Sebastian Brendel

Sebastian Brendel

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 (age 33) Schwedt, Bezirk Frankfurt, East Germany[1]
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Sprint canoe
Event(s)	C-1 500 m, C-1 1000 m, C-1 5000 m, C-2 1000 m, C-4 500 m, C-4 1000 m
Club	KC Potsdam
show Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 1 World Championships 12 5 3 European Championships 13 5 0 European Games 1 0 1 Total 29 10 5 Olympic Games 2012 London C-1 1000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-1 1000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-2 1000 m 2020 Tokyo C-2 1000 m World Championships 2013 Duisburg C-1 5000 m 2014 Moscow C-1 1000 m 2014 Moscow C-1 5000 m 2015 Milan C–1 1000 m 2015 Milan C–1 5000 m 2017 Račice C-1 1000 m 2017 Račice C-1 5000 m 2017 Račice C-4 1000 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 1000 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 5000 m 2019 Szeged C-1 500 m 2019 Szeged C-1 5000 m 2007 Duisburg C-4 500 m 2013 Duisburg C-1 1000 m 2013 Duisburg C–1 4x200 m 2014 Moscow C-1 500 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 500 m 2009 Dartmouth C-1 1000 m 2010 Poznań C-1 1000 m 2011 Szeged C-1 4x200 m European Championships 2011 Belgrade C-1 1000 m 2012 Zagreb C-1 1000 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 5000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 1000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 5000 m 2015 Račice C-1 1000 m 2015 Račice C-1 5000 m 2016 Moscow C-1 1000 m 2017 Plovdiv C-1 1000 m 2017 Plovdiv C-1 5000 m 2018 Belgrade C-1 5000 m 2021 Poznań C-1 5000 m 2021 Poznań C-2 1000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 500 m 2017 Plovdiv C-4 1000 m 2018 Belgrade C-1 500 m 2018 Belgrade C-1 1000 m 2021 Poznań C-2 500 m European Games 2015 Baku C-1 1000 m 2019 Minsk C-1 1000 m

Sebastian Brendel (pronounced [zeˈbasti̯a(ː)n ˈbʁɛndl̩] (listen); 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[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sebastian Brendel.

• Official website (in German)
• Sebastian Brendel at the International Canoe Federation
• Sebastian Brendel at the International Olympic Committee
• Sebastian Brendel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Sebastian Brendel at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
• Canoe09.ca profile at the Wayback Machine (archived August 18, 2009)
• 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)

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