Olaf Heukrodt
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Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Olympic Games | ||
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1988 Seoul | C-1 500 m |
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1980 Moscow | C-2 1000 m |
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1988 Seoul | C-2 1000 m |
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1980 Moscow | C-1 500 m |
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1992 Barcelona | C-1 500 m |
World Championships | ||
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1981 Nottingham | C-1 500 m |
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1982 Belgrade | C-1 500 m |
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1985 Mechelen | C-1 500 m |
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1985 Mechelen | C-2 1000 m |
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1986 Montreal | C-1 500 m |
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1987 Duisburg | C-1 500 m |
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1987 Duisburg | C-1 1000 m |
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1981 Nottingham | C-2 1000 m |
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1983 Tampere | C-2 1000 m |
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1989 Plovdiv | C-1 500 m |
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1991 Paris | C-4 1000 m |
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1982 Belgrade | C-2 1000 m |
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1991 Paris | C-1 500 m |
Olaf Heukrodt (born 23 January 1962 in Magdeburg) is an East German-German canoer who from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
Competing in three Summer Olympics, Heukrodt won five medals with one gold (C-1 500 m: 1988), two silvers (C-2 1000 m: 1980, C-2 1000 m: 1988), and two bronzes (C-1 500 m: 1980, 1992).
Heukrodt also won 13 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds (C-1 500 m: 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987; C-1 1000 m: 1987, C-2 1000 m: 1985), four silvers (C-1 500 m: 1989, C-2 1000 m: 1981, 1983; C-4 1000 m: 1991), and two bronzes (C-1 500 m: 1991, C-2 1000 m: 1982). In October 1986, he was awarded a Star of People's Friendship in gold (second class) for his sporting success.[1]
Heukrodt was married to swimmer Birgit Meineke.
References[]
- ^ "Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen" [Awarded high state awards]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 42 (243). 15 October 1986. p. 6. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
Other sources[]
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 21 January 2009). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 479.
External links[]
- Olaf Heukrodt at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 August 2007)
- Olaf Heukrodt at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Magdeburg
- East German male canoeists
- German male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists of East Germany
- Olympic canoeists of Germany
- Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
- German canoeing Olympic medalist stubs