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:

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) and two bronzes (C-1 1000 m:

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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 Jan Vandrey (born 11 December 1991) is a German sprint canoeist. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimp� ...

. Germany won the gold medal in this category also in London, but with Peter Kretschmer 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 People from Bezirk Frankfurt German male canoeists Olympic canoeists of 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 {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub