Carsten Lömker (born 3 September 1964 in

Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...

) is a

West German West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic after its capital c ...

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed in the late 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the

1987 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1987 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany for the second time. The West Germany, West German city hosted the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, championships previously in 1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Champi ...

Duisburg Duisburg (; , ) is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine (Lower Rhine) and the Ruhr (river), Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruh ...

. Lömker also finished fourth in the K-2 1000 m event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

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. Carsten moved to Australia’s Gold Coast, in the early 90’s and coached elite kayakers, such as Nicholas Crilly, at the Australian Institute of Sport facility, at Pizzey Park.

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