Michael Senft (born 28 September 1972 in

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke (Bad Kreuznach), Alte Nahebrücke, ...

) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in three

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, he won a bronze medal in the C2 event in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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. Senft also won six medals at the

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with a gold (C2:

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), three silvers (C2:

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

, C2 team:

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) and two bronzes (C2 team:

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, 1997). He earned three more medals at the

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(1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze). His partner in the boat for most of his career was André Ehrenberg. From 2004 he paddled with

Christian Bahmann Christian Bahmann (born 22 July 1981 in Plauen) is a German Canoe slalom, slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2008. He won a gold in the C2 event at the 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Penrith, New ...

World Cup individual podiums

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

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* 1972 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Sportspeople from Bad Kreuznach 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub