Kay Bluhm
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Olympic medal record | |||
Men's canoeing | |||
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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