Name Sebastian Brendel Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.92 m Weight 92 kg | |
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Born 12 March 1988 (age 36) ( 1988-03-12 ) Schwedt, East Germany Olympic medals Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres Similar People Max Hoff, Franziska Weber, Mark Oldershaw, David Cal | ||
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Sebastian Brendel (born 12 March 1988) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 2007. Brendel is the reigning Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events.
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Rio Replay: Men's Canoe Single 1000m Final
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. At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he defended successfully this title 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.
