Sebastian Schubert (born 17 July 1988 in

Hamm Hamm (, Latin: ''Hammona'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of 2016 its population was 179,397. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway. Hamm railwa ...

) is a retired German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2004 to 2019. He won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the

2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place from September 7–11, 2011 in Bratislava, Slovakia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 34th edition. Bad weather conditions on September 7 and 8 forced the org ...

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. He also won eight medals at the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

(2 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes). Schubert won the overall world cup title in the K1 category in

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and

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. He finished the 2014 season as the World No. 1.

World Cup individual podiums

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* German male canoeists Living people 1988 births Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Sportspeople from Hamm {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub