Siegmund Mainka (born 4 July 1968) is a German

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from Berlin who competed in three Paralympics games. He won gold in

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and a silver medal in

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, in the

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class. Both medals were achieved with skipper Jens Kroker and fellow crew member Robert Prem.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mainka, Siegmund 1968 births Living people German male sailors (sport) Paralympic sailors for Germany Paralympic medalists in sailing Paralympic gold medalists for Germany Paralympic silver medalists for Germany Sailors at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Sailors at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sailors at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 20th-century German sportsmen