Sebastian Brendel (; born 12 March 1988) is a German
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who has competed since 2007.
[ Brendel is the 2016 Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events.
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Career
He has won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cha ...
with a silver (C-4 500 m: 2007
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) and two bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 2009
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, 2010
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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 2012 London Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in canoeing
Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other ac ...
's C-1 1,000 metres event for his country
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. At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
)
, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...
, 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
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