Lutz Altepost

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Lutz Altepost (born 6 October 1981 in Emsdetten) is a German flatwater canoer and former world champion.

At the 1999 Junior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, he won two gold medals with Germany's four-man kayak (K4) crew (500m and 1000m).

As a senior he has established himself among the elite K1 500m paddlers in international competitions but has yet to win an individual gold medal. In 2002 he finished sixteenth at the Seville world championships. The following year in Gainesville, USA, he took the bronze medal. At the Athens Olympics in 2004 he came seventh. At the 2005 Flatwater Racing World Championships he won the silver medal.

After the Athens Olympics Altepost was chosen to lead Germany's revamped K4 boat. In their debut season together the new four won the K4 1000m world championship final in Zagreb ahead of reigning champions Slovakia giving Altepost his first gold medal as a senior.

In 2006 Altepost enjoyed mixed fortunes at the 2006 World Championships. In the individual K1 500m he achieved a medal placing for the third consecutive year, this time winning the bronze medal. In the team kayak events however Altepost's K4 crew were unable to repeat their Zagreb success and surprisingly failed to make the podium in any of the three race distances.

He is 193cm (6'4") tall and weighs 95kg (209 lbs).