Carolin Martina Leonhardt (born 22 November 1984 in

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) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the 2000s. She won two medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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with a gold in the K-4 500 m and a silver in the K-2 500 m events. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won a silver in the K-4 500 m. Leonhardt has also won fifteen medals at the

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with six golds (K-4 200 m:

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; K-4 500 m: 2005, 2007; K-1 4 x 200 m: 2011), eight silvers (K-2 1000 m: 2009,

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; K-4 200 m 2006, K-4 500 m: 2006, 2009, 2011; K-4 1000 m: 2006), and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 2005).

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