Dieter Krause (18 January 1936 – 10 August 2020) was a German

sprint canoeist 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 from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4×500 m event at the

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(with Paul Lange,

Günther Perleberg Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse ''gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gun ...

and

Friedhelm Wentzke Friedhelm Wentzke (born 13 September 1935 in Castrop-Rauxel, Province of Westphalia) is a German sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals with a gold in the K-1 4 × 500 m (19 ...

)."1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Canoeing"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 6 December 2008) Krause also won four medals at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...

with a gold (K-4 1000 m:

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), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1963), and two bronzes (K-1 500 m:

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, K-1 4×500 m: 1963).Dieter Krause
''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 6 December 2008) He was a

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informer under the codename "Reiner Lesser".Waren doch alle bei der Stasi

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, 23. November 1992

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* * 1936 births 2020 deaths Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Olympic canoeists for the United Team of Germany Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brandenburg an der Havel Canoeists from Brandenburg Stasi informants 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub