- 1952: Bent Peder Rasch & Finn Haunstoft (DEN)
- 1956: Dumitru Alexe & Simion Ismailciuc (ROU)
- 1960: Leonid Geishtor & Sergei Makarenko (URS)
- 1964: Andrey Khimich & Stepan Oshchepkov (URS)
- 1968: Ivan Patzaichin & Serghei Covaliov (ROU)
- 1972: Vladas Česiūnas & Yuri Lobanov (URS)
- 1976: Serhiy Petrenko & Aleksandr Vinogradov (URS)
- 1980: Ivan Patzaichin & Toma Simionov (ROU)
- 1984: Ivan Patzaichin & Toma Simionov (ROU)
- 1988: Viktor Reneysky & Nicolae Juravschi (URS)
- 1992: Ulrich Papke & Ingo Spelly (GER)
- 1996: Gunar Kirchbach & Andreas Dittmer (GER)
- 2000: Mitică Pricop & Florin Popescu (ROU)
- 2004: Christian Gille & Tomasz Wylenzek (GER)
- 2008: Andrei Bahdanovich & Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (BLR)
- 2012: Peter Kretschmer & Kurt Kuschela (GER)
- 2016: Sebastian Brendel & Jan Vandrey (GER)
- 2020: Serguey Torres & Fernando Jorge (CUB)
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