Siegbert Horn
![]() Siegbert Horn in 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Hartmannsdorf, East Germany | 11 May 1950|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 August 2016 | (aged 66)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Slalom canoeing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ASK Vorwärts Leipzig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Siegbert Horn (11 May 1950 – 9 August 2016) was a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[1]
Horn also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (K-1: 1971, 1975; K-1 team: 1973), two silvers (K-1: 1973; K-1 team: 1971), and a bronze (K-1 team: 1975). He died of cancer on 9 August 2016.[2]
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Siegbert Horn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Mutprobe auf Kanal-Kopie". sz-online (in German). 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
External links[]
- Profile at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2007)
- 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)
- Siegbert Horn at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1950 births
- 2016 deaths
- People from Schönewalde
- German male canoeists
- Sportspeople from Brandenburg
- Olympic canoeists of East Germany
- Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- German canoeing Olympic medalist stubs