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Sebastian Brendel (pronounced [zeˈbasti̯a(ː)n ˈbʁɛndl̩] ; born 12 March 1988) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 2007.[1] 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 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 500 m: 2007) and two bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 2009, 2010). 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 in canoeing's C-1 1,000 metres event for his country.[2] At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he defended this title successfully [3] and added another one, at the C-2 1000 metres, together with Jan Vandrey. 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sebastian Brendel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Germany's Sebastian Brendel wins canoe 1000m sprint". Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: German Sebastian Brendel retains canoe 1,000m title". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Double Canoe – 1000m Men – Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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