Sebastian Brendel (; born 12 March 1988) is a German

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who has competed since 2007. Brendel is the 2016 Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events.

Career

He has won three medals at the

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with a silver (C-4 500 m:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

) and two bronzes (C-1 1000 m:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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). He is the current world record holder in the C-1 1000m as of the 2014 ICF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Brendel won a gold medal at the

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's C-1 1,000 metres event for his

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. At the

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, he defended this title successfully and added another one, at the C-2 1000 metres, together with Jan Vandrey. Germany won the gold medal in this category also in London, but with

Peter Kretschmer Peter Kretschmer (born 15 February 1992) is a German sprint canoer who won an Olympic gold medal in the men's C-2 1000 metre event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has also won four World Championship gold medals. Canoe Career Kretschmer was b ...

and Kurt Kuschela. He also competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and won Bronze in the Men's C-2 1000 metres event.

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* * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Schwedt Canoeists from Brandenburg Sportspeople from Bezirk Frankfurt German male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian European Games medalists in canoeing European Games gold medalists for Germany Canoeists at the 2015 European Games Canoeists at the 2019 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Germany Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub