Kay Bluhm

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Olympic medal record
Men's canoeing
Bronze 1988 Seoul K-4 1000 m
Gold 1992 Barcelona K-2 500 m
Gold 1992 Barcelona K-2 1000 m
Gold 1996 Atlanta K-2 500 m
Silver 1996 Atlanta K-2 1000 m

Kay Bluhm (born October 13, 1968 in Brandenburg} was a German flatwater canoe racer who won a total of five Olympic medals.

His first medal, a bronze in Seoul, came as a member of Germany's K-4 kayak crew.

However Bluhm's greatest success came after he joined forces with Torsten Gutsche in 1989 in the two-man kayak. As the outstanding K-2 pairing of their generation they won three Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver and seven World Championship golds.

[edit] World Championship Golds

  • K2 500m 1994 Mexico City, Mexico
  • K2 500m 1993 Copenhagen, Denmark
  • K2 1000m 1993 Copenhagen, Denmark
  • K2 1000m 1991 Paris, France
  • K2 1000m 1990 Poznań, Poland
  • K2 500m 1989 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • K2 1000m 1989 Plovdiv, Bulgaria


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