Frank Hemmer (born 28 April 1963, in

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) is a

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slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He won a gold medal for

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in the C2 event at the

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in Savage River,

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in the

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. He also won three bronze medals at the

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in the C2 team event (

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, 1989,

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). Hemmer competed for

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at the

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, finishing 13th in the C2 event. His partner in the boat throughout the whole of his career was Thomas Loose.

World Cup individual podiums

References

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