Name Olaf Heukrodt | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres People also search for Nikolay Bukhalov, Michal Sliwinski, Lyubomir Lyubenov, Martin Marinov, Sergei Postrekhin | ||
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).
Heukrodt was married to swimmer Birgit Meineke.
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