Rüdiger Helm
![]() Rüdiger Helm (in civilian clothing) in 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Neubrandenburg | 6 October 1956|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rüdiger Helm (German pronunciation: [ˈʁyːdigɐ hɛlm], audio (help·info); born in Neubrandenburg on 6 October 1956) was an East German sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won six medals which included three golds (1976: K-1 1000 m, 1980: K-1 1000 m, K-4 1000 m) and three bronzes (1976: K-1 500 m, K-4 1000 m; 1980: K-2 500 m).
Helm also won 19 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with ten golds (K-1 1000 m: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983; K-2 500 m: 1978, K-4 500 m: 1983, K-4 1000 m: 1978, 1979, 1981), six silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1977, K-2 500 m: 1979, K-4 500 m: 1982, K-4 1000 m: 1975, 1982, 1983), and three bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1975, K-2 1000 m: 1974, K-4 500 m: 1981).
References[]
- 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)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rüdiger Helm". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Neubrandenburg
- People from Bezirk Neubrandenburg
- German male canoeists
- Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Olympic canoeists of East Germany
- Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp)
- German canoeing Olympic medalist stubs
- German canoeist stubs