Helmut Cämmerer
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Helmut Cämmerer (5 May 1911 – 4 October 1997) 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 in the 1930s. He won the silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the
1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...
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Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
. Cämmerer also won a silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the
1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Vaxholm, Sweden, outside Stockholm, between 6–7 August 1938. This event was held under the auspices of the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK), founded in 1924 and the f ...
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Vaxholm Vaxholm is a city, urban area and the seat of Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It occupies the islands of Vaxön and Kullö in the Stockholm archipelago. The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Fortress, which was constructed in 154 ...
. Helmut Martin Robert Cämmerer was born on 5 May 1911 in
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...
. He died on 4 October 1997 in
Buchholz in der Nordheide Buchholz in der Nordheide (, ; Northern Low Saxon: ''Bookholt'') is the largest town in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km southwest of Hamburg. Geography Buchholz is home to the Brunsberg ...
at the age of 86.


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* * 1911 births Canoeists from Hamburg Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany 1997 deaths Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub