Steffi Kriegerstein (born 3 November 1992) is a German canoeist. She competed in the women's K-4 500 metres event at the

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where the team won a silver medal. In 2015 she was world champion in the K2 1000 meters in Milan, and won silver and bronze in the K4 2017 and 2018 World Cup. She missed the

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because of a

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infection, and retired in 2022, age 29, due to the effects of

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* 1992 births Living people German female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Germany Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Place of birth missing (living people) ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Dresden Canoeists from Saxony European Games competitors for Germany Canoeists at the 2019 European Games 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub